Tag: trading post

The Trading Post is NOW OPEN!

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on November 10, 2012. Posted in Businesses, Families and Children, Village Economics, Village Life. No Comments on The Trading Post is NOW OPEN!

On October 5, 2012 at 10 a.m., sounds rang through the village as a group of Earthaven Middle Schoolers rang bells, banged on drums, sounded the didgeridoo and shook tambourines for a full five minutes. At the end of the five minutes they shouted, “The Trading Post is NOW OPEN!” Folks from all around...

Big Changes at the Council Hall

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on January 11, 2011. Posted in Heat, Village Economics, Village Life. No Comments on Big Changes at the Council Hall

by Suchi Lathrop Three years ago, Earthaven rented its first central office at the Trading Post. It served as our office, Internet café, information center and snack depot. This month we move the office to the Council Hall which helps us save money (rent to the Trading Post) and also centralizes our...

Member Profile – Suchi

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on October 10, 2010. Posted in Chosen Family, Hut Hamlet, Members. No Comments on Member Profile – Suchi

Davene Wasser interviews Suchi Lathrop Suchi has been living at Earthaven since 2002. She began searching for community after her partner died, hoping to find social connections and a cooperative living situation. Now, eight years later, Suchi is intensely involved in community life. Suchi gives...

We Fly Through the Air with the Greatest of Ease

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on March 3, 2010. Posted in Community Service, Governance and Legal, Village Economics. No Comments on We Fly Through the Air with the Greatest of Ease

by: Diana Leafe Christian Earthaven founders were emphatic about naming things differently than in the world of business and bureaucracy, to take the edge off any harshness and also to bring real meaning into our administrative activities. So instead of calling our corporate officers...

Trading Post Re-opens

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on April 10, 2008. Posted in Community Service, Hickory Knob, Village Life. No Comments on Trading Post Re-opens

by Sue and Suchi Finally, an Earthaven office! And, in addition, an internet and coffee spot with goods from our neighbors, a warm place filled with information and other enticements. This comforting venue now exists and just the thought of it brings some kind of shift in our collective energy,...

Drilling the Borehole Well

Written by Earthaven Admin Team on April 1, 2008. Posted in Costs, Off-Grid Living, Water. No Comments on Drilling the Borehole Well

by Alice After the Hepatitis A outbreak last Spring, the Health Department informed us we needed an approved water source – a borehole well – in order to be open to the public, host campers, and hold classes and events. These activities are essential to Earthaven’s mission,...

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...