Summer 2012
Table of Contents
Making It Home
In Depth
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Foreclosure Aftermath: What We Leave Behind
Our homes tell the story of where we come from and who we are. What happens when we lose them?
S.J. Dunning
Dear Bank of America, We’re Not Leaving Our Homes
The fight against unjust evictions just got fiercer as the national Occupy movement joins forces with community anti-foreclosure groups.
Amy B. Dean
Cheaper Together: How Neighbors Invest in Community
Cooperative financing and community land trusts keep rents affordable and homeownership within reach.
Harold Simon & John Emmeus Davis & Miriam Axel-Lute
Life Is Easier With Friends Next Door
Feeling a need for community? Cohousing can provide affordable space and neighbors to share it with.
Sven Eberlein
How I Learned to Love My Hometown
A sense of history and community tugged at the heart of Mindy Fullilove and pulled her back to the Jersey home she’d forsaken.
Mindy Fullilove & Molly Rose Kaufman
How I Found Bliss in a Creaky Old Rental
Corbyn Hightower and her family moved from affluence to poverty—and into a "funky, junky" house that's been the happiest move of their lives.
Corbyn Hightower
Just the Facts
We’ve Got Some Big Houses—That We Could Share
Just 60 years ago, the average American had 291 square feet of living space. Now it’s close to 1,000 square feet. Have we changed our needs that much? Or just our wants?
Doug Pibel
Solutions We Love
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6 Ideas for Sensible Homes
Small, supportive, affordable, recycled—and you can build your own.
Heidi Bruce
How to Build Green on a Budget
The challenge: build the greenest houses on earth—and make them affordable.
Jennifer Atlee
Yes! But How?
How to Save Bats in Your Own Backyard
Bats are mammals, shy creatures of the night, and fascinating to watch. They’re also endangered by loss of habitat, disease, and pesticide poisoning. You can help by providing protection.
Heidi Bruce & Shannan Lenke Stoll
Culture Shift
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Same-Sex Marriage Brings Healing to Me—and My Tribe
Heather Purser set out to win gay marriage rights within the Suquamish Tribe and found herself on a personal journey toward self-acceptance.
Madeline Ostrander
