Author: Earthaven Admin Team

Autumn forest beauty as we took our forest inventory at Earthaven

Doing the Forest Inventory, by Alice Henry

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on January 12, 2012. Posted in Community Service, Forestry, Nature. No Comments on Doing the Forest Inventory, by Alice Henry

It’s a dance of sorts. It starts in a circle, holding hands. There’s a break, for talking. Then there are the reels through the woods, discovering the way the forest grows. It’s also a future legend that starts like this. Once upon a time Earthaven hired a forester, Shawn Swartz (who used to be a...

Ancestor Feast

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on November 11, 2011. Posted in Celebrations and Gratitudes, Conscious Dying, Social Events, Spirit and Culture. No Comments on Ancestor Feast

On Day of the Dead (November 1-2), which is celebrated in so many cultures, we hold an Ancestors Feast. It includes a ritual of sweeping out the old and setting intentions for the new year, many wonderful songs, an ancestral potluck feast, and stories and toasts to those who’ve gone before us. Silent...

Our Future Men

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on October 9, 2011. Posted in Families and Children. No Comments on Our Future Men

Lots of babies have been born at Earthaven or to neighbors lately with the large majority of them being boys. We welcome them to our village and eagerly await who they will become. These photos were captured by eli at a playgroup get-together at the Council Hall (except for photos of Forest and Heron...

Fall Flowers

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on October 4, 2011. Posted in Nature. No Comments on Fall Flowers

Expecting photos of the glorious fall foliage? Well, you’d be amazed at the number of plants with petals you’d see when you take a walk through our land in October. Freezing temps have hit the last few nights but even now some of these lovely blooms are hanging on. Spring is not the only...

Musings on Membership

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on October 3, 2011. Posted in Membership. No Comments on Musings on Membership

by Todd Edward Having taken this step in the community’s membership process, I find myself with a few (mostly new) notions about my place in the community and in the world. Primarily I am now better poised to more fully participate in the exciting exchange of ideas and opinions that...

Profile of Geoff Stone

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on October 1, 2011. Posted in Members, Natural Building, Upper Rosy Branch. No Comments on Profile of Geoff Stone

by Davene Wasser Geoff Stone’s wife, Sue, had been reading about intentional communities for years before he paid much attention. He already considered community to be an important part of his life and had always been active in community groups, local festivals, and church groups. When his corporate...

The Tree Climber

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on October 1, 2011. Posted in Ecological Design, Forestry, Members, Renewable Energy. No Comments on The Tree Climber

by Mana Vermeulen-Mcleod Johnny McLeod is our resident tree climber. He loves hanging out high in the canopies, often overlooking some amazing vistas here in our Blue Ridge Mountains. He started his climbing career in Arkansas some ten years ago and brought his skills to our ecovillage. These...

Adventures in Trampoline Repair

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on September 2, 2011. Posted in Village Terraces. No Comments on Adventures in Trampoline Repair

by Tessa Hovan-Bartalos Recently the Village Terraces trampoline mat ripped. For some time, we all decided to jump around the hole. After a few weeks, the Village Terrace-ians decided to replace the mat so they could have their precious trampoline to its maximum bouncing potential. “Since the old...

Found by a Home

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on September 1, 2011. Posted in Dancing Shiva, Members. No Comments on Found by a Home

by Norm Self I didn’t come looking for a new home. Yet suddenly last summer, I discovered that Earthaven had found me. My first visit was the summer before, and my purpose was to spend time with my beloved and esteemed Tantra teacher, Rudy Ballentine. I wanted to dig deeper into the joys and mysteries...