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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...

Recent Childrens’ Performance Delights the House

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on September 30, 2014. Posted in Families and Children, Fun and Play, Social Events. No Comments on Recent Childrens’ Performance Delights the House

Nothing seems to entertain us and our neighbors more than the simple, sweet and even silly performances our children regale us with from time to time. Most recently, Tricia Baehr coordinated a multi-media event with music, dance, theatrics and short films with the children of Earthaven and the...

Posse Poulet

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on September 25, 2014. Posted in Articles, Farms, Food, Village Economics. No Comments on Posse Poulet

By Zev Friedman Thirteen Hut Hamlet neighbors recently established a chicken co-op, endearingly referred to as Posse Poulet. From these 50 or so birds, we have been receiving almost all of our needed eggs, and we’re looking ahead to a possible moderate increase in number of birds,...

Earthaven Celebrates 20th Anniversary with “Intimate” Gathering of 125 Local Friends and Neighbors!

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on September 22, 2014. Posted in Celebrations, Celebrations and Gratitudes, Chosen Family, Social Events. No Comments on Earthaven Celebrates 20th Anniversary with “Intimate” Gathering of 125 Local Friends and Neighbors!

Twenty years ago on September 11, 1994, a dozen people so disillusioned with existing options for satisfying, life-affirming living situations, put their hands and available capital together to put Earthaven Ecovillage on the Western North Carolina map. This year, in the midst of much rethinking...

Firekeeping for the Commons

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on April 11, 2014. Posted in Articles, Spirit and Culture, Uncategorized. No Comments on Firekeeping for the Commons

by Kimchi Rylander As Firekeeper (aka President) of Earthaven for 2014, I am excited to announce that we will be turning 20 years old this year! Earthaven has been an intentional community seed bed all these years, attracting villagers to settle and explore what it means to take...

Cultivating New Community Members Starts with New Roots

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on April 8, 2014. Posted in Articles, Membership, New Roots, Visitors. No Comments on Cultivating New Community Members Starts with New Roots

by Arjuna da Silva Among the many new and exciting things life in an ecovillage exposes us to—new ideas, new diets, new techniques and technologies, new celebrations—one of the most vital are the new people we meet! Our gate is open to visitors who may come for a tour, a workshop, to visit...

Council Hall Gets a New Coat

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on April 8, 2014. Posted in Articles, Members, Natural Building. No Comments on Council Hall Gets a New Coat

Long-time member and natural builder Mollie Curry trained a crew of Earthaveners in earthen plaster repair and lime plaster techniques over the past year, and the interior walls of the great hall are wearing a new, slightly tinted Spring coat. After completing the rest of the interior straw bale...

Throw it “Away” – A De-Salvage Operation at Salvation Alley

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on April 7, 2014. Posted in Articles, Community Service, Natural Building, Uncategorized. No Comments on Throw it “Away” – A De-Salvage Operation at Salvation Alley

by Andy Bosley This March, Earthaven residents participated in a “Spring Cleaning” event, sorting through a ton of stuff (kept because someone once thought each item would someday be “useful)” and hauling much of it “away” in a trailer of metal and a couple of dumpsters of trash. Items...