Re: ecovillage and sustainability

Earthaven Experience Weekend

May 20-22       July 9-11    October 8 - 10



  a.. Enjoy an overview of life at Earthaven Ecovillage, a 60-member,
10-year-old intentional community in the mountains southwest of Asheville,
North Carolina.
  b.. Tour Earthaven's sustainable systems- compost toilets, earth-friendly
passive solar
  buildings, off-grid power systems, water catchment systems, and
constructed wetlands.
  c.. Enjoy delicious vegetarian community meals.
  d.. Ask questions at a Q&A panel of Earthaven members-"What is it
  really like living this way?"
  e.. Attend a mini-workshop about communities by Diana Christian, author
  of "Creating a Life Together: Practical Tools to Grow an Intentional
Community"·
  f.. Sit in on a Council meeting governed by consensus
  g.. Hang out with community members at a Coffeehouse evening, with
  card games, poetry, music, camaraderie, and more.
  h.. Participate in a workshop by Rod Rylander, originator of the
  vertical crawl space earth shelter, in building with available resources
and
  innovative building systems including timber frame, cob, sawdust blocks,
  adobe, cordwood, living roofs, and vertical crawl space, get an overview
of
  agriculture systems being developed
  i.. Take a medicinal plant walk with Kimchi of Red Moon Herbs
  j.. Have an introduction to Permaculture

Costs: $100 per person includes 6 meals. Accommodations:  camping,
$7/night, or indoor lodging at additional cost (828-664-0067). For more
information contact: [email protected], [email protected]
www.Earthaven.org;  or Rod at 828-669-7552.

----- Original Message -----
From: <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 12:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Ecobal]ecovillage and sustainability


> George has an excellent point here. If the ecovillage/sustainability
movement (which I prefer, for brevity and evocativeness, to call the "Gaia
Movement,") is to gain critical mass, it must adopt diverse forms,
organizational styles, and sizes appropriate to diverse cultures and
ecosystems, while nevertheless remaining true to broad basic principles and
staying in touch.
>
> I am currently contemplating the development, in my own urban community,
of a subscription-based urban ecovillage called "Kecoughtan village" (after
the original Native American village on the site of the present city of
Hampton, VA). The start-up projects would include a CSA (Community-Supported
Agriculture) program with a nearby organic farm, along with such projects as
a mutual-assistance program where neighbors helped one another grow and
exchange their own vegetables, install insulation and solar energy systems,
and generally--but incrementally--"get off the grid." Ideally, this could
become a prototype for other "urban ecovillages" elsewhere. We also need, of
course, to think about paradigms for suburban ecovillages as well as the
obvious rural ecovillages. Our ultimate aim needs to be a network of such
diversified ecovillages which are energetically local, yet informationally
global in scope...
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Tom
> In a message dated 4/21/2004 10:13:16 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
jdorman-Fil254vqWAFWk0Htik3J/[email protected] writes:
>
> >  All
> > > wholehearted good-faith efforts are "equal in spirit" even though they
> > > may not be equal in kilowatt hours, pounds of CO2 saved, or other
> > > external
> > > metrics.  Every piece counts; every person, every acre,
> > every gallon of
> > > water; every step forward; adds up as part of the Whole.
> > >
> > > -GeorgeG
> N<nÇ?·®é¹»®&¶?¡¶jw,<?ÛÿüÁç¾)j®r?.©


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