Earthaven Education Archives - Page 12 of 13

Living on the Edge

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on September 30, 2012. Posted in Articles, Farms, Hawk Hollar. No Comments on Living on the Edge

by Rae Jean Living in Hawk Holler neighborhood presents its own set of challenges. With only one house and two people living here so far, the main inhabitants are the four-legged, winged ones, and creepy crawly varieties. What to do when these creatures begin to multiply and take over the gardens,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Village News

Written by Debbie on February 2, 2012. Posted in Conscious Relating, Dancing Shiva, Ecological Design, In-Person Events. No Comments on Village News

Earthaven Hosts Two Notable Luminaries Matthew Fox visited Earthaven October 17, when he filmed interviews with some of our elders and young people for an upcoming video about “Youth, Elders, and Spirituality.” While visiting, he held a discussion with the community. Matthew Fox is an internationally...

Ode to Crabapples

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on January 15, 2012. Posted in Articles, Food, Hut Hamlet. No Comments on Ode to Crabapples

by Tribal Condo Clan This past fall, we harvested a beautiful collection of fruits and vegetables. As any harvester knows, Ma Nature produces bountiful amounts of food and there’s always enough to share. One morning, Suchi and I were walking in the Hut Hamlet neighborhood and came upon a Crabapple...

Video Portraits of Two Earthaven Members

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on June 12, 2011. Posted in Earthaven Education, Membership, Video. No Comments on Video Portraits of Two Earthaven Members

Here are two portrait videos made by Jacki Huntington, a UNC journalism student who spent a month here last summer, then returned for a weekend this spring to wrap up her project. One focuses on Michaeljon and the other on redmoonsong. Her article is here. and

Thank You, Transition Towns!

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on July 8, 2010. Posted in Articles, Ecological Design, Regenerative Agriculture, Renewable Energy, Village Economics. No Comments on Thank You, Transition Towns!

By Diana Leafe Christian, Earthaven Airspinner Some of my friends in Ashland, Oregon celebrating their town’s Transition Initiative with a parade and floats! The way I see it, Transition Towns (now called Transition Initiatives) are doing exactly what Ecovillage activists...