Co-op housing models & frameworks for environmental and social sustainability

How are emerging and established cooperative and co-housing models making the transition possible to a more socially and environmentally sustainable society? What are the strategies of emerging cooperative movements in removing barriers and impacting legal reforms? This exchange with Sostre Cívic, Cooperative Housing International, & Cooperativa Sociale Casae will allow for a cross-pollination of ideas and solutions that will lead to a stronger cooperative housing movement.

The speakers of this session are:

- Alessia Macchi - Architect, Project Manager, Casae Cooperativa Sociale per l'Abitare - Italy (Speaker)

- Eva Ortigosa Pons - Sostre Civic, Catalonia - Spain (Speaker)

- Martina dell'Unto - PhD student, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Spain (Speaker)

- Robert Visser  -Board of Directors, Cooplink - Netherlands (Speaker)

- Dr. Bernd Riessland - Chairman, GbV Austria - Austria (Speaker)

- Guido Schwarzendahl - Managing Director, Bauverein Halle & Leuna - Germany (Speaker)

- Julie LaPalme - Secretary General, Cooperative Housing International - Canada (Facilitator)