School of Integrated Living (SOIL) is the educational branch of Earthaven Ecovillage. SOIL is a project of Culture’s Edge, Earthaven Ecovillage’s 501(c)3 non-profit. We bring together an experienced team of permaculture practitioners, conscious communicators, and unconventional leaders to provide classes that transform our students’ inner and outer worlds. Based out of Earthaven Ecovillage near Asheville, NC, SOIL has the unique ability to host hands-on, skill-building immersions in a living laboratory for physical, economic, agricultural, and social sustainability.
We envision a world where self-reliant, interdependent, and nature-connected people are deeply engaged in their local and global communities. These passionate people will make informed and responsible choices for their basic needs (food, shelter, water, and medicine), understand their impact on society, forge real connections with themselves and others, and ultimately contribute to a more sustainable and just world for all.
Sample In-person and online Program Offerings at Earthaven Ecovillage could include but are not limited to:
Deep Ecology & Yoga Retreat, Cultivating Conscious Relationships, Storytelling with Doug Elliott, Reaching Nature Connection, Conference, Earthaven Ecovillage Experience Week, Compassion Camp, Spiritual Activism & the Climate Crisis, Earthaven Ecovillage Visitor Weekend, Conscious Dying, Shoemaking, Natural Building, and Consensus Decision-Making/Self-Governance 101.
The mission of School of Integrated Living (SOIL) is to inspire and empower people to live responsible and creative lives by providing experiential education in integrated living and regenerative systems.
The mission of School of Integrated Living (SOIL) is to inspire and empower people to live responsible and creative lives by providing experiential education in integrated living and regenerative systems.
See the Earthaven Ecovillage website for membership information.
Register for an in-person tour here: https://www.schoolofintegratedliving.org/in-person-ecovillage-tours/
We also offer virtual tours here: https://www.schoolofintegratedliving.org/virtual-ecovillage-tours/
A few people (not elected by the broader community) make the major decisions.
Power and responsibility are shared relatively equally among members.
Members maintain separate personal finances with minimal sharing.
Join fee: Yes (amount not specified)
Monthly fees/dues: Yes (amount not specified)
Labor required: Yes
Common House, Garden(s), Library, Workshop, Outbuilding(s), Swimming pond or pool, Hot tub or hot springs, Outdoor Kitchen, Large Scale Kitchen, Tractor & Farm Equipment, Fire pit, Swingsets & play areas, Internet, Sauna, Village Green
Countryside locations with significant distance from urban centers.
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