Governance and Legal Archives - Earthaven Ecovillage

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....

Legal at Last

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on September 11, 2019. Posted in Articles, Governance and Legal, Membership, Neighborhoods. No Comments on Legal at Last

By Diana Leafe Christian If you see us smiling broadly these days, it’s because in January 2019 we finally finished our legal restructuring process, underway since we learned the severity of our financial/legal structure issues in 2010. Now every Earthaven member and our entire 329-acre mountain...

We’re Podding Up

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on September 5, 2018. Posted in Articles, Governance and Legal, Neighborhoods. No Comments on We’re Podding Up

Since last we wrote, several neighborhood pods have formed legal entities and received deeds to their neighborhood parcels. Most pods are incorporated as housing coops, with one non-profit ”spiritual society.” By next newsletter, all Earthaven pods should have their deeded parcels, and clarity between...

Bellavia Gardens (among other neighborhoods) is Becoming a Co-op!

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on March 22, 2016. Posted in Articles, Bellavia Gardens, Governance and Legal, Medicine Wheel, Neighborhoods. No Comments on Bellavia Gardens (among other neighborhoods) is Becoming a Co-op!

by Arjuna da Silva Some Earthaven neighborhoods are balancing collective and personal ownership issues by forming housing cooperatives. While used in other parts of the country, housing co-ops are new in our region and could be a reasonable model for other ecovillages, especially in rural areas. One...

Diana Leafe Christian Teaches at Findhorn

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on November 2, 2013. Posted in Articles, Governance and Legal, Members. No Comments on Diana Leafe Christian Teaches at Findhorn

In October Earthaven’s international community researcher and advocate Diana Leafe Christian gave workshops and consultations to several intentional communities in England, and co-led a workshop on Sociocracy at Findhorn Community in Scotland with her teacher and mentor, John Buck, the man who brought...

Earthaven’s New Decision-Making Method

Written by Diana Leafe Christian on January 2, 2013. Posted in Governance and Legal. 1 Comment on Earthaven’s New Decision-Making Method

Because increasing numbers of members over the last several years have been dissatisfied with our consensus decision-making method, in October 2012 Earthaven agreed to modify its consensus process. For 18 years we used consensus-with-unanimity, which requires 100% agreement (not counting stand-asides)...

Steve Torma ~ Keeper of the Flame

Written by Debbie on September 12, 2012. Posted in Governance and Legal, Members. No Comments on Steve Torma ~ Keeper of the Flame

“My whole life has been leading toward me doing this role.” Steve Torma is guiding Earthaven through the awkward teen years as Earthaven’s FireKeeper. As FireKeeper, Steve seeks to honor and value the community history while accepting change and valuing transformation. Steve has a strong appreciation...

Steve Torma ~ Keeper of the Flame

Written by Debbie on August 18, 2012. Posted in Governance and Legal, Members. No Comments on Steve Torma ~ Keeper of the Flame

In this post we profile one of our villagers. “My whole life has been leading toward me doing this role.” Steve Torma is guiding Earthaven through the awkward teen years as Earthaven’s Fire Keeper. As Fire Keeper, Steve seeks to honor and value the community history while accepting change and valuing...

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...

Learning Consensus at Earthaven

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on January 7, 2011. Posted in Conscious Relating, Governance and Legal, Membership. No Comments on Learning Consensus at Earthaven

by Diana Leafe Christian “This is harder than I thought!” exclaimed Ohbeeb. She was in front of the room practicing facilitating a meeting. She was saying, “Excuse me; would you like to get on the stack?” to another participant who was having fun pretending to be mildly disruptive. It was our...