#eco village

[bumblebeeappletree]

Thirty years ago, a group of permaculture experts purchased 329 acres of degraded land in Western North Carolina with a vision: to restore the landscape while creating a new model of communal living.

What began as an experiment in living well off the land has grown into one of the nation’s oldest cohousing communities, where residents live collaboratively and in close connection with their environment.

The community now spans 13 distinct neighborhoods with over 100 residents, each offering a different approach to shared living. Some neighborhoods function as housing co-ops (North Carolina law requires at least five members for this designation), while others feature apartments, duplexes, or single-family homes.

Earthaven’s infrastructure reflects decades of experimentation and ingenuity. From hydroelectric power generated by mountain streams to solar systems energizing both communal and private spaces, the village is a model of thoughtful design.

Residents live in hand-built homes that range from timber-framed duplexes to snug cob cottages, sharing resources like kitchens, workshops, and gardens. Guided by principles of self-governance, consensus decision-making, and cooperative ownership, Earthaven fosters deep connections—not only with the natural world but also among its members, creating a way of life rooted in resilience and shared purpose.

Recently, Earthaven suffered significant damage from Hurricane Idalia, which tore through the region, leaving many homes and shared facilities in need of repair. The community is currently rebuilding and has launched a fundraising campaign to restore its infrastructure and continue its mission of regenerative living.

—Donate to Earthaven's Hurricane Helene recovery fund: https://www.gofundme.c...

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—Take a class with the School of Integrated Living: https://www.schoolofin...

—More videos: / @earthavenecovillage

—Earthaven on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.o...

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[imonlyadumpling]

Heyyy Dumpling followers 🥟

Gonna do a walk down the River Thames to raise funds for an eco village project back home 😆

If you would like to spare a few pennies or share, it would be greatly appreciated 💛

If not, just send your blessings towards the project!

[ewspconsultancy]

Permaculture Communities - Design Tips and Ideas

[my-life-at-dancing-rabbit]

[witchyplantmc]

i tried something new

[arc-hus]

House Schneller Bader, Tamins, Switzerland - Bearth & Deplazes

[froschgenosse]

WOWIE thanks a lot for the attention on my previous post!! Here's another one for you, hehe! Hopefully I will finish all of the illustrations 'till the end of July

[postcard-from-the-past]

Main square in the village of Ecos, Normandy region of northern France

French vintage postcard

[gotjacobian]

I finally found one of my favorite youtube channels again, an educational channel from an experimental farming project at the Cloughjordan ecovillage in Ireland. I am not a particularly plant-y person in my education or daily activities, but I just respect this dude and his videos so much, and think they're very cool to watch. I've been having video essay burnout this past year and can't sit through many youtube videos from channels I used to love, but these hold up.

[becomex]

[bumblebeeappletree]

Twenty-two years ago, a group of friends bought a very affordable cornfield in rural Denmark and set out to build homes that were both debt-free and waste-free.

What began as a bold experiment with 13 families soon transformed the land into the eco-village of Friland (which means "Freeland"), a tight-knit community committed to back-to-basics living.

The homes were constructed with natural and recyclable materials like straw bales, seashells, sawdust, and sod roofs, reflecting the community’s deep respect for the environment.

Today, Friland is home to 45 families and has become a beacon of cooperative, low-impact living. At the core of Friland’s philosophy is the principle that residents cannot take on mortgages to build their homes, meaning they must save enough money in advance. Many begin by living in campers, while most build their homes slowly and by hand, prioritizing self-reliance and resourcefulness.

Steen Møller, one of the village’s founders, has turned his home's waste into resources. A trained farmer, Møller designed and built a thermal mass heater that heats his 75-square-meter home using minimal wood and then he captures the stove's exhaust pipes it into a buried greenhouse where he grows lettuce during the winter (even when there's snow on the ground).

Møller also captures his household's greywater, piping it beneath his home’s greenhouse, where it’s stored in a bladder filled with mussel shells that filter the water and provide nutrients to a very abundant fruit and vegetable garden.

Beyond its innovative homes, Friland encourages local enterprises. Residents support each other through shared projects like a volunteer-run grocery store and café, monthly communal dinners, and an annual assembly where they plan new initiatives.

The village even boasts a Michelin-recognized restaurant, Restaurant Moment, run by former residents, which uses locally sourced ingredients and greywater recycling to align with Friland’s ethos. United by a common goal, Friland’s residents strive to live debt-free, reduce their environmental impact, and foster a lifestyle rooted in connection and collaboration.

—Friland ecovillage: https://start.friland....

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[justeuncafe]

Bamboo eco village is one of the most beautiful and exotic hotel I’ve done, I think it’s one of my favorite place to sleep in, people are so kind and treat you so well, I really enjoyed this place and wanted to stay longer so bad !!

Here is a coffee latte they brought me, my very first Vietnamese coffee in Vietnam !!! It’s made of coffee and condensed milk, I love it so much !! Lucky I am there are plenty of this drink in this country !! If you have the opportunity to try it (or to make it), give it a try because it’s excellent !

[gaiawisdom]

SPRING CELEBRATIONS

Trans Visibility Day -- Easter -- Spring Equinox

Have a Blessed Sunday

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

[teaboot]

Concept: Vampire character that represents strengthening ties to humanity and the natural world instead of dividing them

Vampire gets HEAVILY invested in eco conservation because they *can't* just shrug it off as the next generation's problems

A vampire that goes around eating oil tycoons and clear-cut logging CEOs and climate-denying politicians because their childhood village is a dirt pit now and the animals they saw growing up have become endangered

Immortal guys who anonymously donate huge sums of cash to wildlife preserves that oversee forests they used to hunt in

Fellow who, instead of succumbing to the boredom and waste of infinite time, has become feverishly obsessed with making sure this one specific species of snail will still be around in another hundred years

5000 year old woodsman who can still mimic the calls of extinct birds, who still remembers the mating calls of mammoths and wooly rhinos and wild horses

Ancient vampire who can still vaguely recall a cave somewhere with her whole family's hand prints in it, and not sure of it's precise location, keeps the whole area void of human activity so it doesn't become a tourist attraction

Vampire archeologist who digs up their old friend's remains and has the figure out how to prove, with evidence, how they know exactly who they were and what they looked like

Immortal anthropologist who reconstructs a face from a skull only to realize that they'd met them before a long, long time ago