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We’ve Been Featured by UBC’s Balanced Supply of Housing Research Partnership!
We’re thrilled to share that Killick Ecovillage has been featured in a new article by the University of British Columbia’s Balanced Supply of Housing (BSH) research partnership — a national research initiative focused on land use and housing across Canada. The piece, titled “Building Community from the Ground Up: Inside Newfoundland’s Killick Eco-Village,” offers an…
Not All Community Is the Same: Co-Living, Cohousing, and Communal Living Explained
When people hear that we’re building Killick Ecovillage on 57 acres of coastal farmland in Portugal Cove-St Philip’s, the questions come quickly — and one surfaces more than almost any other: “Is that like a condo development? Or – on the other end of the spectrum – a commune?” The short answer is: no. The…
We are not creating a Utopia at Killick Ecovillage
Sometimes our morning reading feels like it was written directly for us. Elizabeth Oldfield’s essay in the NY Times about coliving – “Your Social Muscles are Wasting Away” – spoke directly to the part of me that wants both belonging and control. As a future resident member of Killick Ecovillage, I am choosing cohousing on…
Building community
When people think about being part of an ecovillage, they usually picture homes, paths, gardens, and a common house with a happy kitchen space and yoga room. All of that will begin to come to life in 2026-2027, but for now, we are still in the planning & dreaming phase. Still, those of us who…
The Cooperative Spirit of Newfoundland
In Newfoundland and Labrador, cooperation isn’t new. It’s a way of life that’s been boldly shaping communities for generations. From the earliest fishing settlements to today’s cooperatives, the thread running through it all is simple: people do better when they do things together. Where it all began The first cooperatives here weren’t built on ideology,…
The Mutual Home Ownership Society Housing Model
The Mutual Home Ownership Society (MHOS), formed by LILAC Cohousing in the UK in 2013, is an innovative housing model through which Killick Ecovillage Co-operative is transforming both market and non-market housing. How? MHOS empowers future residents of varying income levels and does not involve individual homeownership like in the traditional housing market. Residents of…
Raising Kids (and supporting sanity) in Community: Why Families are Choosing Cohousing
If you’ve ever tried to make dinner, answer work emails, and stop a toddler from feeding Legos to the dog – all at the same time – you’ve probably wondered: There has to be an easier way to live. Turns out, there is. It’s called cohousing. And families around Canada and the USA are increasingly…