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Mollie Curry and student plastering an arch

My Journey with Natural Building with Mollie Curry

Written by Debbie on August 12, 2022. Posted in Natural Building, Podcast. No Comments on My Journey with Natural Building with Mollie Curry

Earthaven Ecovillage Podcast My Journey with Natural Building with Mollie Curry Broadcast August 12, 2022Featuring: Mollie Curry and Sara Carter Mollie Curry moved to Earthaven in 1996, becoming one of the first village residents and getting involved in natural building. She’s taught...

Paul Caron with the Earthaven Council Hall

What Earthaven is All About… For Me with Paul Caron

Written by Debbie on June 26, 2021. Posted in Natural Building, Podcast. No Comments on What Earthaven is All About… For Me with Paul Caron

Earthaven Ecovillage Podcast What Earthaven is All About… for Me with Paul Caron Released June 28, 2021Featuring: Paul Caron and Diana Leafe Christian In this podcast, Earthaven co-founder and village philosopher Paul Caron shares how he got involved with the other Earthaven...

My House Got Plastered!

Written by NikiAnne Feinberg on June 19, 2021. Posted in Ecological Design, Gateway, Natural Building, Social Events, Village Life. No Comments on My House Got Plastered!

It’s a long-time Earthaven Ecovillage tradition. When a house is ready for its exterior plaster coating, we have a big party and invite all our friends. Dozens of Earthaven houses have gotten their pretty exterior face that way. It makes the work much more fun and the project goes way...

The Lumber Yard Gets a Design Upgrade at Earthaven Ecovillage

Written by Courtney Brooke on May 1, 2021. Posted in Natural Building, Permaculture. No Comments on The Lumber Yard Gets a Design Upgrade at Earthaven Ecovillage

Transcript from Video: Paul: Then the trailer is going to be over in there next to the tree. Zev: Oh, OK, Good. Paul: So, Yeah, if this is sloped enough, there will never be any wet pools. Zev: Yeah, it looks kind of like there needs to be a little more digging out right through here to get a...

New Floor in Jonathan’s Addition at Village Terraces Cohousing at Earthaven Ecovillage

Written by Lee Warren on April 26, 2021. Posted in Families and Children, Natural Building, Village Life, Village Terraces. No Comments on New Floor in Jonathan’s Addition at Village Terraces Cohousing at Earthaven Ecovillage

Transcript from Video: Lee: So this is your new floor? God it’s so beautiful! What was the process like? Johnathan: Well, there’s a long process. Originally, this room was open, it was a balcony… it was a porch balcony. Many years ago we enclosed it. Like five six years...

The Hut Hamlet Neighborhood at Earthaven Ecovillage. An Origin Story.

Written by Courtney Brooke on April 16, 2021. Posted in Hut Hamlet, Natural Building. No Comments on The Hut Hamlet Neighborhood at Earthaven Ecovillage. An Origin Story.

Transcript from video Paul: I’m Paul Caron and I’m a resident of the Earthaven neighborhood which is called the Hut Hamlet The reason why it’s called the Hut Hamlet… It was originally called the neotribal village, there’s a story behind all that that I’m not gonna tell...

Bio Char with Zev & Dimitri, at Earthaven Ecovillage

Written by Courtney Brooke on March 25, 2021. Posted in Gardens, Natural Building, Village Life. No Comments on Bio Char with Zev & Dimitri, at Earthaven Ecovillage

Dimitri: We’re at Earthaven Ecovillage with Zev Friedman in the Hut Hamlet neighborhood. We are now watering this char that’s made from bamboo in this Kon-tiki. Zev: Teensy micro Kon-tiki kiln, otherwise known as hickory nut pounding charcoal pounding vessel. Oh yeah..look at that...

What does the creation of true wealth look like?

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on June 27, 2020. Posted in Farms, Gardens, Natural Building, Permaculture, Village Life. No Comments on What does the creation of true wealth look like?

Here are a few snippets of what we think it looks like around the village! (Photos from before and during COVID)

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...

Goodbye to Brian Love

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on April 22, 2015. Posted in Celebrations and Gratitudes, Gateway, Members, Natural Building. No Comments on Goodbye to Brian Love

We are saddened to report that Earthaven Member Brian Love passed away in March of 2015. Brian contributed enormously to the agricultural and technological development of our community, contributed countless hours of creative design, planning, management and physical labor to land-based and...