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Torrential Rains!

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on October 25, 2018. Posted in Articles, Nature, Village Life. No Comments on Torrential Rains!

The rains have been torrential this Summer and early Fall. Storms lasted days, even without coastal hurricanes carrying heavy winds this far inland. The ground was soggy and remained puddled for days. The creeks were often full and galloping. One day, state roads in two out of three directions from...

Building Sanity

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on September 15, 2018. Posted in Articles, Natural Building, Neighborhoods. No Comments on Building Sanity

written by Arjuna da Silva Learning to live together also means learning from one anothers’ mistakes. Learning to build with low budgets, limited time, and few professionals has been another learning curve. Still, quite a few successes in design and construction remain praiseworthy. Last issue...

We’re Podding Up

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on September 5, 2018. Posted in Articles, Governance and Legal, Neighborhoods. No Comments on We’re Podding Up

Since last we wrote, several neighborhood pods have formed legal entities and received deeds to their neighborhood parcels. Most pods are incorporated as housing coops, with one non-profit ”spiritual society.” By next newsletter, all Earthaven pods should have their deeded parcels, and clarity between...

The secret life of permaculture at Earthaven

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on July 3, 2018. Posted in Articles, Permaculture, Regenerative Agriculture, Village Life. No Comments on The secret life of permaculture at Earthaven

Patricia embraced our permaculture vision without reservation, and impressed hundreds of students and work exchangers, as witnessed by the turnout for her funeral. Meanwhile, the underpinnings and impact of those principles on everyone and everything we do at Earthaven might easily be taken for granted....

Changes, Changes, All Ways, Always!

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on June 3, 2018. Posted in Articles, Spirit and Culture, Village Life. No Comments on Changes, Changes, All Ways, Always!

above: The mural of Lake Atitlan in Guatemala, long the entry piece to the Forest Garden, finally came down after falling into disrepair. It had been a group painting inspired and led by early member Ananda Vedanta. Earthaven’s mission is to be a learning model of what responsible Earth-respectful...

Building Community Through Ritual

Written by NikiAnne Feinberg on February 22, 2018. Posted in Articles, Conscious Dying, In-Person Events, Spirit and Culture. No Comments on Building Community Through Ritual

Above: 2017 Ancestor Feast Altar featuring Chuck, Suchi and Kimchi by NikiAnne Feinberg Rituals to help land-based and regional communities process what has happened and is happening in our world are so powerful. We look to ritual to help us digest the unsavory and the unpalatable....

Stepping into 2018!

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on January 25, 2018. Posted in Articles, Ecological Design, Membership, Off-Grid Living, Visitors. No Comments on Stepping into 2018!

While it’s hard to be encouraged by the way humans are utilizing planetary resources and influences, to some extent it just makes us hunker down even more, to mine those inner resources that will help us go the distance—get another project done, another plan designed, even explore another...

Pioneering and Succession

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on September 29, 2017. Posted in Articles, Farms, Food, Gardens, Permaculture, Regenerative Agriculture. No Comments on Pioneering and Succession

Written by: Zev Friedman “The pioneer effort that founded Earthaven created both literal and cultural topsoil, which is now capable of supporting not only plants but the human systems it takes to successfully grow food.” I’ve heard early members of Earthaven frequently remark that this ecovillage...

Processing pawpaws: Looking forward and looking back

Written by Debbie on September 20, 2017. Posted in Articles, Businesses, Food, Permaculture. No Comments on Processing pawpaws: Looking forward and looking back

I first learned about pawpaws from Chuck Marsh. He was an enthusiastic advocate of new and under-appreciated fruit. When I became a partner in the nursery in 2010 we gathered and planted selected pawpaw varieties everywhere—his yard, at the nursery, and in Geoffrey’s and my orchard....

Beltaine – one of Earthaven’s favorite celebrations!

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on May 15, 2017. Posted in Articles, Celebrations and Gratitudes, Social Events, Spirit and Culture, Village Life. No Comments on Beltaine – one of Earthaven’s favorite celebrations!

by Melissa Lemoing (aka River Otter) On Sunday, April 30, we celebrated Beltaine, or May Day, the holiday mid-way between the Spring Equinox and the Summer Solstice, which celebrates the full flowering of the powerful energy of Springtime. In lighting the Bel-fire together we take part in an ancient...