Author: Earthaven Admin Team

Vedanta

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on September 11, 2006. Posted in Celebrations and Gratitudes, Conscious Dying. No Comments on Vedanta

by Arjuna da Silva We’ll remember you. Remember us. We love you, Vedanta. Phrases painted into the collective painting that began the night after Vedanta died, March 22, and was completed on his birthday, April 14 (now officially Ananda Vedanta Music & Art Day) at a “hippie”...

The time has finally come for Sweat Equity at Earthaven

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on May 22, 2006. Posted in Membership, Village Economics. No Comments on The time has finally come for Sweat Equity at Earthaven

By Ivy Lynn Over the years Earthaven has tried to prioritize agriculture, and to provide ways for skilled folks to be able to be at Earthaven even if they hadn’t amassed savings. First site option 3 was created. It allowed a few people to be here, but it just delayed their inevitable need to...

Shoes Off!

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on May 15, 2006. Posted in Conscious Relating, Social Events, Spirit and Culture. No Comments on Shoes Off!

Being Healed by the Earth “American feet are atrophied; they don’t develop, they are inarticulate,” says Warren Grossman, energy healer and author of the book, To Be Healed By The Earth, pointing out that in cultures where people don’t wear shoes, the toes spread and the feet...

Practicing Gender Appropriate Languaging (GAL)

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on May 3, 2006. Posted in Conscious Relating, Spirit and Culture. No Comments on Practicing Gender Appropriate Languaging (GAL)

by Arjuna da Silva It’s not unusual for new folks at Earthaven to feel overwhelmed by many of our members’ insistence on the use of gender appropriate language; that is, when gender specific pronouns and nouns are used, the request is that they refer to the actual genders of the people...

News from Council Hall

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on April 6, 2006. Posted in Community Service, Natural Building, Village Economics, Village Life. No Comments on News from Council Hall

By Ivy Lynn In our Council Hall, the new and gorgeous, luminescent granite and marble mosaic floor is finally finished! The design for the floor was created by Jessica Evans and provided an opportunity for Earthaven to support sweat equity by approval of Jessica’s proposal to barter half her...

Imani

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on March 23, 2006. Posted in Farms, Food, Village Terraces. No Comments on Imani

It is so heartening to see so much progress, in the realm of animal husbandry, happening at Imani. The barn and the rock retaining wall in front of it, embody the combination of practicality and aesthetic harmony we appreciate in our central village farms. The picture to the left shows the barn, a...

Season of New Beginnings

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on March 22, 2006. Posted in Cosmology, Farms, Nature. No Comments on Season of New Beginnings

by Arjuna da Silva In Oriental metaphoric tradition, Spring’s direction is East, its color yellow (or green-yellow), its quality innocence. The time of day is sunrise, and it corresponds to the Wood element. Its animal image is an eagle, flying high over the landscape. Spring is a time of many...

Sustainable Systems

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on January 8, 2006. Posted in Businesses, Gateway, Natural Building, Solar Power. No Comments on Sustainable Systems

Two of our most enterprising and innovative problem-solvers are Chris Farmer and Brian Love. These guys have been “wrapping their minds around” how to make building at Earthaven more efficient and sustainable. Some of their solutions are manifest in their truck, outfitted with everything...

At the top of Suncatcher Way

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on January 7, 2006. Posted in Ecological Design, Natural Building, Upper Rosy Branch. No Comments on At the top of Suncatcher Way

Geoff and Sue Stone came to Earthaven years ago with visions of building a typically Southwestern, passive solar “earthship” as their environmentally sustainable home. After experimenting with techniques by building a community root cellar in the Village Center, they went on to create...

The 9th Continental Bioregional Congress

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on January 6, 2006. Posted in Conscious Relating, Social Events, Spirit and Culture, Village Economics. No Comments on The 9th Continental Bioregional Congress

Earthaven Ecovillage, July 2005 Over five months later, we offer these highlights from Cathy’s daily reports: People came from all over the country, from the Ozarks, Chesapeake Bay, Minnesota, the Great Lakes, Florida, California, Puget Sound, Texas, Mississippi, and Maine; from as far away...