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Esme and the AMAAAZZZING Willow tree at Earthaven Ecovillage

Written by Courtney Brooke on March 23, 2021. Posted in Families and Children, Nature. No Comments on Esme and the AMAAAZZZING Willow tree at Earthaven Ecovillage

Courtney Brooke: Wow, here we are. What kind of trees are those Esme? Esme: They’re willow trees. Courtney Brooke: Woah. They have such furry little blossoms. Esme: Blossoms. Courtney Brooke: I think they’re called catkins. What were you telling me about the willow tree? Esme: Well, my...

Rainy Day Commute at Earthaven Ecovillage with Courtney Brooke

Written by Courtney Brooke on March 19, 2021. Posted in Nature, Village Life. No Comments on Rainy Day Commute at Earthaven Ecovillage with Courtney Brooke

(Transcript) Courtney Brooke: One of the things I most love about living at Earthhaven is my commute to work a lot of times is you know a five-minute walk or a three minute walk. Today it happens to be a three-minute walk in the rain. Which is so nice and one of the other things that I love so much...

Snow Day

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on January 26, 2021. Posted in Fun and Play, Nature, Village Life. No Comments on Snow Day

The Value of Happiness and Connection

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on June 24, 2020. Posted in Articles, Families and Children, Fun and Play, Nature. No Comments on The Value of Happiness and Connection

Add value to your and your loved ones’ lives by spending quality time in nature… observing, playing, laughing, and exploring. Below are nature adventures and activities as well as some perspective from Lia Grippo, Reaching Nature Connection Conference Instructor and our colleagues at...

Torrential Rains!

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on October 25, 2018. Posted in Articles, Nature, Village Life. No Comments on Torrential Rains!

The rains have been torrential this Summer and early Fall. Storms lasted days, even without coastal hurricanes carrying heavy winds this far inland. The ground was soggy and remained puddled for days. The creeks were often full and galloping. One day, state roads in two out of three directions from...

Winter Weather… or not!

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on March 22, 2017. Posted in Articles, Dancing Shiva, Nature, Visitors. No Comments on Winter Weather… or not!

above: This year’s first snow, about 8” in January, was poetically beautiful and rather quickly gone. Monday it gets warm, up into the 70s, and by Wednesday it freezes after midnight. Again. Cold wind slices through the sun’s bright warmth and we lean out of its way; next, it’s gone and we’re pulling...

Living in Place – Three Big Blessings of Living at Earthaven

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on October 1, 2016. Posted in Articles, Nature, Village Life. No Comments on Living in Place – Three Big Blessings of Living at Earthaven

One: Taking charge of time All it takes is a few hours out in town or on the road to re-realize how differently we live out here at Earthaven. So many basics of daily life are different; time is different. Priorities have to be different—so we’ve made quite a bit of room in our relationships and organizational...

Earthaven Images Autumn 2015

Written by Martha Harris on December 1, 2015. Posted in Nature. No Comments on Earthaven Images Autumn 2015

Beautiful photos by NikiAnne Feinburg! Click on each photo to see it full size. Fall Foliage at Earthaven Jack-o-Lanterns for Halloween Beautiful artwork adorns a bridge at Earthaven, thanks to Travis Robb and Gaspar Robles The sign at the Free Store, Earthaven’s thrift store, where everything...

Can We Slow Down?

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on March 25, 2015. Posted in Articles, Families and Children, Nature, Village Life. No Comments on Can We Slow Down?

by Arjuna da Silva When Camp Elliott Road was still unpaved, in dry spells we had to crawl “like the Elliotts” so cars and homes wouldn’t be enveloped in clouds of dust. We agreed to the paving for that reason, but ease brings speed, and attempts to self-regulate to 10 mph or less have been spotty. We’ve...

Critters in the Yard

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on October 1, 2014. Posted in Articles, Nature. No Comments on Critters in the Yard

by Peggy Austin-Malone I’m not sure if it was the full moon that made all these visitors appear, but we sure had fun watching the black snake scale our house and the box turtle come see us at our front door today, while we were admiring the nests of a Carolina Wren and an Eastern Wood-Pewee,...