Tag: Brian Love

Goodbye to Brian Love

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on April 22, 2015. Posted in Celebrations and Gratitudes, Gateway, Members, Natural Building. No Comments on Goodbye to Brian Love

We are saddened to report that Earthaven Member Brian Love passed away in March of 2015. Brian contributed enormously to the agricultural and technological development of our community, contributed countless hours of creative design, planning, management and physical labor to land-based and building...

Village News

Written by Debbie on February 2, 2012. Posted in Conscious Relating, Dancing Shiva, Ecological Design, In-Person Events. No Comments on Village News

Earthaven Hosts Two Notable Luminaries Matthew Fox visited Earthaven October 17, when he filmed interviews with some of our elders and young people for an upcoming video about “Youth, Elders, and Spirituality.” While visiting, he held a discussion with the community. Matthew Fox is an internationally...

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...

Natural building profile: Pokeberry

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on April 22, 2009. Posted in Ecological Design, Natural Building, Village Terraces. No Comments on Natural building profile: Pokeberry

(Talk by Chris Farmer to a visitors’ tour, describing the upstairs of the new building at Village Terraces) Chris Farmer and Brian Love are the two main builders of Pokeberry Hill, a two story dwelling built using ecological principles. Farmer started by noting that many innovative building techniques...

Agriculture is Blooming!

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on March 22, 2007. Posted in Farms, Forestry, Gateway, Regenerative Agriculture, Village Terraces. No Comments on Agriculture is Blooming!

In March, two lambs were born to Carla, the ewe who shares the Imani Field pasture with Bridget, the two-year-old Dexter cow, and flocks of Muscovy ducks and Rhode Island Red chickens. Imani Field managers Lee Warren and Mihaly Bartalos are leasing the quarter-acre field just downhill from their Village...

Gateway: Solutions in the Face of Insufficiency

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on October 15, 2006. Posted in Farms, Forestry, Gateway, Natural Building, Permaculture. No Comments on Gateway: Solutions in the Face of Insufficiency

by Ivy Lynn The bright, creative thinking and dedicated, diligent work of Chris Farmer and Brian Love are the stuff of future Earthaven legends. Folks are always wanting to know what amazing things they’ve been up to. Considering their plan for Gateway Field, we will probably not be disappointed,...

Sustainable Systems

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on January 8, 2006. Posted in Businesses, Gateway, Natural Building, Solar Power. No Comments on Sustainable Systems

Two of our most enterprising and innovative problem-solvers are Chris Farmer and Brian Love. These guys have been “wrapping their minds around” how to make building at Earthaven more efficient and sustainable. Some of their solutions are manifest in their truck, outfitted with everything...