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What is Earthaven?

Written by Debbie on August 5, 2012. Posted in Earthaven Education. No Comments on What is Earthaven?

In this video, Earthaven Fire Keeper, Steve Torma, answers the question “what is Earthaven to you?”. Transcription for What is Earthaven Video Debbie: OK so what’s Earthaven to you? Steve Torma: Well when I think about Earthaven and what is the role of Earthaven in the world...

Medicinal Herbs

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on July 12, 2012. Posted in Food, Nature. No Comments on Medicinal Herbs

You’ll see these common plants and many others on a daily basis around Earthaven. Comfrey Chickweed Violet Burdock Yarrow Witch Hazel Photos by Lee Warren.

Busting the Myth That Consensus-with-Unanimity is Good for Communities

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on July 2, 2012. Posted in Articles, Governance and Legal. No Comments on Busting the Myth That Consensus-with-Unanimity is Good for Communities

by Diana Leafe Christian Many consensus trainers tell us consensus-with-unanimity is good for communities. It creates a sense of trust and connection, a sense of harmony, they say, since everyone’s agreement is first required to pass a proposal. Though I believed this for years, I no longer do. I...

Loving Acres’ New Vision

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on July 1, 2012. Posted in Dancing Shiva, Natural Building, Neighborhoods, Permaculture. No Comments on Loving Acres’ New Vision

by Banyan Freier Note to Reader: This neighborhood is referred to on the website as Dancing Shiva. The Loving Acres neighborhood began in the late 1990s with six folks who started the project and then decided to move closer to the center of Earthaven activity and build at Village Terraces neighborhood...

Twenty-Twelve And All That Jazz

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on June 22, 2012. Posted in Articles, Cosmology. No Comments on Twenty-Twelve And All That Jazz

by Arjuna da Silva Here’s what’s most exciting to me in the talk about 2012: the ancient stories are in step with results of scientific research and measurement! These correlations may not be getting into the major newspapers or on the radio, but that doesn’t make them any less true. Many scientists...

News from the Village – A Recent Visit from Michael Dowd

Written by Debbie on June 22, 2012. Posted in Conscious Relating, Cosmology, In-Person Events. No Comments on News from the Village – A Recent Visit from Michael Dowd

Evolutionary evangelist and author Rev. Michael Dowd visited Earthaven recently on a Southeastern tour. In presentations on May 18 and 19 he provided important input on two of the most critical issues facing us as an ecovillage: How do we deal with our inner and interpersonal realities so we can...

Christmas Cookie Party

Written by Eli on May 5, 2012. Posted in Families and Children, Food, Fun and Play, Village Terraces. No Comments on Christmas Cookie Party

I know, I know, it’s May. I’ve been chasing after a baby recently. Better late than never…… When I was growing up there were a lot of family traditions around the holidays. One of my favorites every year was making Christmas cookies with my mom, brother, and cousins. We would...

Green Alternative to Bleach and Cleaners

Written by Martha Harris on May 3, 2012. Posted in Ecological Design, Village Economics. No Comments on Green Alternative to Bleach and Cleaners

I have been delighted to discover a product offered at Shangri-Laundry that is effective for laundry and household cleaning and is environmentally friendly. I call it “enviro-oxy” because its real name, sodium percarbonate, is such a mouthful. You mix this powder with water in varying...

Top Ten Uses for a Gateway Sheep

Written by Eli on April 10, 2012. Posted in Farms, Gateway, Regenerative Agriculture. No Comments on Top Ten Uses for a Gateway Sheep

A new lamb with protective mom looking on. 1-Aesthetics: Let’s face it. Little baby lambs are cute. There is nothing quite like walking by a big beautiful pasture full of lush green grass and mama sheep with tiny new lambs. 2-Wool: The Gateway sheep are sheared twice a year, in the spring and fall,...

Lessons in Bamboo: Love it but Don’t Leave it Alone

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on March 28, 2012. Posted in Articles, Bellavia Gardens, Ecological Design, Food, Permaculture. No Comments on Lessons in Bamboo: Love it but Don’t Leave it Alone

by Arjuna da Silva Previous owners gifted Earthaven’s main street with a healthy stand of bamboo that’s now prolific near the Forest Garden Learning Center. Early Earthaven members added additional stands around the community. What a beautiful and useful plant (we thought)! Bamboo IS beautiful. AND...