Inside a 329 acre Eco Village ~ Earth Haven
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
- After visiting several different Eco-villages in the US, I definitely believe these new and inventive ways of living in community is a positive solution for many of our current problems on our planet - they integrate a more harmonious way of living and giving back to the planet, while opening space for community support, self-governance, creativity, emotional-well being, cooperative communication and sharing of goods and resources... This footage is from the Earth Haven Eco-Village, located near Ashville, NC. This community is 329 acres with around 80 members (including families) there are several gardens and an edible plant nursery ~ Earth Haven is also completely off-grid and what they've done with the land is incredibly beautiful!
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If the rest of the country could cooperate and get along like this it would be a much better place
They have put a LOT of very good work into making the Village comfortable😊
I did a work exchange at Medicine Wheel 2013/2014 when Patricia was still alive.. made really amazing friendships and learned a lot about myself and the world. I was only 20 years old. Wow I would love go back and visit.
Incredibly beautiful...a place I would be happy to live!
That looks like heaven to me..that little boy s just adorable..this is how I think little ones should be..open space..community....I really want to live there
Wonderful! I love this place!
awww preciousss this is my tractor potatoes kale and blueberry flowers ahahah listen to my engine brrrr brrrrr haahha
Everything is so sweeeeet and cute.
Nice find Brittany. Of course the one thing missing is? How are the people, what's going on?? To be continued, aehh?? You can do It!
Hi tom :) great question! I am actually working toward getting land establishing a community here in the Pacific Northwest
@@brittnylove2924 OK .That should make for some riveting content. In my experience , (I lived at Svanholm Gods), the first years hold true excitement and the biggest challenges too. I urge you to take a look at the south sound area around Yelm. It holds great promise, meaning it's up and coming, and is at a decent elevation and distance from the ocean with clean water and spectacular nature. Godspeed !
@@tomjensen618 awesome, thank you for sharing I'll check it out
Thank you for bringing us all this great info. I enjoy your videos!
Fun fact: In the 1970s they called privately owned communities like this "communes". Back then they got a bad rap because they were usually tiny dictatorships led by a religious cult. I mean, the members seemed happy because they couldn't pull back the camera and realize they lived in poverty. The leader(s) tends to enjoy more benefits than the rest. So back then communal living was considered a recipe for predation upon kind hearted enthusiasts of togetherness.
It'll be different this time because it's called something else and definitions have changed. Cheers❤
Brittany, would you please revise your youtube upload to spell our community's name correctly? It's "Earthaven," all one word, not two. Also, our meeting hall is called the Council Hall (not the consensus hall) although the street it's on is called "Consensus Circle," so I can see why you'd think that. I see a comment below that we're a town, not an ecovillage. Well, we're a rural, village-scale commuinty on 329 acres. Someone says "it looks deserted" and asks where all the people are. We each live in the 13 neighbothoods, which are in the three converging stream valleys on this mountainous property. Brittany didn't videotape any of us at our gatherings, yet she did videotape the neighborhood of several homes in the beginning of the video. That's where I live. Someone quite uninformed commented below that Steve is " the self-appointed king of the place, who calls himself 'president'." Every year we elect the four state-required officers of our Homeowners Association, the legal entity by which we co-own the property. Steve was the president we elected the year Brittany was there. (Also, the little building by the outdoor kitchen is our mail trailer, not a first aid station, though we do have first aid items in there.
I was really loving this video until I read this negative..picky comment😡
@@pinkwelliesful haha too funny! but it's not a bad thing to want their own community spelled correctly haha
Deborah Bailey surely a direct message to the poster about changing the spelling of the name would have sufficed 😆
thank you, for the video of eco- villages, love them, never herd of them before, so thank you!
welcomes ~ :D thanks for the sweet feedback
They aint eco villages. A bit of basil is not going to feed and cloth and provide income for any community. Eco communities are self sufficient highly utilise the land and have plenty of animals to eat or collect eggs from. Not a couple of beansprouts in the yard of a highly ugly prefab house.
I'm 28 and i am thinking about moving to one of these Eco-Villages
Perfect Video! Inspiring me a lot :)
amazing stuff! Thx for sharing this with us! Look forward to many more videos from you fellow plaidean!
thanks Phil :) will be sharing some more good stuff soon!
I love it
its a nice country club 5 stars!
Amazing
aww love it so beautiful
I agree that the general impression of this place is deserted...I think it would have been useful to video at least some places with people in them-seems kinda contradictory to video community living without the people, like you’re showing an empty house to prospective buyers. Looks like a beautiful place for the most part!
Love your video, but you only have two posted. Did you stop making videos or has life just taken you elsewhere? I'd love talking to you about your experiences and life journey.
Nice life
is it sweet and fun?
nice.
Ha, Ha Triad Community!
In your travels, did you find any 420 friendly eco villages?
For a community of 80 people it looked deserted Where is everyone?
i know it sucks, cuz the people there are beautiful and kind - but i was asked not to film anyone due to privacy requests
What do the people on the eco village do for an income?
I would love to live here! Where can I get more information?
How would someone find out the steps needed to join/ move into a place like this? What is the standard procedure?
the dog said, "I give back to the planet every time I poop." - tenderbastard.com
A beautiful place to live, but I am curious about the people. Are they nice happy people or snotty people who think they are better than everyone else? A beautiful place to live means nothing if people look at you in disgust when you drive by in your Ford F-Series.
My dream. Is this a buy into only kind of community?
I'm interested in learning more about one of these in ON Canada? Where can I find them?
Lisa B Check out the Global Ecovillage Network! ecovillage.org
Where is this at
Proceed with caution before committing to Earth Haven. Steve Torma is the self anointed king and ruler. He even calls himself "President." It's a business. You aren't really free, you have a whole bunch of mostly unwritten rules that you must follow. You will be under observation and will be judged by what they think you should look and act. You can be asked to leave arbitrarily. If you like to conform to other people's standards than this might be the right place to live.
why exactly did you leave if you don't mind me asking? I like the idea of communal living, living with less waste, and sharing and interaction instead of independence and isolation. However, I'm sure my idea of living in a place like this is different from actually doing it.
Night Howla Charming
Arial Breeze you’re very ill informed obviously. Smh. Learn more about it before commented false information. Shame on you.
Be extremely careful not to join this community. I have known this place from the start. I have friends 18:00 that live there. buildings are not up to code and not kept in repair. This group sucks alot of local nonprofit services and does not volunteer . With all the folks who live there they should not ask for donations to fix or build buildings. They should be able to get work and pay for repairs. This is not always a clean place.
A lot of “eco” villages are like this.. they can also be pretty exploitative and culty too.
That is not an eco community even by a distant abuse of the word. Its just a town. When we gt planning for ours we pulled those types of houses down. I am surprised others didnt tell you it was just a town, not an eco village.
This is fake information, see the reply to the video below.
Brit. Love my dear. . u know of any communities that except pregnant women ... With out a man
I think she’s trying to recruit more people after the original members drink all the Kool-Aid
yes... yes I am lol
well i'm in! let's have a toast
Lots of plastic !!! Looks deserted ? Why is it so disorganised ? Why is it so dirty ? Why so many vehicles ,I thought being eco was to use horse and cart, no plastic, bare minimum etc but I just saw a non eco life.
they are way up in the mountains, so some cars adefintely needed - nobody is perfect in this process of turning our lives around, but they are making a good effort - sadly i was asked not to film people due to privacy reasons - but i have a few new eco village videos coming out where the people from these communities were cool with it :)