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Hut Hamlet Trampoline

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on April 25, 2011. Posted in Celebrations, Families and Children, Fun and Play, Hut Hamlet, Social Events. No Comments on Hut Hamlet Trampoline

Hut Hamlet Trampoline A video by Will Rogers: hht from will rogers on Vimeo. Transcript of Hut Hamlet Trampoline We assembld the HHT. The Hut Hamlet Trampoline. And we did not call on Aura, the seven year old boy most excited about the toy who lives in a house in the background. Instead, we...

New Baby

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on April 8, 2011. Posted in Celebrations, Families and Children. No Comments on New Baby

Oakley Swiftcreek, a boy, was born to eli and Jonathan on March 15th at 2:02 pm. Welcome Oakley!

Our Friends at Stone Mountain

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on March 21, 2011. Posted in Families and Children, Neighborhoods. No Comments on Our Friends at Stone Mountain

by Peggy Austin My family and I live as neighbors to Earthaven at a place called Stone Mountain. Over the last decade, nine families have built their homes here. Three years ago, when I first moved here, there were twelve children on our road. Now there are seventeen. The location is great for walking...

Celebrating Imbolc

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on March 1, 2011. Posted in Celebrations and Gratitudes, Families and Children, Farms, Village Terraces. No Comments on Celebrating Imbolc

This year Imbolc, also known as Brigid’s Day, Candlemas, or Groundhog Day fell, on February 2nd. Group of celebrants at Imani Farm to bless the animals. Kaitlin hangs the Brigid cross on the Imani barn. Standing around after the blessing. The...

It Never Snows in NC

Written by Lee Warren on January 14, 2011. Posted in Families and Children, Fun and Play, Hut Hamlet, Nature, Village Terraces. No Comments on It Never Snows in NC

Group of mostly adults sledding after a snowstorm this week. It never snows in North Carolina. “Or so I was told,” said Tanya Carwyn, who moved to Earthaven from Colorado two years ago. “So I sold my skis before I left.” The other common thing you’ll hear people say about...

Forest Garden Neighborhood, July 20, 2010

Written by Diana Leafe Christian on July 21, 2010. Posted in Families and Children, Persimmon Grove. No Comments on Forest Garden Neighborhood, July 20, 2010

Chioke, Amakiasu, & Ayo in Forest Garden Neighborhood On her next-to-last day at Earthaven, our Forest Children’s Collective tutor Amakiasu (center), and her kids Chioke, 17 (left) and Ayo, 13 (right), sheet-mulched the slope between Greg’s homesite and our place with cardboard and...

Forest children seedlings

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on March 24, 2009. Posted in Businesses, Families and Children, Village School for Kids. No Comments on Forest children seedlings

by Tanya Carwyn The Seedlings Program is the early childhood part of the Forest Children Parents’ Cooperative. It is inspired by Waldorf education, a way of teaching and being with children devised by turn-of-the-last-century scientist and philosopher Rudolf Steiner (who is also the father of...

Kids’ Space News

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on April 18, 2008. Posted in Families and Children, Hut Hamlet. No Comments on Kids’ Space News

by Mana and Arjuna Nothing is what it seems at Earthaven! For example, once upon a time in this experiment to create a different kind of life, the testing of building styles—which calls for a lot of creativity—was a top priority. “Time is money” was thrown out the window; projects could take years...

Forest Children Program Publishes Their First Book

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on April 10, 2008. Posted in Families and Children, Village School for Kids. No Comments on Forest Children Program Publishes Their First Book

by Tracy & Kiesa The Forest Children Program (FCP) has been celebrating a big accomplishment. The students published a book entitled Princess Gilanee, about how Princess Gilanee and her horse, Pal, united the elements of Earth, Water, Air, and Fire to bring peace to their community. The book...

What The Children Did During the Summer

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on September 25, 2006. Posted in Families and Children, Village Life. No Comments on What The Children Did During the Summer

by Arjuna da Silva During the school year, kids who attend the Forest Children’s Program can be seen scampering across the Village Green at least three days a week, while several, mostly older kids commute to schools in Black Mountain or to their other parent’s locale in Asheville. Back...