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Many Hands Make Light Work

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on April 5, 2011. Posted in Bellavia Gardens, Community Service, Natural Building. No Comments on Many Hands Make Light Work

Over 30 people participated in a work party in the Bellavia Gardens Neighborhood on Saturday, February 26. Earthaven members, guests and work exchangers pulled together on beautiful sunny morning to clean up after the construction of “Leela,” the naturally built home of Arjuna da Silva. Volunteers...

Member Profile-River Otter

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on March 22, 2011. Posted in Community Service, Members. No Comments on Member Profile-River Otter

by Davene Wasser Before River Otter came to Earthaven, she was creating her own lifestyle in New Orleans. She was busy gardening, developing her healing skills, and giving tours of the city. Then Hurricane Katrina struck. “The storm was really a turning point for me,” she said. “I survived the storm...

Learning Consensus at Earthaven

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on January 7, 2011. Posted in Conscious Relating, Governance and Legal, Membership. No Comments on Learning Consensus at Earthaven

by Diana Leafe Christian “This is harder than I thought!” exclaimed Ohbeeb. She was in front of the room practicing facilitating a meeting. She was saying, “Excuse me; would you like to get on the stack?” to another participant who was having fun pretending to be mildly disruptive. It was our...

Farewell (For Now) Farmer

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on January 2, 2011. Posted in Celebrations, Chosen Family, Gateway, Members. No Comments on Farewell (For Now) Farmer

by Diana Leafe Christian Farmer and NikkiAnne in front of the MicroHut (Farmer’s residence at Earthaven) at Gateway Neighborhood. Photo taken Summer 2010. On Tuesday night, Nov. 16,, Earthaven member Chris Farmer (often called “Farmer”) threw a farewell dance party in the Council Hall...

4 New Members in 1 Day

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on October 30, 2010. Posted in Celebrations, Members, Membership. No Comments on 4 New Members in 1 Day

October 24th’s Council Meeting broke the record for number of new Full Members joining (jumping, as we call it) at once. All had been Provisional Members for less than a year and were excited to share this special day with each other. The big surprise was their decision to jump in their birthday...

Member Profile – Suchi

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on October 10, 2010. Posted in Chosen Family, Hut Hamlet, Members. No Comments on Member Profile – Suchi

Davene Wasser interviews Suchi Lathrop Suchi has been living at Earthaven since 2002. She began searching for community after her partner died, hoping to find social connections and a cooperative living situation. Now, eight years later, Suchi is intensely involved in community life. Suchi gives...

Journal of an Incoming Member

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on July 24, 2010. Posted in Chosen Family, Members. 1 Comment on Journal of an Incoming Member

by Jonathan Swiftcreek, Earthaven provisional member Jonathan and eli Swiftcreek are on a membership track at Earthaven Ecovillage. Their search for community began in 2007 with a shared living situation in Asheville and continues on with their life at Earthaven. After living in the...

Journal of an Incoming Member

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on March 5, 2010. Posted in Members. No Comments on Journal of an Incoming Member

Written by Jonathan Swiftcreek Entry 1: The First Steps Towards Earthaven The joint story of eli (lower case intentional) and me, our search for community, and two years later, our move to Earthaven, began in April 2007, in Asheville, NC. We had met recently, connected through community-oriented...

We Fly Through the Air with the Greatest of Ease

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on March 3, 2010. Posted in Community Service, Governance and Legal, Village Economics. No Comments on We Fly Through the Air with the Greatest of Ease

by: Diana Leafe Christian Earthaven founders were emphatic about naming things differently than in the world of business and bureaucracy, to take the edge off any harshness and also to bring real meaning into our administrative activities. So instead of calling our corporate officers...