Sustainable Today takes a look at a different sort of co-housing venture, that of housing for the homeless. Dave Samson , chairman of Dignity Village in Portland, Oregon and reporter Nicole Lasage take a stroll through the Village and show us how 60 people can live together with little or no impact on the environment. Other related terms:

• homelessness, co-housing, sustainability,housing, habitat

Sustainable Today visits the Peninsula Park Commons in Portland, Oregon. This Co-housing project was designed and built by Eli Spevak and Mark Lakeman (better know as the leader of City Repair Project),We see the actual living spaces and how they are laid out and constructed not only for energy efficiency but for privacy while existing in a community atmosphere.

Nobel Prize winner in Economics, Elinor Ostrom. She worries about the news and text books promoting one way solutions to complex issues. There is not one way, no one recipe. She is the Arthur F. Bentley Professor of Political Science at Indiana University.

In this interview, Dr. Sharif Abdullah talks about the issue of criminality and morality in terms of five economic systems, color coded markets, easy to remember when you are confronted with the challenge of doing the right thing or first realizing that just because something is legal doesn't make it moral. He is Founder and President of the Commonway Institute. Click image to order his book, Creating a World That Works for All.

Check out EarthSayers.tv special collection, Transforming Our Economy for more films, lectures, interviews. 

Voices of Sustainability: In his new book, The Bridge at the Edge of the World: Capitalism, the Environment, and Crossing from Crisis to Sustainability, Dean Gus Speth asserts that today's environmental reality is linked powerfully with growing social inequality and the neglect and erosion of democratic governance and popular control.

UBC Professor William Rees argues that climate change is the largest collective threat humankind has ever faced as we are now a global culture. Individual choices to reduce their eco-footprint will not have a huge effect. Sustainability is not about acting alone, but is a collective enterprise so we must make our cities so it is possible for our citizens to live a sustainable life. We are all on the Titanic together.

Rick Ridgeway gives the Patagonia mission statement and the five prescribed actions, starting with examine your own life. He is a National Geographic Lifetime Achievement in Adventure award winner as well as an author, photographer and environmentalist.

Barry Stevens talks about the program he and his wife, Nanci Wright co-founded called El Puente - The Bridge in Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica. They offer educational assistance, food, and microloans mainly to indigenous people in Costa Rica.

They could use your support from both your heart and pocket. Give a little or a lot.

The School Program assists families with educational expenses for young children. The Food Program provides a gathering place, healthy meals, and additional support on Tuesday, Thursday, and SaturdayThe Microloan Program provides small loans from $20--$400, with approaches that have been helping people out of poverty globally since 1987.