To create a village which is a living laboratory and educational seed bank for a sustainable human future. In the midst of planetary change the Earthaven experiment helps inform and inspire a global flowering of bio-regionally appropriate cultures.
Goals:
Goal 1: To catalyze local and global change through learning, teaching, and networking.
Goal 2: To shift from wasteful to regenerative use of resources.
Goal 3: To develop and support a thriving local economy.
Goal 4: To grow, raise, trade, and use our own food, fiber, medicines, and forestry products in an ecologically regenerative, bioregional culture and network.
Goal 5: To tend the land in a way that optimizes for diverse ecosystem health, food and resource production, and soil and water quality.
Goal 6: To practice fair, participatory, and effective self-governance.
Goal 7: To encourage diverse spiritual practices and awareness of our interconnection with all beings.
Goal 8: To work towards partnership culture, towards racial and gender equity, and against oppression in all its forms. [See our Statement of Transparency]
Goal 9: To nurture personal growth, interpersonal understanding, and mutual trust, as the foundation for a deeply connected human community.
Goal 10: To practice healthy, holistic lifestyles that balance self-care with care for others.
Goal 11: To create a culture of celebration, beauty, and pleasure.
Goal 12: To attract, cultivate, and inspire residents and members whose presence contributes to vitality and functionality in our community.
Goal 13: We recognize elders as the trunk and children as the fruit of our village tree, and collectively prioritize what all parts of our “tree” need to thrive.
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East Coast Outdoor Conference for Early Childhood Educators, Teachers, Counselors, Parents and Mentors.
With this year’s theme, Joyful Play, presenters Lia Grippo and Sharon Buczaczer will immerse participants in joyful singing and the freedom of play, all in the spirit of the young child.
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