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Five of my favorite moments at Earthaven Ecovillage with Steve Torma

Written by Lee Warren on May 4, 2021. Posted in Celebrations and Gratitudes, Fun and Play, Members, Village Life. No Comments on Five of my favorite moments at Earthaven Ecovillage with Steve Torma

Transcript from Video: Hi folks, my name’s Steve Torma, and I’m coming to you from Earthaven Ecovillage. I’d like to share with you five of my favorite moments of being here at Earthaven since the beginning really. The probably the first one that comes to my mind is the first day...

Celebrating RAMPS! at Earthaven Ecovillage

Written by Courtney Brooke on May 3, 2021. Posted in Gardens. No Comments on Celebrating RAMPS! at Earthaven Ecovillage

(Transcript from video) Courtney Brooke: Hi there. Well, I’m gonna share a really exciting thing that’s happening right now in our yard. So, I don’t know if you’ve ever heard of wild ramps, but they’re an Allium, in the onion clan. They grow in the wild mountains around...

Village School Overview with Gabriel at Earthaven Ecovillage (Three Part Series)

Written by Gabriel Vieira on May 2, 2021. Posted in Earthaven Education, Families and Children, Village Life, Village School for Kids. 1 Comment on Village School Overview with Gabriel at Earthaven Ecovillage (Three Part Series)

Part 1 Moving to the Forest Garden Gabriel: I am really excited because the village school is moving to a new location. We’re going to be out here in the forest gardens. Behind me, right here is the forest garden. An area that’s been through a million different iterations, different teams,...

ClubCar: Our golf cart with a solar panel on top at Earthaven Ecovillage

Written by Courtney Brooke on May 2, 2021. Posted in Renewable Energy, Solar Power, Village Life. No Comments on ClubCar: Our golf cart with a solar panel on top at Earthaven Ecovillage

Transcript from video: Courtney Brooke: Here’s our new ride, the club car. It’s a golf cart for cruising around Earthaven, but the news about it is that it’s got a solar panel on top so you can charge it with electricity. But that’s pretty challenging to do when...

Are We At The End Of The Experiment?

Written by NikiAnne Feinberg on May 1, 2021. Posted in Earthaven Education, In-Person Events, Visitors. No Comments on Are We At The End Of The Experiment?

I just learned about this word: “Anthropocene,” which is a proposed geological epoch starting with “significant human impact on Earth’s geology and ecosystems,” including, but not limited to, anthropogenic climate change. I pulled that from Wikipedia. But the concept that humans are creating...

The Lumber Yard Gets a Design Upgrade at Earthaven Ecovillage

Written by Courtney Brooke on May 1, 2021. Posted in Natural Building, Permaculture. No Comments on The Lumber Yard Gets a Design Upgrade at Earthaven Ecovillage

Transcript from Video: Paul: Then the trailer is going to be over in there next to the tree. Zev: Oh, OK, Good. Paul: So, Yeah, if this is sloped enough, there will never be any wet pools. Zev: Yeah, it looks kind of like there needs to be a little more digging out right through here to get a little...

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 there’s...

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 amendment...

Grating Black Turmeric from our neighbors at Earthaven Ecovillage

Written by Courtney Brooke on April 27, 2021. Posted in Uncategorized. No Comments on Grating Black Turmeric from our neighbors at Earthaven Ecovillage

Transcript from Video: Courtney Brooke: Good morning, Zev. Zev: Good morning. Courtney Brooke: What are you doing? Zev: I am grating this incredible black turmeric grown by Leon with his mad, passionate devotion to beautiful food and medicine plants at Full Circle Far next to Earthaven Ecovillage. Courtney...

New Floor in Jonathan’s Addition at Village Terraces Cohousing at Earthaven Ecovillage

Written by Lee Warren on April 26, 2021. Posted in Families and Children, Natural Building, Village Life, Village Terraces. No Comments on New Floor in Jonathan’s Addition at Village Terraces Cohousing at Earthaven Ecovillage

Transcript from Video: Lee: So this is your new floor? God it’s so beautiful! What was the process like? Johnathan: Well, there’s a long process. Originally, this room was open, it was a balcony… it was a porch balcony. Many years ago we enclosed it. Like five six years ago, we...