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Eldest Earthavener, Rosetta Neff, celebrates a century!

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on April 3, 2016. Posted in Celebrations, Celebrations and Gratitudes, Members, Persimmon Grove. No Comments on Eldest Earthavener, Rosetta Neff, celebrates a century!

We glimpsed Rosetta’s beginnings in Indiana, her early move to and marriage in Los Angeles, her family’s move to Hawaii and her own world travels while a career employee with the airlines. Perhaps the most enticing pictures of all were those of Rosetta we were told she sent to her husband when he...

Missing Finch

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on September 22, 2015. Posted in Celebrations and Gratitudes, Chosen Family, Members, Village Terraces. No Comments on Missing Finch

Lee “Finch” Finks passed away on June 20, after several years of declining health. He was 80. He joined Earthaven in 2006 after retiring from a career as librarian and then professor of library science. He will be remembered for his warm, friendly manner; his love for family and friends; and his...

Goodbye to Brian Love

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on April 22, 2015. Posted in Celebrations and Gratitudes, Gateway, Members, Natural Building. No Comments on Goodbye to Brian Love

We are saddened to report that Earthaven Member Brian Love passed away in March of 2015. Brian contributed enormously to the agricultural and technological development of our community, contributed countless hours of creative design, planning, management and physical labor to land-based and building...

Beauty on the Bridge – A Wonder of the World!

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on February 25, 2015. Posted in Cosmology, Ecological Design, Members, Spirit and Culture. No Comments on Beauty on the Bridge – A Wonder of the World!

by Gaspar Robles I took on the bridge project because I had a vision of a thing of beauty at the crossroads of our community. My plans originally included more extensive stonework, but in the end I settled for a strong and simple foundation with a pyramid at one end. I collected stones for...

Our Rosetta Turns 99!

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on January 11, 2015. Posted in Chosen Family, Families and Children, Members, Persimmon Grove. No Comments on Our Rosetta Turns 99!

By Diana Leafe Christian Earthaven member Rosetta Neff celebrated her 99th birthday here January 3, 2015. She may be the world’s oldest ecovillager! When Rosetta began visiting Earthaven with her daughter, Diana, in October, 2000, both were living an hour away In Polk County. They had been...

Council Hall Gets a New Coat

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on April 8, 2014. Posted in Articles, Members, Natural Building. No Comments on Council Hall Gets a New Coat

Long-time member and natural builder Mollie Curry trained a crew of Earthaveners in earthen plaster repair and lime plaster techniques over the past year, and the interior walls of the great hall are wearing a new, slightly tinted Spring coat. After completing the rest of the interior straw bale walls,...

Diana Leafe Christian Teaches at Findhorn

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on November 2, 2013. Posted in Articles, Governance and Legal, Members. No Comments on Diana Leafe Christian Teaches at Findhorn

In October Earthaven’s international community researcher and advocate Diana Leafe Christian gave workshops and consultations to several intentional communities in England, and co-led a workshop on Sociocracy at Findhorn Community in Scotland with her teacher and mentor, John Buck, the man who brought...

The Wedding of Kaitlin & Bruce

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on June 2, 2013. Posted in Celebrations, Celebrations and Gratitudes, Chosen Family, Members, Spirit and Culture. No Comments on The Wedding of Kaitlin & Bruce

by Arjuna da Silva It seems the whole month of May was taken up with the preparations for THE wedding. The village was abuzz with excitement and anticipation for the May 25th event. It was one of those times when everyone comes together to celebrate the same wonderful thing, and old friends...

Member Profile: Gaspar Robles

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on April 6, 2013. Posted in Articles, Bellavia Gardens, Members, Village Economics. No Comments on Member Profile: Gaspar Robles

by Rae Jean A couple of days ago I had a most pleasant visit with Gaspar. We sipped hot herbal tea, munched on pecans and exchanged some wonderful stories at his cozy space in the Bellavia Gardens neighborhood. Gaspar came to Earthaven in the summer of 2003 and became a member soon after. He is a...

Paul Caron on the System of Exploitation and the Nature of Happiness

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on March 22, 2013. Posted in Members, Spirit and Culture, Uncategorized. No Comments on Paul Caron on the System of Exploitation and the Nature of Happiness

Earthaven has many philosophers. We’re awash with abundance when it comes to theories of the industrial complex, natural systems, and know-it-all opinions on just about everything. If we took a vote on the “Most Likely to Philosophize,” it’d be a close race. But one of the...