Author: Earthaven Admin Team

Stepping into 2018!

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on January 25, 2018. Posted in Articles, Ecological Design, Membership, Off-Grid Living, Visitors. No Comments on Stepping into 2018!

While it’s hard to be encouraged by the way humans are utilizing planetary resources and influences, to some extent it just makes us hunker down even more, to mine those inner resources that will help us go the distance—get another project done, another plan designed, even explore another...

Food People: We are what, how and from where we eat!

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on January 5, 2018. Posted in Food, Social Events, Village Life. No Comments on Food People: We are what, how and from where we eat!

For the living, food is a master course in survival and well-being. Our community members strive to learn how to grow and prepare soil to cultivate vibrant, nourishing plants and animals, demonstrate a healthy balance between work, relaxation and celebration, and continue to develop a cooperative...

Diana Leafe Christian FIC’s Communitarian of the Year!

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on October 1, 2017. Posted in Celebrations, Community Service, Conscious Relating, Members. No Comments on Diana Leafe Christian FIC’s Communitarian of the Year!

Diana Leafe Christian, international author, workshop leader, and advocate for ecovillages, community living, and the Sociocracy governance method, receives the Fellowship for Intentional Community’s (FIC) 2018 Geoph Kozeny Communitarian Award at the West Coast Communities Conference in San Diego...

Pioneering and Succession

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on September 29, 2017. Posted in Articles, Farms, Food, Gardens, Permaculture, Regenerative Agriculture. No Comments on Pioneering and Succession

Written by: Zev Friedman “The pioneer effort that founded Earthaven created both literal and cultural topsoil, which is now capable of supporting not only plants but the human systems it takes to successfully grow food.” I’ve heard early members of Earthaven frequently remark that this ecovillage...

Letting Go Slowly

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on September 27, 2017. Posted in Chosen Family, Conscious Dying, Hut Hamlet, Members. No Comments on Letting Go Slowly

When you fall in love with community-mates, over time and through all kinds of circumstances, you develop a relationship very much like family. When they leave or die, it’s an amazing loss and also a treasure trove of meaningful connection and nourishing memory. We can’t say enough about them,...

New Baby!

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on September 18, 2017. Posted in Celebrations, Families and Children, Village Terraces. No Comments on New Baby!

We’re blessed with the arrival of Jasper Ori Millar-Swiftcreek, born to Julia and Jonathan August 29, Virgo Sun/ Sagittarius Moon! Originally from Richmond, VA, Jonathan came to Earthaven from Asheville in 2009. He is passionate about family and children, and about food production and cooking,...

Dancing Into Our 24th Year!

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on September 15, 2017. Posted in Celebrations, Social Events, Spirit and Culture. No Comments on Dancing Into Our 24th Year!

On Monday, September 11th, we turned 23 years young, managed a small parade in the wake of Hurricane Irma weather, and packed the White Owl for a community lunch and some good old socializing! Then on Saturday night, the 16th, nearby Celo-community-based gypsy jazz band Carpathian Spruce lit...

Beltaine – one of Earthaven’s favorite celebrations!

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on May 15, 2017. Posted in Articles, Celebrations and Gratitudes, Social Events, Spirit and Culture, Village Life. No Comments on Beltaine – one of Earthaven’s favorite celebrations!

by Melissa Lemoing (aka River Otter) On Sunday, April 30, we celebrated Beltaine, or May Day, the holiday mid-way between the Spring Equinox and the Summer Solstice, which celebrates the full flowering of the powerful energy of Springtime. In lighting the Bel-fire together we take part in an ancient...

A Young Teen’s View of Earthaven

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on April 1, 2017. Posted in Families and Children, Village Life. No Comments on A Young Teen’s View of Earthaven

by Aidan O’Hare Earthaven has 330 acres. About 40 are devoted to farmland, and 50 to neighborhoods and their gardens. So there are more than 200 acres in forest! I like living there because it feels like a world inside of the world. When I was little I thought it was normal to live in the middle...

Teens at Earthaven

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on March 31, 2017. Posted in Families and Children, Fun and Play, Village Life. No Comments on Teens at Earthaven

Soon several young folks at Earthaven will be turning 18, an age we’ve often considered time to wonder about their relationships to formal membership. right: Not long ago, three Earthaven teens—Bailey (now 15), brother Brandt (now 18) and Dylan (17 next month)—still had plenty of time to hang out together...