Author: Earthaven Admin Team

Late Summer Abundance

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on August 30, 2011. Posted in Celebrations and Gratitudes, Food, Gardens, Nature, Neighborhoods. No Comments on Late Summer Abundance

Lammas, the traditional day to celebrate the bounties of the harvest season, falls at the beginning of August. It’s an appropriate time, when the earth’s growth gives forth her gifts. Medicine Wheel Squash Flowers Luscious Raspberries from the...

The Snake Catcher

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on July 18, 2011. Posted in Farms, Members, Village Terraces. No Comments on The Snake Catcher

Black snakes love eggs. Martha became a snake catcher when one-too-many a black snake coiled itself around a nest of hard-won chicken eggs at Imani Farm, where Martha manages the chicken operation. Chicken and songbird eggs alike are safe wherever Martha may roam. Martha relocates the snakes without...

Video Portraits of Two Earthaven Members

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on June 12, 2011. Posted in Earthaven Education, Membership, Video. No Comments on Video Portraits of Two Earthaven Members

Here are two portrait videos made by Jacki Huntington, a UNC journalism student who spent a month here last summer, then returned for a weekend this spring to wrap up her project. One focuses on Michaeljon and the other on redmoonsong. Her article is here. and

The Land Where we Live

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on June 12, 2011. Posted in Bellavia Gardens, Nature. No Comments on The Land Where we Live

We are growing this ecovillage in the glorious Western North Carolina mountains. For those readers who haven’t been here, this is a quite accurate peek into our lush, green, summer world. Hillside above Bellavia Neighborhood. Misty morning after 10″ of rain. Local Mountains. Creeks...

LARPING Comes to Life

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on June 11, 2011. Posted in Families and Children, Fun and Play. No Comments on LARPING Comes to Life

Larping stands for Live Action Role Play….. Signs around the village read: “Come Join the battle against the Evil Wizard Delrith! who has been terrorizing Earthaven. We must go on a quest to find the Stone of Azora to stop him.” Tuesday June 14th saw the making of foam swords...

The Geminis

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on June 10, 2011. Posted in Celebrations, Fun and Play, Social Events, Village Life. No Comments on The Geminis

It’s not all work, work, work at Earthaven, no matter what folks tell you. And I don’t just mean meetings! Used to be we had Virgo/Libra parties every year thanks to Brandon and Turtle and friends. The highlight of those parties was the sushi. Smack your lips if you remember! Nowadays there are the...

Goodbye Will

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on June 2, 2011. Posted in Celebrations and Gratitudes, Community Service, New Roots. No Comments on Goodbye Will

by Arjuna da Silva A young man appeared at Earthaven almost two years ago with a kind of golden aura around him. He came with excitement about us and what we’re doing, and with a fair amount of excitement about his own life and experiences. Some of us may have thought he would stay a short while to...

Hut Hamlet Trampoline

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on April 25, 2011. Posted in Celebrations, Families and Children, Fun and Play, Hut Hamlet, Social Events. No Comments on Hut Hamlet Trampoline

Hut Hamlet Trampoline A video by Will Rogers: hht from will rogers on Vimeo. Transcript of Hut Hamlet Trampoline We assembld the HHT. The Hut Hamlet Trampoline. And we did not call on Aura, the seven year old boy most excited about the toy who lives in a house in the background. Instead, we...

New Baby

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on April 8, 2011. Posted in Celebrations, Families and Children. No Comments on New Baby

Oakley Swiftcreek, a boy, was born to eli and Jonathan on March 15th at 2:02 pm. Welcome Oakley!

Many Hands Make Light Work

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on April 5, 2011. Posted in Bellavia Gardens, Community Service, Natural Building. No Comments on Many Hands Make Light Work

Over 30 people participated in a work party in the Bellavia Gardens Neighborhood on Saturday, February 26. Earthaven members, guests and work exchangers pulled together on beautiful sunny morning to clean up after the construction of “Leela,” the naturally built home of Arjuna da Silva. Volunteers...