I hope this community faired very well during and after Hurricane Helen's devastation of Western NC. I live on the NC coast and would love to visit this extraordinary community next time I'm in Black Mountain.
That soil restoration shown at 11:09 is so dang impressive. I garden in the same red clay base, same mountain soil, and I am in awe of the amount of topsoil they have rebuilt. Just wow. Good work!
Thanks for this view into off-grid communal living Kirsten. I'm hoping to start a food and energy self-sufficient community in rural WI near Eau Claire using hyper-efficient housing combined with rocket stoves and thermosyphon systems for winter heat and hot water. Using solar, batteries and buried air tubes for AC in Spring-Fall, solar and batteries for powering mini splits too. Ruth Stout gardening with no weeding or watering (as shown in this video), in-ground greenhouses year-round, trying to get things a little simpler than what these fine folks have done. Great work there.
Brava! Well done! As someone who knew a fair number of the original members of Earthaven I am blown away at how it looks today! A lot of what I 'knew' about how Earthaven functioned behind the scenes for power and water, and especially about the styles of building in a sustainable community, suddenly made sense with the great visuals and what people said about what they were doing. The aerial shots gave me a grand sense of the size of the community that I had never imagined as that large. I learned a lot! Thanks for making this film, Kirsten!
Amazing what you have done here! I recognized three of my art pieces on the walls in the first duplex at the 5:15 mark. Thank you for purchasing my art so long ago. First Solo, Nature Choir and Duet. I would love to reconnect with you! 😊
@@dalienhart small world - I grew up in Colorado and my dad worked at HP in Loveland, the first HP production plant when a group of engineers and their families moved West from Palo Alto in the late 1950’s when the company was tiny. A different sort of adventure.
A note about the taro root at the beginning. Taro isn't popular outside of regions where its traditionally used for a few reasons. It doesn't store as well as other staple starches like potatoes, it's a tropical plant, and it must be cooked properly to be safe to eat.
Love this! I hope this is the future, especially for ppl who can work from home. As a kid it would be heaven growing up in the land of wonder, adventures. Good to have space in between. Humans are complicated, good to have space. Wonderful. Didn’t see any dogs and cats?
This is well thought out... when to be part of a community and provide autonomy 19:45. Especially as there are times when folks don't get along as expected.
yeah I agree HOA is a dirty word, but theirs makes sense and is justified, they could rename it to something more “town” or “village” oriented to make it sound less threatening. some HOAs are pure evil.
@robertfrawley some sort of over arching organization or structure is necessary in order to maintain order and longevity in perpetuity. Call it what you want, HOA, local government, co-op board, but there has to be a set of common rules and structure that everyone abides by and a system of self governance.
Yeah same here, not my cup of tea and every time someone mentions the word “council chamber” it gives me a cult like vibe and I guessing they have “elders” running the show!
@@johnnniec Why should the members themselves make the rules? What other model besides this hierarchy have you heard of being tested anywhere? I'm talking about another structure, not just leaving things to chance. There is another structure besides hierarchy and that is each on has value in their opinion which is quantified and the vast majority decides any proposal put forth, and anyone can put forth a proposal. If the membership thinks its not worth the time then they just ignore it, meaning, it doesn't get popular attention. We are losing out with the idea that a group of people can decide for everyone. I would think it is in everybody's best interest for the individual to have a say in open forums, then formalizing it by taking the numbers of those who agree vs those who disagree. It's not complicated to do. It's just a bit complicated explaining it.
I don't see many of these projects doing any mushroom farming? It's a keystone of vertical integration that for some reason isn't being used that often. all the sawdust, all the straw and plant waste, seed hulls, spare grains can be upcycled into a complete protein while simultaneously creating soil
Kudos to the community tightness and off grid living even though I can tell it's not my style of community. Major props if your hydro generator is completely gravity with no electricity moving the water. You can move water uphill with a Water Ram pump too which I am sure you know too so more for other viewers. Other alternative energy is really important since solar panels don't work optimally during cloudy days and of course at night.
Same here, I don't think I'd be able to that either. I got my own little slice on the edge of a small town so all my needs are close but I do grow my own food and use a ram pump from a creek and pump it up to the top of my garden to fill a couple large tanks for those dry periods I get every year. Not sure a ram pump would ever be able to pump enough water to supply a micro turbine though but they are great for filling totes on higher ground.
It was Hurricane Helena. I guess I haven't received any of their emails since the hurricane. I hope they're okay. ( I live up the road, but it's a very long and winding road and I haven't been down that way for a long time. I know how bad it was in some places though.) Edit: i see you posted their gofundme.
Love it. Love this place. But, I hope the tire garden wall, has a barrier between the soil & tires. Tire break down over time, leaching very bad toxins, including 3 Forever Chemicals.
Mostly damage to roads and bridges, which have been temporarily repaired. A tree fell on the Hobbit House, which is shown at about 4:22, so the top floor has been removed and it will need major repairs. Fortunately, no one was living in it at the time. Also, the old cabin that we were using as a Freestore was flooded and lost too much of its foundation, so it will be demolished. The hydro silted up, but was repaired long before the grid power came back on line. Overall, we're grateful at how little damage there was and that no one was injured.
It seems the best designs for living areas are site-specific for cost efficiency. Enough conventional amenities to invite use, then new(old) technologies to explore alternatives, with the appropriate trade-offs in time/effort/cost...those who adapt stay; those who don't move on...
I think the concept is amazing, good people working together and living cooperatively. I wonder how these types of communities have access to medical needs. Are they so healthy that general medical treatments are not required?
nice." note: at one point in american electrical history almost every town and or city had their own generators . the first such installation was in sonora ca for powering the mines there the town also got electricity and was installed by ge and nikola tesla as per a private in house history as published by ge for their employees . eggscllent . at a certain point in california usa was ordered to unify all of the independant generators .
So, not a criticism; but, they are not really "off grid". They aren't attached to the "grid" but, with all of the resource reliant power tech, they are actually still reliant upon the grid. Maybe not directly but indirectly. All of those energy/power tech Lithium-ion batteries, converters, inverters, solar panels (components etc.), are only there because of the use of "the grid". I haven't mentioned what this operation would have to have to store energy to make up for energy negative days, seasons etc. Also, most people do not know that the lifespan of solar units is not necessarily as long as they say. The solar corps will tell you they should last 25 to 30 years. In fact there's discrepancy; whereas some folks say that components start to go bad as early as 10 to 15 years. I get it; it's about Freedom. However, there has to be truthfulness of the reality. It is just a reliance on another system. If any of those components failed; you'd be reliant on the system to replace them. What if you could not get it? Still, it is a wonderful village and seemingly beautiful way of life. I wonder; could they do it if they didn't have those tech systems to live?
Good point and we have a range of levels of tech in our systems. This video happened to focus on a couple of the larger systems. The owner of Soluna (the 3-story) is an electrician who designs and installs these systems, so his experiment was how to generate and use an amount of electricity based on mainstream averages. Some folks choose to really minimize electricity needs and cook on a rocket stove. Most are somewhere in between. The best foundation is having good passive solar design to minimize needs for heat and electricity.
Interdependence. That's life. Need a surgeon, some doctor that your village doesn't have? Etc. etc. Off the grid allows for remote isolated living and not directly dependent on the city and it's surveillance, rules, etc. How much technology you want is up to you. Some people use wood as fuel and not even gas, eat plants and animals and do only use natural tools. Others have more modern lifestyles and needs-wants. The most expensive part is the batteries. Also electronic devices (such as computers, laptops, etc.) would not likely last decades as well...
We are glad you asked. They fared comparatively well but had serious damage in their roads and some of their fields, plus minor damage in buildings. They have a recovery fund that we also included in the text: Earthaven Recovery Fund: www.gofundme.com/f/earthaven-recovery
The way she said “nope”, “you’re picking up on it” and just her demeanor makes her seem kinda bitter… not sure if you got that vibe. Would have been cool to hear from her husband who built it 😢
the places i have lived the neighbor from "hell was people who took it to serius, often around 1/4 of people not like they are doing alot of work, they just wanted to control everything
In the beginning, there was no grid. Is it better to have a grid or not have a grid? The grid eliminates a lot of routine, backbreaking personal effort. Provided it can be green and cost-effective, give me centralised drainage, sewage, power supply, and water supply. But to each his own.
Siting the buildings away from the creeks, including the houses on the slopes kept them from being flooded. (The cabin that was flooded was there before the community and was right next to the creek.) We're investigating wetland restoration techniques to absorb flood water, which would protect some of the roads from flooding.
Yes, we were impacted by the flooding, but not nearly as badly as many people in the region, for the reasons @dalienhart describes, as well as the fact that being off-grid meant our power systems were functioning when the grid wasn't. Among other strategies, we're exploring how better riparian buffers as well as planting more of the native River Cane in appropriate areas of the creek banks would reduce the impacts of future floods.
It's a Lime plaster. 3 parts masonry sand (ideally the orange kind, sometimes called Colombia masonry sand), 1 part hydrated lime, and 1/2 cup of grog.
I love these videos about brilliant, alternative communities, but often find myself feeling frustrated for two reasons. I know that an eco-village would never work for me because I really need to be in a large city. Also, I am always focussed on the challenges facing mainstream society - the mass - and despite how wonderful these places are, they could never provide the solution(s) to earth's 8 billion people. But, I've just realized my way out of my frustration: I am thinking of Jesus' parables of the kingdom as seeds, like the mustard seed. Each of these little communities is like the mustard seed, that grows into a huge bush, that then provides shelter for the birds of the air. We can't see how, exactly, all these little seeds are going to contribute to the whole, but that's the mystery of the kingdom of God.
This a rhetorical question? How does anybody pool money together to get cheap land in unincorporated western North Carolina? How would anybody? You just do it. It’s not a lot of money. Not 30 years ago.
It started as forested land with an owner loan. The original founders each put down $10k and then got loans from friends to pay off the owner loan. Development was slow and took a lot of hard work.
No internet!! I love the idea but I need all the creature comforts of modern society. Atleast have Starlink internet and hot water for showers and I’ll be good.
Very nice buildings and sensible people but it still have some problems that are hard to get around: People like to have comfort and modern appliences and lots of stuff that are made in China like solar systems etc. They most have some money to keep it running and even if they are off grid i guess they still want high tech health care for cancer treatment and heart surgery so it would be a problem if everybody did this?
If you’re looking for a large scale solution for the rest of us, you may like a new channel I just discovered called Edenicity. It’s about how to incorporate permaculture concepts into modern cities.
I hate the idea of being part of a community yet I love my friends in Portugal. I just hate being dependent on people. My favourite is the priest who renovated his house in the mountains of Italy. The old guy is the most interesting he is more old school lower tech. The problem with all the high tech stuff is the cost and what do you do when society falls apart. Look at the fires in California society is falling apart. The canary in the coalmine was when they started picking on the Amish, the democrats do not like you being independent I don't like earthship construction because of the brutal hard work involved. I have done earthbag and that was bad enough, tyres look even worse though they are easier to move. I have a stealth cabin in the UK I may fix it out with go cart tyres. Pending?
We have to be dependent on others, it's just that in the past people depended on their neighbors but today people are dependent on industry and government.
I’m surprised you haven’t visited Ana yet from Ana’s Bushcraft of UA-cam. I can’t think of anyone on UA-cam who is more off grid than her. She’s amazing how she built her own hydroelectric power among other things. youtube.com/@anabushcraft?si=TErpuDbTSEoUvUgE
@ oh really? Are you denying the catastrophic failure of communist and socialist china, Russia, Cuba, Venezuela, Cambodia and the millions of lives lost? Karl Marx was a malignant leech who prayed on others to support his lazy and selfish lifestyle, and everywhere his ideas have been put into practice, misery, death and the loss of liberty follows.
One minute in and that kid is amazing! Most kids can identify thirty fast food restaurants but this kid has her plants down!!!
I hope this community faired very well during and after Hurricane Helen's devastation of Western NC. I live on the NC coast and would love to visit this extraordinary community next time I'm in Black Mountain.
That soil restoration shown at 11:09 is so dang impressive. I garden in the same red clay base, same mountain soil, and I am in awe of the amount of topsoil they have rebuilt. Just wow. Good work!
yes producing cannabis does need good soils and lots of it 😂
Seems like a real model of cooperation. That's not easy to do for 30 years. Kudos to everyone involved
Ye most fail
@@tuclance Name some.
Thanks for this view into off-grid communal living Kirsten. I'm hoping to start a food and energy self-sufficient community in rural WI near Eau Claire using hyper-efficient housing combined with rocket stoves and thermosyphon systems for winter heat and hot water. Using solar, batteries and buried air tubes for AC in Spring-Fall, solar and batteries for powering mini splits too. Ruth Stout gardening with no weeding or watering (as shown in this video), in-ground greenhouses year-round, trying to get things a little simpler than what these fine folks have done. Great work there.
It makes me so happy that they planned ahead for possible accessibility needs!
I am amazed at the ingenuity of this community.
Brava! Well done! As someone who knew a fair number of the original members of Earthaven I am blown away at how it looks today! A lot of what I 'knew' about how Earthaven functioned behind the scenes for power and water, and especially about the styles of building in a sustainable community, suddenly made sense with the great visuals and what people said about what they were doing. The aerial shots gave me a grand sense of the size of the community that I had never imagined as that large. I learned a lot! Thanks for making this film, Kirsten!
The main results I see in this experiment is love and caring for each other 👍
Amazing what you have done here! I recognized three of my art pieces on the walls in the first duplex at the 5:15 mark. Thank you for purchasing my art so long ago. First Solo, Nature Choir and Duet. I would love to reconnect with you! 😊
@@lorisalisbury1111 @dalienhart
I got these when we lived in Colorado! I've always enjoyed them.
@ I thought you must have lived around Ft. Collins. I just built a new art studio in North Idaho. I love what your doing now in your community!
@@dalienhart small world - I grew up in Colorado and my dad worked at HP in Loveland, the first HP production plant when a group of engineers and their families moved West from Palo Alto in the late 1950’s when the company was tiny. A different sort of adventure.
A note about the taro root at the beginning. Taro isn't popular outside of regions where its traditionally used for a few reasons. It doesn't store as well as other staple starches like potatoes, it's a tropical plant, and it must be cooked properly to be safe to eat.
You can canning all of those vegetables, that’s what I do with them.
Luckily you only die once
I grew up eating a lot of taro at my village . You can cut taro into thin slices and dry it and save it for future cooking , still taste delicious.
Woo-hoo! Happy Sunday all! A new video to soak up the beauty of!❤
i'm really enjoying your eco friendly/communal living series you've got going on. Thanks Dirksen family
Love this!
I hope this is the future, especially for ppl who can work from home.
As a kid it would be heaven growing up in the land of wonder, adventures.
Good to have space in between. Humans are complicated, good to have space.
Wonderful. Didn’t see any dogs and cats?
Wow, I am impressed. This is so inspiring , you are planting seeds for many others to do this...
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Thank you❤
This is well thought out... when to be part of a community and provide autonomy 19:45. Especially as there are times when folks don't get along as expected.
I was really enjoying this Till, I heard HOA
it makes sense in this context
yeah I agree HOA is a dirty word, but theirs makes sense and is justified, they could rename it to something more “town” or “village” oriented to make it sound less threatening. some HOAs are pure evil.
@robertfrawley some sort of over arching organization or structure is necessary in order to maintain order and longevity in perpetuity. Call it what you want, HOA, local government, co-op board, but there has to be a set of common rules and structure that everyone abides by and a system of self governance.
Yeah same here, not my cup of tea and every time someone mentions the word “council chamber” it gives me a cult like vibe and I guessing they have “elders” running the show!
@@johnnniec Why should the members themselves make the rules? What other model besides this hierarchy have you heard of being tested anywhere? I'm talking about another structure, not just leaving things to chance. There is another structure besides hierarchy and that is each on has value in their opinion which is quantified and the vast majority decides any proposal put forth, and anyone can put forth a proposal. If the membership thinks its not worth the time then they just ignore it, meaning, it doesn't get popular attention. We are losing out with the idea that a group of people can decide for everyone. I would think it is in everybody's best interest for the individual to have a say in open forums, then formalizing it by taking the numbers of those who agree vs those who disagree. It's not complicated to do. It's just a bit complicated explaining it.
I don't see many of these projects doing any mushroom farming? It's a keystone of vertical integration that for some reason isn't being used that often. all the sawdust, all the straw and plant waste, seed hulls, spare grains can be upcycled into a complete protein while simultaneously creating soil
Several people grow mushrooms; it's just not on the video.
well im sure cannabis plants made more sense for most of these places
when you need to bring in truck loads of soil the work is done quick
I'm absolutely sure someone in this community is growing mushrooms...😅
Very nice. So many gems in western nc. I have many friends from earth heaven. Great community.
Wish it was me....Long ago I livef in Finfdhorn Ecovillage Scotland, ❤from DK❤
Kudos to the community tightness and off grid living even though I can tell it's not my style of community. Major props if your hydro generator is completely gravity with no electricity moving the water. You can move water uphill with a Water Ram pump too which I am sure you know too so more for other viewers. Other alternative energy is really important since solar panels don't work optimally during cloudy days and of course at night.
Same here, I don't think I'd be able to that either. I got my own little slice on the edge of a small town so all my needs are close but I do grow my own food and use a ram pump from a creek and pump it up to the top of my garden to fill a couple large tanks for those dry periods I get every year. Not sure a ram pump would ever be able to pump enough water to supply a micro turbine though but they are great for filling totes on higher ground.
@gld1010 I'm curious, why isn't it your type of community and what is your type of community?
So wonderful to see so much going on here. Your vid is topnotch. Splendid.
Thanks! It was a joy to film.
Beautiful. Harmony with Mom and each other. The solution.❤
I LOVE this, thank you Kristen!
I could watch a two hour extensive tour/episode of these type living situations.
It was Hurricane Helena. I guess I haven't received any of their emails since the hurricane. I hope they're okay. ( I live up the road, but it's a very long and winding road and I haven't been down that way for a long time. I know how bad it was in some places though.)
Edit: i see you posted their gofundme.
Love it. Love this place. But, I hope the tire garden wall, has a barrier between the soil & tires. Tire break down over time, leaching very bad toxins, including 3 Forever Chemicals.
Looks very much like a Swiss village complete with the pastures, hills and small clusters of homes. Love it!
Thank you very much for showing this!! X
Wauw, you alwas come up with such inspirational communities. Love it!
How did this community fare with Hurricane Helene? Hope it survived...
I’m wondering that myself
Mostly damage to roads and bridges, which have been temporarily repaired. A tree fell on the Hobbit House, which is shown at about 4:22, so the top floor has been removed and it will need major repairs. Fortunately, no one was living in it at the time. Also, the old cabin that we were using as a Freestore was flooded and lost too much of its foundation, so it will be demolished. The hydro silted up, but was repaired long before the grid power came back on line. Overall, we're grateful at how little damage there was and that no one was injured.
@@dalienhart thank you for answering the question. it was my main concern too
Fantastic, all the way around.
Love the videos, keep them coming. 😊
It seems the best designs for living areas are site-specific for cost efficiency. Enough conventional amenities to invite use, then new(old) technologies to explore alternatives, with the appropriate trade-offs in time/effort/cost...those who adapt stay; those who don't move on...
Love the concept; put off by the disorganization, disarray and mess.
This community kind of reminds me of a similar intentional community in Virginia called "Shannon Farm."
Such excellent videos!!!
Restoring the commons... nice
Awesome community!!!
Love the lizards at the end!
I think the concept is amazing, good people working together and living cooperatively. I wonder how these types of communities have access to medical needs. Are they so healthy that general medical treatments are not required?
nice." note: at one point in american electrical history almost every town and or city had their own generators . the first such installation was in sonora ca for powering the mines there the town also got electricity and was installed by ge and nikola tesla as per a private in house history as published by ge for their employees . eggscllent . at a certain point in california usa was ordered to unify all of the independant generators .
So, not a criticism; but, they are not really "off grid". They aren't attached to the "grid" but, with all of the resource reliant power tech, they are actually still reliant upon the grid. Maybe not directly but indirectly. All of those energy/power tech Lithium-ion batteries, converters, inverters, solar panels (components etc.), are only there because of the use of "the grid". I haven't mentioned what this operation would have to have to store energy to make up for energy negative days, seasons etc. Also, most people do not know that the lifespan of solar units is not necessarily as long as they say. The solar corps will tell you they should last 25 to 30 years. In fact there's discrepancy; whereas some folks say that components start to go bad as early as 10 to 15 years. I get it; it's about Freedom. However, there has to be truthfulness of the reality. It is just a reliance on another system. If any of those components failed; you'd be reliant on the system to replace them. What if you could not get it? Still, it is a wonderful village and seemingly beautiful way of life. I wonder; could they do it if they didn't have those tech systems to live?
Good point and we have a range of levels of tech in our systems. This video happened to focus on a couple of the larger systems. The owner of Soluna (the 3-story) is an electrician who designs and installs these systems, so his experiment was how to generate and use an amount of electricity based on mainstream averages. Some folks choose to really minimize electricity needs and cook on a rocket stove. Most are somewhere in between. The best foundation is having good passive solar design to minimize needs for heat and electricity.
Ive done it for 11 yrs. My grandmother did it for 80.
Interdependence. That's life. Need a surgeon, some doctor that your village doesn't have? Etc. etc. Off the grid allows for remote isolated living and not directly dependent on the city and it's surveillance, rules, etc. How much technology you want is up to you. Some people use wood as fuel and not even gas, eat plants and animals and do only use natural tools. Others have more modern lifestyles and needs-wants. The most expensive part is the batteries. Also electronic devices (such as computers, laptops, etc.) would not likely last decades as well...
How did this area fare during and after the hurricane that damaged the Ashville area?
We are glad you asked. They fared comparatively well but had serious damage in their roads and some of their fields, plus minor damage in buildings. They have a recovery fund that we also included in the text: Earthaven Recovery Fund: www.gofundme.com/f/earthaven-recovery
How did they fare during Helene?!? Hope they are good.
that was answered earlier
The way she said “nope”, “you’re picking up on it” and just her demeanor makes her seem kinda bitter… not sure if you got that vibe. Would have been cool to hear from her husband who built it 😢
Sounds like a lot of experimenting. Are they documenting and sharing their experiments?
Wonder if they've experienced neighbor from "hell" syndrome?
the places i have lived the neighbor from "hell was people who took it to serius, often around 1/4 of people
not like they are doing alot of work, they just wanted to control everything
In the beginning, there was no grid. Is it better to have a grid or not have a grid? The grid eliminates a lot of routine, backbreaking personal effort. Provided it can be green and cost-effective, give me centralised drainage, sewage, power supply, and water supply. But to each his own.
It comes with a cost especially the cost of having to do what you're told.
@ I don't understand what you mean. Everything has some sort of price tag attached.
I really like seeing this ❤😊
Would be a good place to set up a community rabbit 🐇 meat farming spot. Rabbits are a cheap meat source.
Easy to raise and replenish too.
One of our families has rabbits and others have had them over the years.
Also delicious and healthy
Their turbines housing seals are blown and aren’t running efficiently. Let them know it needs to be fixed
They are running better after the repairs from Hurricane Helene.
Are they ok now? Did the permaculture help with the flooding? If they are safe, they have so much to offer their neighbors for how to rebuild!
I'm wondering this too.
Siting the buildings away from the creeks, including the houses on the slopes kept them from being flooded. (The cabin that was flooded was there before the community and was right next to the creek.) We're investigating wetland restoration techniques to absorb flood water, which would protect some of the roads from flooding.
We found that areas with bamboo were more effective at resisting the effects of flooding
Yes, we were impacted by the flooding, but not nearly as badly as many people in the region, for the reasons @dalienhart describes, as well as the fact that being off-grid meant our power systems were functioning when the grid wasn't. Among other strategies, we're exploring how better riparian buffers as well as planting more of the native River Cane in appropriate areas of the creek banks would reduce the impacts of future floods.
If there are HOA dues and rental costs, then how do people live here?
So many of our systems, our bridges,dams,even buildings are designed safely-- for normal circumstances. But an entire city in rough terrain, nope. W
Anyone know what did they put on the zip panels? Looks like renderer or plaster/stucco of sort? I was surprised to see that it goes right on the zip.
It's a Lime plaster. 3 parts masonry sand (ideally the orange kind, sometimes called Colombia masonry sand), 1 part hydrated lime, and 1/2 cup of grog.
Do you have a specific community that you prefer most?
The Lizards did it for me. Im in
Di Malaysia ada Rumah Panjang. Boleh melawat Sarawak
I love these videos about brilliant, alternative communities, but often find myself feeling frustrated for two reasons. I know that an eco-village would never work for me because I really need to be in a large city. Also, I am always focussed on the challenges facing mainstream society - the mass - and despite how wonderful these places are, they could never provide the solution(s) to earth's 8 billion people. But, I've just realized my way out of my frustration: I am thinking of Jesus' parables of the kingdom as seeds, like the mustard seed. Each of these little communities is like the mustard seed, that grows into a huge bush, that then provides shelter for the birds of the air. We can't see how, exactly, all these little seeds are going to contribute to the whole, but that's the mystery of the kingdom of God.
Diversity restorative development ❤
Where is this ?
Can you read the description?
@@imim1884 North Carolina
@@dpclerks09
Why do ppl always hve to be rood.
@@mfpJ4ever
Thank you kindly 🙏
@@imim1884 No problem
I think the permanent "rent" model is the way to get away from homes as investments and speculation!!
I wonder if the cops ever come by
Where did these original people get all the money for the land and building houses with gadgets?
This a rhetorical question? How does anybody pool money together to get cheap land in unincorporated western North Carolina? How would anybody? You just do it. It’s not a lot of money. Not 30 years ago.
@@nicolasboullosa things are still cheap around the world, if we dont want everything for us self
It started as forested land with an owner loan. The original founders each put down $10k and then got loans from friends to pay off the owner loan. Development was slow and took a lot of hard work.
No internet!! I love the idea but I need all the creature comforts of modern society. Atleast have Starlink internet and hot water for showers and I’ll be good.
You can be off-grid and use the internet. They do. They aren’t anti-technology. They just run their own energy network
what is unschooling?
It's one of many forms of home schooling.
Nontraditional schooling where you follow your child's interests and allow them to learn from daily life.
It’s where lazy parents contribute to more idiots running around.
Pam here ….. how badly were they affected by Hurricane Helene?
Dear lord. Helene comes to mind.
How did U find this "experiment"? Would u live here?
🔥🔥
Very nice buildings and sensible people but it still have some problems that are hard to get around: People like to have comfort and modern appliences and lots of stuff that are made in China like solar systems etc. They most have some money to keep it running and even if they are off grid i guess they still want high tech health care for cancer treatment and heart surgery so it would be a problem if everybody did this?
If you’re looking for a large scale solution for the rest of us, you may like a new channel I just discovered called Edenicity. It’s about how to incorporate permaculture concepts into modern cities.
I hate the idea of being part of a community yet I love my friends in Portugal. I just hate being dependent on people. My favourite is the priest who renovated his house in the mountains of Italy. The old guy is the most interesting he is more old school lower tech. The problem with all the high tech stuff is the cost and what do you do when society falls apart. Look at the fires in California society is falling apart. The canary in the coalmine was when they started picking on the Amish, the democrats do not like you being independent
I don't like earthship construction because of the brutal hard work involved. I have done earthbag and that was bad enough, tyres look even worse though they are easier to move. I have a stealth cabin in the UK I may fix it out with go cart tyres. Pending?
True!
We have to be dependent on others, it's just that in the past people depended on their neighbors but today people are dependent on industry and government.
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they thought aboout wherrelvhairs
פשוט קיבוץ. אין חדש תחת השמש.😅
17:22 She is gorgeous!
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14:12 She is BEAUTIFUL!
they all are.
Amazing village! One thing though, did I just miss it or is this an all-Caucasian community?
Mostly but not entirely
is that not allowed or something? should they bus in some haitians? lol
This look like a cult community, I bet there are a lot of "open relationships" happening ... lol
You could say monogamous relationships is also a cult.
seems more like 27 years more not really lik30 smdh why ppl always mek lies
Earthaven was founded in 1994 and celebrated our 30th anniversary in September.
I’m surprised you haven’t visited Ana yet from Ana’s Bushcraft of UA-cam. I can’t think of anyone on UA-cam who is more off grid than her. She’s amazing how she built her own hydroelectric power among other things. youtube.com/@anabushcraft?si=TErpuDbTSEoUvUgE
Let’s not forget that socialism and communism never work outside these little silo experiments…
Or so we've been "programmed to believe.
This is not an income-sharing community (“commune”)
@ oh really? Are you denying the catastrophic failure of communist and socialist china, Russia, Cuba, Venezuela, Cambodia and the millions of lives lost? Karl Marx was a malignant leech who prayed on others to support his lazy and selfish lifestyle, and everywhere his ideas have been put into practice, misery, death and the loss of liberty follows.
This is more of a nat socialism kind of deal i think. thats the only way it works.
@@jaimhaas5170 study history