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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...

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...

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...

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...

Living Fences & Intergenerational Pruning at Earthaven Ecovillage

Written by Courtney Brooke on April 15, 2021. Posted in Gardens, Permaculture, Village Life. No Comments on Living Fences & Intergenerational Pruning at Earthaven Ecovillage

Transcript from video: Courtney: What are y’all doing? Zev: Stone’s giving me a sawdust snack. Pruning. Courtney: What kind of tree is that? Stone: Ash. Ah it doesn’t taste like ash though. Courtney: Ash. Zev: And we’ve been pruning black locusts and mulberries and this...

Raised Beds Anyone?

Written by NikiAnne Feinberg on April 13, 2021. Posted in Bellavia Gardens, Gardens, Permaculture. No Comments on Raised Beds Anyone?

There are many different ways to garden, from the no-work method of Ruth Stout to the double-dig method of John Jeavons. Most of us at Earthaven have our hands in the soil on some level, even if minimally. Our very own Dr. Monique Mazza seems to excel at everything she does. And gardening...

Build it, and They Will Come

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on October 20, 2020. Posted in Medicine Wheel, Permaculture, Village Economics. No Comments on Build it, and They Will Come

By Deborah Clark, Medicine Wheel Collective Greetings from Medicine Wheel Collective! As summer rolls into fall, and wave after wave of change sweeps the wider world, we find ourselves deep in a season of change at Medicine Wheel. As the pandemic prohibited us from hosting our normal...

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)

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...