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I Was Seeking A Land-Based Life

Written by NikiAnne Feinberg on May 4, 2021. Posted in Earthaven Education, Online Events, Visitors. No Comments on I Was Seeking A Land-Based Life

I felt the longing in me early. It became an actual voice sometime in my 20s. The voice said… I want to grow a garden. I want to build my own home. I want to live closer to nature. I want to eat food from close by. I want to know more about my bioregion. I want to be around children who run...

Village School Overview with Gabriel at Earthaven Ecovillage (Three Part Series)

Written by Gabriel Vieira on May 2, 2021. Posted in Earthaven Education, Families and Children, Village Life, Village School for Kids. 1 Comment on Village School Overview with Gabriel at Earthaven Ecovillage (Three Part Series)

Part 1 Moving to the Forest Garden Gabriel: I am really excited because the village school is moving to a new location. We’re going to be out here in the forest gardens. Behind me, right here is the forest garden. An area that’s been through a million different iterations, different teams,...

Are We At The End Of The Experiment?

Written by NikiAnne Feinberg on May 1, 2021. Posted in Earthaven Education, In-Person Events, Visitors. No Comments on Are We At The End Of The Experiment?

I just learned about this word: “Anthropocene,” which is a proposed geological epoch starting with “significant human impact on Earth’s geology and ecosystems,” including, but not limited to, anthropogenic climate change. I pulled that from Wikipedia. But the concept that humans are creating...

Making Biochar

Written by NikiAnne Feinberg on April 27, 2021. Posted in Earthaven Education, In-Person Events, Permaculture, Regenerative Agriculture. No Comments on Making Biochar

Have you caught the biochar fever? We certainly have. About ten years ago, many of us watched a YouTube documentary called The Secret of Eldorado and got wildly excited about the possibilities of biochar. Biochar is a kind of charcoal made by burning carbon in a way that produces a stable amendment...

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Village Economics

Written by NikiAnne Feinberg on April 24, 2021. Posted in Online Events, Village Economics. No Comments on Village Economics

Are you a sustainable economics geek? I certainly am. ‘Round here we often talk about sustainability as three legs of a stool—environmental, social, and economic. I’ve noticed that there’s a ton of interest, both inside and outside of our village, in two legs of the stool: the environmental...

Robbie Wheelock reflecting on Earthaven Ecovillage Experience Week

Written by Lee Warren on April 19, 2021. Posted in Earthaven Education, In-Person Events, People Care, Permaculture. No Comments on Robbie Wheelock reflecting on Earthaven Ecovillage Experience Week

(Transcript from video) Hey there. I’m Robbie Wheelock. And I was a participant of the Earthaven Experience Week. Being from Asheville, and being from school at the time, that was something that I felt would be a good supplement to the education I was receiving. There was a lot of hard learning...

Roasting marshmellows around a campfire at Earthaven Ecovillage

The Campground Is Officially OPEN!

Written by NikiAnne Feinberg on April 17, 2021. Posted in Visitors. No Comments on The Campground Is Officially OPEN!

It’s been a tough year for everyone. We’re thrilled to be hosting campers again in our campground at Earthaven Ecovillage. You’ll need to register for an in-person Earthaven tour to be eligible to camp. The campground is open through October and we have a Saturday tour every week the campground is...

Membership Committee Design Session at Earthaven Ecovillage

Written by Courtney Brooke on April 11, 2021. Posted in Earthaven Education, Governance and Legal, Membership. No Comments on Membership Committee Design Session at Earthaven Ecovillage

(Transcipt from video) Courtney Brooke: Here we are. The inside scoop in the membership education committee. So we’ve been in here just reflecting on the deep journey of what it is to come into relationship with Earthhaven. All the different phases and stages and life cycle of that whole process....

Caring For Our People

Written by NikiAnne Feinberg on April 10, 2021. Posted in Online Events, People Care. No Comments on Caring For Our People

There are about 125 of us living at Earthaven in rural Western North Carolina carving out land-based lives in the forest. Earthaven Ecovillage started in 1994 and for over 25 years has been experimenting with physical, social, and economic systems that embody a different way of being. Different...

Dr. Monique Mazza’s Vermiculture Mini-Workshop. Part 2. At Earthaven Ecovillage

Written by Courtney Brooke on March 21, 2021. Posted in Gardens, Regenerative Agriculture, Video, Waste. No Comments on Dr. Monique Mazza’s Vermiculture Mini-Workshop. Part 2. At Earthaven Ecovillage

Dr. Monique Mazza: Hey y’all! This is Dr. Monique Mazza from Earthaven Ecovillage with part two of our vermiculture video. In the first part we already went over how to feed our worms and set them up so they’re going to be happy critters and producing worm castings for you in the first...