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Coffee & Trade

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on September 18, 2012. Posted in Food, Social Events, Village Economics. No Comments on Coffee & Trade

Tuesday mornings are turning into a downright farmer’s market. Our regular Coffee and Trade now features produce, artwork, and other products from members and neighbors. Here’s what’s been on display this summer: Fresh Baked Bread Earthaven-grown Blackberries Muffins...

Our Future Men

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on October 9, 2011. Posted in Families and Children. No Comments on Our Future Men

Lots of babies have been born at Earthaven or to neighbors lately with the large majority of them being boys. We welcome them to our village and eagerly await who they will become. These photos were captured by eli at a playgroup get-together at the Council Hall (except for photos of Forest and Heron...

Late Summer Abundance

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on August 30, 2011. Posted in Celebrations and Gratitudes, Food, Gardens, Nature, Neighborhoods. No Comments on Late Summer Abundance

Lammas, the traditional day to celebrate the bounties of the harvest season, falls at the beginning of August. It’s an appropriate time, when the earth’s growth gives forth her gifts. Medicine Wheel Squash Flowers Luscious Raspberries from the...

New Baby

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on April 8, 2011. Posted in Celebrations, Families and Children. No Comments on New Baby

Oakley Swiftcreek, a boy, was born to eli and Jonathan on March 15th at 2:02 pm. Welcome Oakley!

4 New Members in 1 Day

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on October 30, 2010. Posted in Celebrations, Members, Membership. No Comments on 4 New Members in 1 Day

October 24th’s Council Meeting broke the record for number of new Full Members joining (jumping, as we call it) at once. All had been Provisional Members for less than a year and were excited to share this special day with each other. The big surprise was their decision to jump in their birthday...

Journal of an Incoming Member

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on July 24, 2010. Posted in Chosen Family, Members. 1 Comment on Journal of an Incoming Member

by Jonathan Swiftcreek, Earthaven provisional member Jonathan and eli Swiftcreek are on a membership track at Earthaven Ecovillage. Their search for community began in 2007 with a shared living situation in Asheville and continues on with their life at Earthaven. After living in the...

Journal of an Incoming Member

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on March 5, 2010. Posted in Members. No Comments on Journal of an Incoming Member

Written by Jonathan Swiftcreek Entry 1: The First Steps Towards Earthaven The joint story of eli (lower case intentional) and me, our search for community, and two years later, our move to Earthaven, began in April 2007, in Asheville, NC. We had met recently, connected through community-oriented...