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Info

id22: is a multidisciplinary, civil-society, non-profit institute based in the urban lab we know as Berlin. A focus is on the theory and practice of a transformative social-ecology, emphasizing self-organization, community-led housing, local urban initiatives, justice and democracy.

The Institute coordinates educational services, networking events, research, exhibitions and publications exploring Inclusive CoHousing and Cooperatives as well as related projects like community land trusts, community gardening and edible landscapes in the context of a post-growth, common good, non-speculative urban development.

Contact

  • id22: Institute for Creative Sustainability
  • Spreefeld Project Space
  • Wilhelmine-Gemberg-Weg 12
    10179 Berlin
    Germany
  • Mail: institute@id22.net
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News

NETCO: Emerging European Models of Collaborative Housing

A European Network supporting Emerging Models of Collaborative Housing for Social Inclusion: Municipal Policy Mechanisms for Housing Commons_____ Europe for Citizens – Network of Towns – EU Project_____ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ An EU-wide network of cities who are actively increasing their social… > more

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Current projects

  • The Network of Cities for Collaborative Housing (NETCO)

    A new European Network supporting Emerging Models of Collaborative Housing for Social Inclusion: Municipal Policy Mechanisms for Housing Commons_____ Europe for Citizens - Network of Towns - EU Project_____ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________...

  • CoHousing | Berlin – Online Platform

    CoHousing|Berlin is an online platform for projects, networks and ideas for all forms of collaborative housing. Berlin has a rich tradition, culture and contemporary scene in the area of self-organized...
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  • Creative Sustainability Tours & Workshops

    Urban excursions exploring open source urbanism and common good urban development including CoHousing and Cooperatives, Community Gardens and Edible Landscapes, Community Land Trusts and initiatives for renter's rights, social ecology,...
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  • Stadtbodenstiftung / CLT (Community Land Trust)

    Die Stadtbodenstiftung will den ersten deutschen Community Land Trust in Berlin einführen und macht sich experimentell an dessen Umsetzung. Die Stadtbodenstiftung ist eine gemeinschaftliche, nicht-gewinnorientierte Eigentumsform, mit der Grund und...
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Publications

Social-Ecological Cooperative Housing – Open Access eBook

SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL COOPERATIVE HOUSING
Community-based, transformative building and living

From land speculation and exploding rents to climate change and social inequality, we find ourselves in an age of overlapping crises. As such, it is more important than ever that we rethink the ways we live and share, as well as our systems of land and property ownership. 

CoHousing Inclusive

Self-organized, community-led housing for all.

Experimental dwelling forms—CoHousing Cultures—are entering the mainstream. But to what extent are they accessible and affordable for all, including people with more or less money, with or without refugee experience, with or without disabilities?