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It Takes A Village

Written by NikiAnne Feinberg on May 11, 2021. Posted in Businesses, Earthaven Education, In-Person Events, Permaculture, Regenerative Agriculture, Village Economics. No Comments on It Takes A Village

We recently revamped our entire outreach process. You’re hearing more from us by email. We’re making lots of videos to share with you. And we are engaging more on social media. During our first two decades on the ground at Earthaven we didn’t have much capacity for outreach. And sometimes...

My Experiences With Permaculture

Written by NikiAnne Feinberg on May 8, 2021. Posted in Earthaven Education, Online Events, Permaculture, Social Justice. No Comments on My Experiences With Permaculture

My training with land and culture repair has fallen in the realms of deep ecology, nature connection, mentoring with the wild, wilderness awareness, and racial equity realms. Huge shout out to some of my mentors in these wisdom ways: Sobonfu Somé Warren Brush and the whole Quail Springs...

AlnoCulture; Alder Tree as a living trellis with Courtney Brooke at Earthaven Ecovillage

Written by Courtney Brooke on May 5, 2021. Posted in Gardens, Hut Hamlet, Permaculture. No Comments on AlnoCulture; Alder Tree as a living trellis with Courtney Brooke at Earthaven Ecovillage

Transcript from video: Courtney Brooke: Good morning, it’s Courtney Brooke here. I wanted to show you another exciting plant in our landscape which is called an Alder. It’s a tree; it’s these trees here. This is a baby one. It was planted about …maybe two years ago. Here’s...

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 little...

Stabilizing the Creek Bank at Earthaven Ecovillage

Written by Courtney Brooke on April 28, 2021. Posted in Permaculture. No Comments on Stabilizing the Creek Bank at Earthaven Ecovillage

Transcript from video: Courtney Brooke: Here we are on the creek bank, of Earthaven EcoVillage, where there’s been some major erosion, since before we got here. The road before Earthaven was here was already very near the creek, which is understandable, but also a problem. So now there’s...

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...

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 ago, we...

Retaining Wall Made of Tires at Earthaven Ecovillage

Written by Courtney Brooke on April 25, 2021. Posted in Ecological Design, Gardens, Permaculture. No Comments on Retaining Wall Made of Tires at Earthaven Ecovillage

(Transcript from video) Sue: So this is a tire retaining wall. We made it by taking off one of the walls, one of the sidewalls of the tires, and then turning them inside out. So they look more for the same. And I planted them with succulents and various kinds of herbs, like Thyme and Rosemary and...

Creek Repair Using Cement Blocks as Sediment Bars at Earthaven Ecovillage

Written by Courtney Brooke on April 22, 2021. Posted in Ecological Design, Permaculture. No Comments on Creek Repair Using Cement Blocks as Sediment Bars at Earthaven Ecovillage

(Transcript from video) Courtney Brooke: Hi there. Coming to you from the sauna at Earthaven EcoVillage. And the Sauna is right by the swimming hole, which is in the creek. The thing about that is that the Creek, when it floods, erodes away the bank. Then if it erodes away too much more than it...

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...