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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...

Cultivating New Community Members Starts with New Roots

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on April 8, 2014. Posted in Articles, Membership, New Roots, Visitors. No Comments on Cultivating New Community Members Starts with New Roots

by Arjuna da Silva Among the many new and exciting things life in an ecovillage exposes us to—new ideas, new diets, new techniques and technologies, new celebrations—one of the most vital are the new people we meet! Our gate is open to visitors who may come for a tour, a workshop, to visit friends...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...