Author: Earthaven Admin Team

Goodbye to Brian Love

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on April 22, 2015. Posted in Celebrations and Gratitudes, Gateway, Members, Natural Building. No Comments on Goodbye to Brian Love

We are saddened to report that Earthaven Member Brian Love passed away in March of 2015. Brian contributed enormously to the agricultural and technological development of our community, contributed countless hours of creative design, planning, management and physical labor to land-based and building...

Can We Slow Down?

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on March 25, 2015. Posted in Articles, Families and Children, Nature, Village Life. No Comments on Can We Slow Down?

by Arjuna da Silva When Camp Elliott Road was still unpaved, in dry spells we had to crawl “like the Elliotts” so cars and homes wouldn’t be enveloped in clouds of dust. We agreed to the paving for that reason, but ease brings speed, and attempts to self-regulate to 10 mph or less have been spotty. We’ve...

Spring!

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on March 22, 2015. Posted in Farms, Gardens, Village Economics, Village Life. No Comments on Spring!

Spring came early with intimations of summer, then backed off for a few freezing nights and turned around for a balmy re-entrance. Buds already opening on fruit and berry branches may not all recover, but many were slow bloomers and will make it. NikiAnne was out touring when Mana’s mom Dorien...

Beauty on the Bridge – A Wonder of the World!

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on February 25, 2015. Posted in Cosmology, Ecological Design, Members, Spirit and Culture. No Comments on Beauty on the Bridge – A Wonder of the World!

by Gaspar Robles I took on the bridge project because I had a vision of a thing of beauty at the crossroads of our community. My plans originally included more extensive stonework, but in the end I settled for a strong and simple foundation with a pyramid at one end. I collected stones for...

Loveletter Corner

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on February 14, 2015. Posted in Celebrations and Gratitudes, Medicine Wheel, Uncategorized. No Comments on Loveletter Corner

Georgia Papadakis spent a few months with the Medicine Wheel Collective last year and sent this sweet note from her travels… Hey there, People of Earthaven, This is my belated goodbye. Dominator culture maintains that “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger,” or that personal growth stems most...

From Oneness to Diversity

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on January 30, 2015. Posted in Ecological Design, Uncategorized. No Comments on From Oneness to Diversity

by Arjuna da Silva The first structure Earthaveners built together, called the Pavilion, was intended as a kitchen. Foreshadowing the design of the Council Hall, it was a yurt with round, straight walls and an experimental ferro-cement roof. Bamboo harvested from a Weaverville roadside made the purlins,...

Back at the White Owl… Again!

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on January 18, 2015. Posted in Hickory Knob, Social Events, Village Life. No Comments on Back at the White Owl… Again!

by Arjuna da Silva After some time as a private residence and then, well, kind of sad and empty, the White Owl is once again being used for special events, including a Middle Eastern-themed feast and supper club with chef Carleigh O’Donnell, shown here forming pita bread, with chef’s helper...

Our Rosetta Turns 99!

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on January 11, 2015. Posted in Chosen Family, Families and Children, Members, Persimmon Grove. No Comments on Our Rosetta Turns 99!

By Diana Leafe Christian Earthaven member Rosetta Neff celebrated her 99th birthday here January 3, 2015. She may be the world’s oldest ecovillager! When Rosetta began visiting Earthaven with her daughter, Diana, in October, 2000, both were living an hour away In Polk County. They had been...

Not So Bizarre – Notes from the 2014 “Bizarre Bazaar”

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on January 5, 2015. Posted in Businesses, Social Events, Village Economics, Village Life. No Comments on Not So Bizarre – Notes from the 2014 “Bizarre Bazaar”

by Melissa Lemoing (aka River Otter) Both for the alliteration of it, and because the way we do things is so often not the way “it’s done,” our annual holiday crafts-and-goodies bazaar has been called “bizarre” since it’s beginnings. This year, after so many years organizing it, I was able...

Critters in the Yard

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on October 1, 2014. Posted in Articles, Nature. No Comments on Critters in the Yard

by Peggy Austin-Malone I’m not sure if it was the full moon that made all these visitors appear, but we sure had fun watching the black snake scale our house and the box turtle come see us at our front door today, while we were admiring the nests of a Carolina Wren and an Eastern Wood-Pewee,...