Community Service Archives - Earthaven Ecovillage

Hut Hamlet Work Project: Ferrocement Cistern Tank Gets an Upgrade

Written by Courtney Brooke on May 25, 2021. Posted in Community Service, Hut Hamlet, People Care. No Comments on Hut Hamlet Work Project: Ferrocement Cistern Tank Gets an Upgrade

Transcript of Hut Hamlet Work Project: Ferrocement Cistern Tank Gets an Upgrade Good morning on the cusp of spring and summer. Today is an exciting day. Not only is it my favorite little person’s first birthday, but also we’re having a neighborhood work party to continue building this...

Diana Leafe Christian FIC’s Communitarian of the Year!

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on October 1, 2017. Posted in Celebrations, Community Service, Conscious Relating, Members. No Comments on Diana Leafe Christian FIC’s Communitarian of the Year!

Diana Leafe Christian, international author, workshop leader, and advocate for ecovillages, community living, and the Sociocracy governance method, receives the Fellowship for Intentional Community’s (FIC) 2018 Geoph Kozeny Communitarian Award at the West Coast Communities Conference in San Diego...

Throw it “Away” – A De-Salvage Operation at Salvation Alley

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on April 7, 2014. Posted in Articles, Community Service, Natural Building, Uncategorized. No Comments on Throw it “Away” – A De-Salvage Operation at Salvation Alley

by Andy Bosley This March, Earthaven residents participated in a “Spring Cleaning” event, sorting through a ton of stuff (kept because someone once thought each item would someday be “useful)” and hauling much of it “away” in a trailer of metal and a couple of dumpsters of trash. Items from...

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...

Field Day at Cove Creek Farm

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on June 22, 2013. Posted in Businesses, Community Service, Farms, People Care. No Comments on Field Day at Cove Creek Farm

by Rae Jean On a Saturday in mid-June, several folks from Earthaven went to our neighbors’ farm. It was a great day filled with many chores to assist Cove Creek Farm in planting and to learn more about where our local food comes from. Alvin Lytle, his father, Therman, sister June, and...

Interview with Brandon Greenstein – Neighbor, friend, and former member

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on March 6, 2013. Posted in Chosen Family, Community Service, Members. No Comments on Interview with Brandon Greenstein – Neighbor, friend, and former member

by Arjuna da Silva Brandon came to Earthaven in 1998 in pursuit of meaningful connection to Earth and Spirit. “When I discovered permaculture in Communities magazine, I realized organic farming, natural building and ecovillage lifestyle were what I was after.” The following year, he returned to Earthaven...

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...

Thank You, Earthaven!

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on March 26, 2012. Posted in Community Service, New Roots. No Comments on Thank You, Earthaven!

by Jenna Payne My mother recalls an incident when as a toddler I picked up my chair and threw it across the room. I was born this way—and now I live with a lot of folks I’ll bet threw their chairs around! After many adventures since leaving my suburban upbringing, I’m amazed to have landed in this...

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...

Autumn forest beauty as we took our forest inventory at Earthaven

Doing the Forest Inventory, by Alice Henry

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on January 12, 2012. Posted in Community Service, Forestry, Nature. No Comments on Doing the Forest Inventory, by Alice Henry

It’s a dance of sorts. It starts in a circle, holding hands. There’s a break, for talking. Then there are the reels through the woods, discovering the way the forest grows. It’s also a future legend that starts like this. Once upon a time Earthaven hired a forester, Shawn Swartz (who used to be a...