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Hut Hamlet Work Project: Ferrocement Cistern Tank Gets an Upgrade

Written by Courtney Brooke on May 25, 2021. Posted in Community Service, Hut Hamlet, People Care. No Comments on Hut Hamlet Work Project: Ferrocement Cistern Tank Gets an Upgrade

Transcript of Hut Hamlet Work Project: Ferrocement Cistern Tank Gets an Upgrade Good morning on the cusp of spring and summer. Today is an exciting day. Not only is it my favorite little person’s first birthday, but also we’re having a neighborhood work party to continue building...

Can We Tell The Truth About Our World?

Written by NikiAnne Feinberg on May 25, 2021. Posted in Culture Restoration, Fun and Play, In-Person Events, Social Events, Spirit and Culture, Village Life. No Comments on Can We Tell The Truth About Our World?

Maybe you’re a sensitive soul, like me. Or a deep thinking one. For folks like us, telling the truth about our world, like how its tendencies towards extractive, consumptive, and irreverent behaviors can be disheartening, actually brings some relief. Congruence between words and actions...

Creating Community With Women

Written by NikiAnne Feinberg on May 22, 2021. Posted in Earthaven Education, Online Events, People Care, Spirit and Culture. No Comments on Creating Community With Women

I first read Anita Diamant’s book, The Red Tent, back in 2007. A few years later, in 2012, at a women’s gathering, hundreds of us watched Things We Don’t Talk About: Women’s Stories from the Red Tent, which documented the growing movement. There was clearly a great need to share,...

Looking forward to Compassion Camp 2021 with Steve & Terrie at Earthaven Ecovillage

Written by Lee Warren on May 21, 2021. Posted in Earthaven Education, In-Person Events. No Comments on Looking forward to Compassion Camp 2021 with Steve & Terrie at Earthaven Ecovillage

Transcript from Video: Steve: Hi folks! This is Steve Torma from Asheville, North Carolina and Earthaven Ecovillage. Terrie: I’m Terrie LeWine and I’m from Philadelphia and I’m at Earthaven Ecovillage. Steve: So, here we are today, spring equinox. We’re sitting here with...

Laura, a Compassion Camp at Earthaven Ecovillage Participant in 2019, Impact Statement

Written by Lee Warren on May 20, 2021. Posted in Earthaven Education, In-Person Events. No Comments on Laura, a Compassion Camp at Earthaven Ecovillage Participant in 2019, Impact Statement

Transcript from video: Laura: Hi, I’m Laura. I just want to speak about my experience at compassion camp 2019 because I’m definitely going back to 2020! It far exceeded all my expectations. It was amazing; learning, food, we did dancing, and singing, we had a fire at night. Singing...

“I couldn’t do anything wrong” Compassion Camp at Earthaven Ecovillage with Alan Muskat

Written by Lee Warren on May 19, 2021. Posted in Earthaven Education, In-Person Events. No Comments on “I couldn’t do anything wrong” Compassion Camp at Earthaven Ecovillage with Alan Muskat

Transcript from video: Alan: I’m Alan Muskat and I’ve been to the first two Compassion Camps. I can’t wait for the next because I haven’t experienced anything like it- besides going to the actual international NVC training when, for days at a time, I felt completely...

What Is Permaculture?

Written by NikiAnne Feinberg on May 18, 2021. Posted in Earthaven Education, Ecological Design, Online Events, Permaculture. No Comments on What Is Permaculture?

Our world is always looking for things to be boiled down to a soundbite. Sometimes complex things can’t be conveyed in a summary or a sentence. I recently found a phrase from an article entitled The Indigenous Science of Permaculture by Rohini Walker that, for me, conveys the essence of...

Fertigation at Earthaven Ecovillage

Written by Courtney Brooke on May 18, 2021. Posted in Farms, Gardens, Permaculture. No Comments on Fertigation at Earthaven Ecovillage

Transcript from video: Courtney Brooke: Hey Uncle Zev. What are you doing? Zev: Oh, hey! I’m emptying out this liquid duck gold. Courtney Brooke: Duck gold? Zev: Yes. Courtney Brooke: What does that mean? Zev: An unspoken treasure. This is our duck water from the sweet ducks. The ancona...

Why have a lawn? When you can have this? Earthaven Ecovillage

Written by Courtney Brooke on May 17, 2021. Posted in Farms, Gardens, Village Life. No Comments on Why have a lawn? When you can have this? Earthaven Ecovillage

Transcript from video: Courtney Brooke: Why have a lawn when you can have this….? There are so many pollinators out here. Honeybees and I see three different kinds of butterflies. I mean I’m just seeing hundreds of pollinators around me right now. I’m sitting in this patch of...

Solar Hot Water at Earthaven Ecovillage

Written by Courtney Brooke on May 17, 2021. Posted in Hut Hamlet, Off-Grid Living, Renewable Energy, Solar Power, Water. No Comments on Solar Hot Water at Earthaven Ecovillage

(Transcript from video): Courtney Brooke: Good morning Zev. Zev: Good morning. Courtney Brooke: What are you doing? Zev: I just took the cover off our solar hot water panel. It was covered for the winter and now the sun is hitting it. I let water in and that’s going to be heating water up...