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Paul Caron with the Earthaven Council Hall

What Earthaven is All About… For Me with Paul Caron

Written by Debbie on June 26, 2021. Posted in Natural Building, Podcast. No Comments on What Earthaven is All About… For Me with Paul Caron

Earthaven Ecovillage Podcast What Earthaven is All About… for Me with Paul Caron Released June 28, 2021Featuring: Paul Caron and Diana Leafe Christian In this podcast, Earthaven co-founder and village philosopher Paul Caron shares how he got involved with the other Earthaven founders,...

In Memorium

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on February 28, 2018. Posted in Celebrations and Gratitudes, Chosen Family, Conscious Dying, Members. No Comments on In Memorium

Written by Arjuna da Silva It was hard to lose three of our most outstanding members last year, though it sure showed us what kind of folks our community is made of. Kimchi, Goddess of Beauty and Determination. Suchi, Queen of Loyalty and Cooperation. Chuck, Champion of The Good Fight...

Green!

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on June 22, 2016. Posted in Articles, Social Events, Village Life. No Comments on Green!

Everything is soooo green! This view of the Village Green from Council Hall Plaza in May has lots to say about how much warmer and earlier Spring and Summer came this year. Still, it’s hard to complain about beautiful weather. Down on the Green, ball game lovers of all ages congregate on weekends...

Annual Feast Celebrates Ancestors

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on December 5, 2015. Posted in Celebrations and Gratitudes, Social Events, Spirit and Culture, Village Life. No Comments on Annual Feast Celebrates Ancestors

Our annual Ancestors Feast brings members, residents, friends and neighbors together in the Council Hall to highlight stories of beloved friends, family and teachers who have gone before us. When we all gather for a feast in the Council Hall, it takes all our tables arranged in a tight...

Spring!

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on March 22, 2015. Posted in Farms, Gardens, Village Economics, Village Life. No Comments on Spring!

Spring came early with intimations of summer, then backed off for a few freezing nights and turned around for a balmy re-entrance. Buds already opening on fruit and berry branches may not all recover, but many were slow bloomers and will make it. NikiAnne was out touring when Mana’s mom Dorien...

Not So Bizarre – Notes from the 2014 “Bizarre Bazaar”

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on January 5, 2015. Posted in Businesses, Social Events, Village Economics, Village Life. No Comments on Not So Bizarre – Notes from the 2014 “Bizarre Bazaar”

by Melissa Lemoing (aka River Otter) Both for the alliteration of it, and because the way we do things is so often not the way “it’s done,” our annual holiday crafts-and-goodies bazaar has been called “bizarre” since it’s beginnings. This year, after so many years organizing it, I was able...

Council Hall Gets a New Coat

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on April 8, 2014. Posted in Articles, Members, Natural Building. No Comments on Council Hall Gets a New Coat

Long-time member and natural builder Mollie Curry trained a crew of Earthaveners in earthen plaster repair and lime plaster techniques over the past year, and the interior walls of the great hall are wearing a new, slightly tinted Spring coat. After completing the rest of the interior straw bale walls,...

Local Economics at Work: Earthaven’s Bizarre Bazaar

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on January 5, 2014. Posted in Social Events, Village Economics, Visitors. No Comments on Local Economics at Work: Earthaven’s Bizarre Bazaar

by River Otter Earthaven’s annual holiday Bazaar is one of our community’s focal points for creating economics on the village scale. Each year in December, Earthaven members, neighbors, friends and visitors gather in the Council Hall for an afternoon of food, fun, games, and holiday vending. This...

Council Hall Face-Lift

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on September 2, 2013. Posted in Ecological Design, Natural Building. No Comments on Council Hall Face-Lift

by Arjuna da Silva Our Council Hall was built in the late 90’s with limited experience and the unskilled labor of hundreds of volunteers. Happy with imperfect yet functional, we’ve chosen more often to develop new systems rather than improving imperfections. For example, we completed the radiant...

David Blume Inspires Us

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on March 1, 2013. Posted in In-Person Events, Renewable Energy. No Comments on David Blume Inspires Us

by Yvonne Rainbow Jensen Teplitsky On a cold Saturday in February we sat in the Council Hall, sunrays and snowflakes dancing outside the windows, listening to a lively presentation by David Blume, author of Alcohol Can be a Gas, and Luke Staengl, of the Virginia Ethanol Association. They vividly...