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The New LEAP Directory

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on September 21, 2012. Posted in Community Service, Village Economics. No Comments on The New LEAP Directory

by Michael Whitmire The LEAP is Earthaven’s complementary currency note. In order to find out who within the community accepts LEAPS for payments (towards goods and services), we created a directory. Recently I decided to create the directory as a shared, online document so that anyone with...

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...

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...

Coffee Hour Market

Written by Eli on October 2, 2011. Posted in Families and Children, Farms, Gardens, Regenerative Agriculture, Social Events, Village Economics. No Comments on Coffee Hour Market

Coffee Hour was started by Earthaven member Suchi in the summer of 2009. She was looking for a way to increase social opportunities and support the village economy. One picnic table outside the Trading Post held the coffee, tea, muffins, goods for trade–and all of us. Every Tuesday morning...

Wise Women of the Southeast

Written by Lee Warren on September 6, 2011. Posted in Businesses, Members. No Comments on Wise Women of the Southeast

As women in our 30’s and 40’s, we’ve grown up with the notion that women can do anything. Thanks to our foremothers, we’ve experienced much liberation. Our life paths have taken us back even further to learn the old ways: herbal medicine, home-birth, tending animals, growing food, and sitting in circle...

Big Changes at the Council Hall

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on January 11, 2011. Posted in Heat, Village Economics, Village Life. No Comments on Big Changes at the Council Hall

by Suchi Lathrop Three years ago, Earthaven rented its first central office at the Trading Post. It served as our office, Internet café, information center and snack depot. This month we move the office to the Council Hall which helps us save money (rent to the Trading Post) and also centralizes our...

News from the Village

Written by Debbie on October 1, 2010. Posted in Businesses, Farms, Village Life. No Comments on News from the Village

Greetings from Earthaven Ecovillage, where we’re enjoying the clear colors of the autumn foliage and sky, the feel of cooler temperatures, and the sounds of acorns plunking on the metal roofs and valley floor. The Forest Garden Learning Center has a new patio on the north side of the greenhouse....

Village Arts Building Takes Shape and You Can Help Too!

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on July 25, 2010. Posted in Businesses, Natural Building. No Comments on Village Arts Building Takes Shape and You Can Help Too!

by Arjuna da Silva, Earthaven Founder and natural building enthusiast An exciting development on Another Way this year has been the slow but steady progress on the Village Arts Building (VAB). Located right before the entrance to Useful Plants Nursery and the Third Creek Crossing, the VAB is the...

Business profile: Southeast Wise Women

Written by Lee Warren on July 21, 2010. Posted in Businesses, Spirit and Culture. No Comments on Business profile: Southeast Wise Women

Women will gather from across the Southeast at the 6thannual Southeast Women’s Herbal Conference on October 1-3, at Lake Eden in scenic Black Mountain, NC. With over 60 classes by more than 30 teachers, the weekend focuses on herbal education, nourishing foods, wholistic sexuality, and ecology. The...

Thank You, Transition Towns!

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on July 8, 2010. Posted in Articles, Ecological Design, Regenerative Agriculture, Renewable Energy, Village Economics. No Comments on Thank You, Transition Towns!

By Diana Leafe Christian, Earthaven Airspinner Some of my friends in Ashland, Oregon celebrating their town’s Transition Initiative with a parade and floats! The way I see it, Transition Towns (now called Transition Initiatives) are doing exactly what Ecovillage activists...