Author: Martha Harris

Prevent Birds from Striking Windows – Update

Written by Martha Harris on June 8, 2021. Posted in Gardens, Nature, Uncategorized. No Comments on Prevent Birds from Striking Windows – Update

We love our birds here at Earthaven Ecovillage. It can be heartbreaking when one crashes into the window because it sees the sky reflected there. Up to one billion birds die each year as a result of window collisions in the United States alone. Since our earlier post, we have discovered several...

Earthaven Images Autumn 2015

Written by Martha Harris on December 1, 2015. Posted in Nature. No Comments on Earthaven Images Autumn 2015

Beautiful photos by NikiAnne Feinburg! Click on each photo to see it full size. Fall Foliage at Earthaven Jack-o-Lanterns for Halloween Beautiful artwork adorns a bridge at Earthaven, thanks to Travis Robb and Gaspar Robles The sign at the Free Store, Earthaven’s thrift store, where everything...

Equinox and Eggs

Written by Martha Harris on March 20, 2013. Posted in Farms, Food, Fun and Play, Regenerative Agriculture. No Comments on Equinox and Eggs

Happy Spring Equinox! At Earthaven we are singing and drumming at sunrise, and holding a children’s ritual and egg hunt. There are two equinoxes each year, when the tilt of the Earth’s axis is inclined neither away from nor towards the Sun, the center of the Sun being in the same plane...

Green Alternative to Bleach and Cleaners

Written by Martha Harris on May 3, 2012. Posted in Ecological Design, Village Economics. No Comments on Green Alternative to Bleach and Cleaners

I have been delighted to discover a product offered at Shangri-Laundry that is effective for laundry and household cleaning and is environmentally friendly. I call it “enviro-oxy” because its real name, sodium percarbonate, is such a mouthful. You mix this powder with water in varying...

Shangri-Laundry

Written by Martha Harris on June 27, 2011. Posted in Ecological Design, Membership, Persimmon Grove, Renewable Energy. No Comments on Shangri-Laundry

The Shangri-Laundry is located in the basement of this building In June 2011 the Forest Garden Neighborhood welcomed Shangri-Laundry, a self-service laundromat that is convenient, green, and clean. Parking is available just past the building. There is one double-load washer and one double-load propane...

Prevent Birds from Striking Windows

Written by Martha Harris on July 10, 2010. Posted in Natural Building, Nature. 4 Comments on Prevent Birds from Striking Windows

Our passive solar home–Photo by Caroline Williford Millions of birds are killed each year when they strike windows of homes and offices. I used to worry about cats killing birds, but window strikes are a significantly bigger problem. Here at Earthaven, our passive solar homes have large, south-facing...