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Notes From an Intentional Community

I wonder how many people in British Columbia have had the fantasy: “Let’s buy property on a Gulf Island with friends and all live there…

5 min readMar 29, 2022

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A group of people dressed for outdoor work stand in a semi-circle with linked arms, smiling, with a big log home behind them

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Life on a Land Cooperative

But Do We Fight? Yes, We Do

“Don’t bother. We tried that in the ’60s and ’70s and it always fell apart. People can’t get along. You’ll fight. It can get real ugly.”

5 min readAug 2, 2022

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Two people stand about 15 metres apart on the edge of a pond arms crossed, backs stiff, frowning at each other

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Life on a Land Cooperative

Bread and Blessings in a Pandemic: reflections on cooperative living

This essay was written in March, 2020, a few weeks into the pandemic, in the midst of deep lockdown, and reflects those times.

4 min readMar 30, 2022

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A curving rural driveway with a hand-painted yellow, red, and green sign saying “Welcome to CoHo Landing. Please drive slow and keep dogs on leash.”

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Life on a Land Cooperative

The trust economy: when land is no longer a commodity

The earth is our mother. Most of us feel…something…when we hear this phrase — a resonance, a yearning, an evocative rumble like distant…

5 min readMar 30, 2022

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A smiling woman stands outside a house that has rough natural plaster walls and a red door.

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Life on a Land Cooperative

A Gift Economy

Every now and then I wonder if CoHo Landing, the intentional community I cofounded with a group of friends about 10 years ago, is…

5 min readMar 30, 2022

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Three smiling children in bicycle helmets, standing in a doorway, one holding a cat and another holding a carton of eggs and broccoli.

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Laura Busheikin
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Life on a Land Cooperative

Dealing with Our Own Crap

Our house sits on a pile of decomposing human feces. That sounds gross, but we who live there like it this way. Like a dragon sleeping on…

5 min readMar 30, 2022

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Hand painted sign on a rustic fence saying “Compost happens” above a pile of wood.

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Laura Busheikin

Laura Busheikin

Laura Busheikin writes creative non fiction and journalism from her cozy home on a rural land cooperative in the rain forest of British Columbia.

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