Ecological Design Archives - Page 5 of 8

‘Tis the Season of the Students

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on April 5, 2014. Posted in Ecological Design, Gardens, Regenerative Agriculture, Visitors. No Comments on ‘Tis the Season of the Students

by NikiAnne Feinberg Several weekends in a row this past April, we had the pleasure of hosting college groups from the College of Charleston, Furman University, and Elon University. We dig bamboo, but how many shoots can we eat?! Bamboo needs maintenance to keep it from overextending its boundaries....

Really Local Economy

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on January 7, 2014. Posted in Bellavia Gardens, Community Service, Natural Building. No Comments on Really Local Economy

This past summer, long-time Earthaven member Mollie Curry and her partner, Steve Kemble, supervised the final plastering of Bellavia Gardens’ neighborhood composting toilet, known as the Ojo de Conejo (eye of the rabbit) Lounge. Folks from around the village, eager to get muddy, joined Gaspar and...

Council Hall Face-Lift

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on September 2, 2013. Posted in Ecological Design, Natural Building. No Comments on Council Hall Face-Lift

by Arjuna da Silva Our Council Hall was built in the late 90’s with limited experience and the unskilled labor of hundreds of volunteers. Happy with imperfect yet functional, we’ve chosen more often to develop new systems rather than improving imperfections. For example, we completed the radiant...

Hazelnuts

Written by Debbie on April 9, 2013. Posted in Articles, Businesses, Food, Permaculture, Village Terraces. No Comments on Hazelnuts

In December, the residents of Village Terraces Cohousing Neighborhood planted a new grove of hazelnut trees on the edge of their neighborhood. We planted the European hazelnuts for their improved nut quality. The nuts are high in oils, tasty with chocolate, and can be harvested up to a month before...

Loving Acres’ New Vision

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on July 1, 2012. Posted in Dancing Shiva, Natural Building, Neighborhoods, Permaculture. No Comments on Loving Acres’ New Vision

by Banyan Freier Note to Reader: This neighborhood is referred to on the website as Dancing Shiva. The Loving Acres neighborhood began in the late 1990s with six folks who started the project and then decided to move closer to the center of Earthaven activity and build at Village Terraces neighborhood...

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...

Lessons in Bamboo: Love it but Don’t Leave it Alone

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on March 28, 2012. Posted in Articles, Bellavia Gardens, Ecological Design, Food, Permaculture. No Comments on Lessons in Bamboo: Love it but Don’t Leave it Alone

by Arjuna da Silva Previous owners gifted Earthaven’s main street with a healthy stand of bamboo that’s now prolific near the Forest Garden Learning Center. Early Earthaven members added additional stands around the community. What a beautiful and useful plant (we thought)! Bamboo IS beautiful. AND...

In Praise of Inefficiency by Kimchi Rylander

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on March 24, 2012. Posted in Community Service, Natural Building. No Comments on In Praise of Inefficiency by Kimchi Rylander

by Kimchi Rylander Unplugging from consumer culture, living simply and building community . . . it’s not an easy path! As I review my past ten years here at Earthaven, I’ve discovered that letting go of efficiency may be a shortcut to village togetherness and happiness. I owe so much gratitude to...

What Klara Learned

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on February 11, 2012. Posted in Ecological Design, Natural Building. No Comments on What Klara Learned

Klara Wengman, 25-years old and an architecture student in Copenhagen, Denmark, spent her summer as an intern with the Natural Building School at Earthaven. Working directly with Paul Caron three days a week on the Village Arts Building project, she says she went through an enormous shift in her understanding...

Village News

Written by Debbie on February 2, 2012. Posted in Conscious Relating, Dancing Shiva, Ecological Design, In-Person Events. No Comments on Village News

Earthaven Hosts Two Notable Luminaries Matthew Fox visited Earthaven October 17, when he filmed interviews with some of our elders and young people for an upcoming video about “Youth, Elders, and Spirituality.” While visiting, he held a discussion with the community. Matthew Fox is an internationally...