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Overcome the Stress of Sitting

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on March 30, 2013. Posted in Articles, People Care. No Comments on Overcome the Stress of Sitting

by Nick Nicholson When I was a youth, I noticed how some people tilted when they walked. Not the natural way that our spines curve forward and backward, so that our vertebral disks do not compress, but the tilt that happens when one side of the body stretches muscles to balance the other side. I...

Paul Caron on the System of Exploitation and the Nature of Happiness

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on March 22, 2013. Posted in Members, Spirit and Culture, Uncategorized. No Comments on Paul Caron on the System of Exploitation and the Nature of Happiness

Earthaven has many philosophers. We’re awash with abundance when it comes to theories of the industrial complex, natural systems, and know-it-all opinions on just about everything. If we took a vote on the “Most Likely to Philosophize,” it’d be a close race. But one of the...

Equinox and Eggs

Written by Martha Harris on March 20, 2013. Posted in Farms, Food, Fun and Play, Regenerative Agriculture. No Comments on Equinox and Eggs

Happy Spring Equinox! At Earthaven we are singing and drumming at sunrise, and holding a children’s ritual and egg hunt. There are two equinoxes each year, when the tilt of the Earth’s axis is inclined neither away from nor towards the Sun, the center of the Sun being in the same plane...

Interview with Brandon Greenstein – Neighbor, friend, and former member

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on March 6, 2013. Posted in Chosen Family, Community Service, Members. No Comments on Interview with Brandon Greenstein – Neighbor, friend, and former member

by Arjuna da Silva Brandon came to Earthaven in 1998 in pursuit of meaningful connection to Earth and Spirit. “When I discovered permaculture in Communities magazine, I realized organic farming, natural building and ecovillage lifestyle were what I was after.” The following year, he returned to Earthaven...

Covered in Ice

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on March 3, 2013. Posted in Nature. No Comments on Covered in Ice

Late February a strong ice storm came through our area. Rain froze, trees fell, phone lines were down, and roads were slippery. The next day, when the sun rose, it created a fairy-tale, winter wonderland of crystals glinting and melting. Thanks to Lee Warren for...

David Blume Inspires Us

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on March 1, 2013. Posted in In-Person Events, Renewable Energy. No Comments on David Blume Inspires Us

by Yvonne Rainbow Jensen Teplitsky On a cold Saturday in February we sat in the Council Hall, sunrays and snowflakes dancing outside the windows, listening to a lively presentation by David Blume, author of Alcohol Can be a Gas, and Luke Staengl, of the Virginia Ethanol Association. They vividly...

Earthaven’s New Decision-Making Method

Written by Diana Leafe Christian on January 2, 2013. Posted in Governance and Legal. 1 Comment on Earthaven’s New Decision-Making Method

Because increasing numbers of members over the last several years have been dissatisfied with our consensus decision-making method, in October 2012 Earthaven agreed to modify its consensus process. For 18 years we used consensus-with-unanimity, which requires 100% agreement (not counting stand-asides)...

Chris Farmer presents his dream for an Appalachian Machu Picchu

Written by Debbie on December 22, 2012. Posted in Regenerative Agriculture, Renewable Energy. No Comments on Chris Farmer presents his dream for an Appalachian Machu Picchu

One of the ways Earthaven honors longtime members is with Member Appreciation evenings – where the person tells their life story. In this clip from his story, Chris Farmer presents his vision for creating an Appalachian version of Machu Picchu in our village. Video of Appalachian Machu Picchu Transcription...

The Trading Post is NOW OPEN!

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on November 10, 2012. Posted in Businesses, Families and Children, Village Economics, Village Life. No Comments on The Trading Post is NOW OPEN!

On October 5, 2012 at 10 a.m., sounds rang through the village as a group of Earthaven Middle Schoolers rang bells, banged on drums, sounded the didgeridoo and shook tambourines for a full five minutes. At the end of the five minutes they shouted, “The Trading Post is NOW OPEN!” Folks from all around...

Aspiring to the Working Class

Written by Lee Warren on November 1, 2012. Posted in Articles, Culture Restoration, Spirit and Culture. No Comments on Aspiring to the Working Class

Excerpted from Communities Magazine (Sept. 2012) One-hundred-fifty years ago, 90 percent of people on earth were farmers. This meant that every person in every family knew how to survive. Men and women knew how to work a field, fix tools, build a house, feed themselves. They knew how to raise animals,...