Author: Earthaven Admin Team

Eldest Earthavener, Rosetta Neff, celebrates a century!

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on April 3, 2016. Posted in Celebrations, Celebrations and Gratitudes, Members, Persimmon Grove. No Comments on Eldest Earthavener, Rosetta Neff, celebrates a century!

We glimpsed Rosetta’s beginnings in Indiana, her early move to and marriage in Los Angeles, her family’s move to Hawaii and her own world travels while a career employee with the airlines. Perhaps the most enticing pictures of all were those of Rosetta we were told she sent to her husband when he...

Bellavia Gardens (among other neighborhoods) is Becoming a Co-op!

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on March 22, 2016. Posted in Articles, Bellavia Gardens, Governance and Legal, Medicine Wheel, Neighborhoods. No Comments on Bellavia Gardens (among other neighborhoods) is Becoming a Co-op!

by Arjuna da Silva Some Earthaven neighborhoods are balancing collective and personal ownership issues by forming housing cooperatives. While used in other parts of the country, housing co-ops are new in our region and could be a reasonable model for other ecovillages, especially in rural areas. One...

Grieving as a Village

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on December 10, 2015. Posted in In-Person Events, People Care, Spirit and Culture. No Comments on Grieving as a Village

by Kimchi Rylander On November 14 & 15, a cluster of our village family and friends joined over a hundred people in Asheville for a Grief Ritual with Sobonfu Somé, sponsored by the School of Integrated Living (SOIL). Sobonfu is a gifted spiritual teacher from the Dagara tradition of Burkina Faso....

Rites of Passage for Teens

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on December 8, 2015. Posted in Families and Children, People Care, Spirit and Culture. No Comments on Rites of Passage for Teens

by Arjuna da Silva This past year, Michelle Dionne and Brent Hickey’s mutual interest and experience in mentoring youth found a ripe group of adolescents, at and near Earthaven, eager to work with them towards meaningful rites of passage. The program went so well that they’ve planned a year-long...

Annual Feast Celebrates Ancestors

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on December 5, 2015. Posted in Celebrations and Gratitudes, Social Events, Spirit and Culture, Village Life. No Comments on Annual Feast Celebrates Ancestors

Our annual Ancestors Feast brings members, residents, friends and neighbors together in the Council Hall to highlight stories of beloved friends, family and teachers who have gone before us. When we all gather for a feast in the Council Hall, it takes all our tables arranged in a tight...

How Children Fare in Community

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on December 2, 2015. Posted in Articles, Families and Children, People Care, Spirit and Culture. No Comments on How Children Fare in Community

by Diana Leafe Christian Daniel Greenberg, who in 2015 was elected President of the Global Ecovillage Network, wrote his thesis for a Ph.D. in child psychology on the emotional well-being of children in intentional communities. He surveyed 235 or so intentional communities in the U.S. and personally...

Missing Finch

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on September 22, 2015. Posted in Celebrations and Gratitudes, Chosen Family, Members, Village Terraces. No Comments on Missing Finch

Lee “Finch” Finks passed away on June 20, after several years of declining health. He was 80. He joined Earthaven in 2006 after retiring from a career as librarian and then professor of library science. He will be remembered for his warm, friendly manner; his love for family and friends; and his...

Hut Hamlet Solar Microgrid Installed!

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on September 12, 2015. Posted in Articles, Hut Hamlet, Renewable Energy, Solar Power. No Comments on Hut Hamlet Solar Microgrid Installed!

by Chris Farmer with Arjuna da Silva The Hut Hamlet’s kitchen/bathhouse — central distribution area for the neighborhood’s Microgrid. In June, twenty-two residents of the Hut Hamlet neighborhood became owner/users of the first electric Microgrid at Earthaven! Chris Farmer...

Restorative Circles Conference a Success!

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on September 10, 2015. Posted in Articles, Conscious Relating, In-Person Events. No Comments on Restorative Circles Conference a Success!

by Diana Leafe Christian Over a hundred people from all over the US gathered at Earthaven, June 4-7, for “Restorative Circles in Our Communities,” a conference with Restorative Circles (RC) founder Dominic Barter and facilitator/trainers Karl Stayaert and “Duke” Duchscherer. All three, as well as...

Lush and Ripe

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on September 2, 2015. Posted in Articles, Food, Gardens, Permaculture. No Comments on Lush and Ripe

Celebrating elderberry season! Walking in more than one Earthaven neighborhood in July, you would have enjoyed the dark, luminous clusters of elderberry hanging from both the older, taller trees and ones just beginning to bear. And while folks do harvest some of the white flower clusters earlier...