Hearthstone Village

Community

About the Community

Established
English
Ecological
Rural

What we do

Hearthstone Village Cooperative started in 2015 with a group of like-minded folks meeting regularly to pursue forming an intentional community in the Powell River area. After 3 years of meeting and working together, sharing meals, bonding during yearly retreats, and visiting other communities, we found not just one but two suitable properties. As a result, the founding members formed two co-ops. Those who preferred a rural setting retained the Hearthstone Village name and purchased a 42-acre parcel 20 minutes south of Powell River, and moved in on Jan 8, 2019.
Vision
We are a multigenerational community living, learning and working in close connection to each other, the land, and all beings in a village way of life. We share our material, social and spiritual riches and collectively celebrate and honour life’s mysterious journey.
Mission
We are creating a village by collectively sharing land that provides sustainable housing, community facilities and food security in a beautiful setting for a diverse group of families.
Aims

To create healthy and sustainable dwellings and community facilities that meet the needs of community members.
To create a safe, respectful and inclusive environment in which we can live, work and play.
To strengthen our resilience by growing food, sharing resources and supporting each other.
To create a functional, beautiful and sustainable living environment through intentional design.
To foster relationships that encourage learning, mentoring, cooperation and celebration.
To use a system of governance and decision making that is participatory, equitable, effective and transparent.

Current 12 members and 3 exploring members
If you are interested in learning more about the membership process – send us an email ([email protected]). We will send you some information about our group and you can begin the membership journey. Alternatively, you can find membership information on our website: https://www.hearthstonevillage.ca/membership.html

Purpose

Ecological

Languages

English
French
German
Spanish
Turkish

Community type

Cohousing
permaculture-project
Ecovillage

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Membership & Population

Open to new members

Open to visitors

Total

15

How to join

If you are interested in learning more about the membership process – send us an email ([email protected]). We will send you some information about our group and you can begin the membership journey. Please note that this is a process – involving spending time together to see if there is a mutual fit, before any long term commitment is made.
We are incorporated as a housing cooperative. Which means members purchase a share of the co-op. And a lease (999 years) purchase gives you a place to build a home and common responsibility for all the shared spaces.

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Gaia Ashram Internship

The Gaia Ashram Internship is a one month program on Ecovillage Design, Permaculture and Deep Ecology. The internship will be a holistic participatory learning experience & process. Interns will experience being part of the Gaia Ashram Community and we will live together for one month at– Gaia Ashram-. At Gaia Ashram we belief in holistic learning that balances the head, hands & heart. Gaia Ashram encourages participatory learning & values the power of community in holding the learning space. We design the daily & weekly structure of the internship and of our lives here based on these values and principles. Theoretical learning (Head) The theoretical sessions will be participatory and interactive. It will cover the 4 keys of Ecovillage Design Education (Social, Economical, Ecological and Worldview inspired by Gaia Education). Each week will cover one of the Ecovillage Design Keys and integrated into this we will be introduced to Permaculture Design & Deep Ecology in terms of philosophy, movement and personal experiences. Overall, We will have a maximum of 2-3 hours of theory per day on the session days, to also create lots of space for practical experiential learning. See more details of the key content below. Practical learning (Hands – on) For the hands – on practical learning we will be developing the Gaia Ashram’s farm and restoring nature on the Gaia Ashram land using permaculture strategies & techniques that are appropriate for the Rainy Season & the land and its local context. The hands-on work will focus on Gardening work i.e. developing the vegetable gardens, planting seeds & seedlings, transplanting, propagation of plants, making composts, growing and maintaining a Food Forest, planting green manures, planting lots of trees, planting seasonal crops. Apart from the Gardening we will also will be doing some natural building which mostly will focus on creating natural finishes using mud plasters and art w

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Construcción con balas de Paja

Fechas: 1-13 Agosto 2016 Lugar: Ecoaldea Los Guindales Dirigido a: estudiantes, constructores, arquitectos, amantes de los oficios tradicionales. Desarrollo: Se alternarán parte teórica y práctica tomando en cuenta que la teórica será un 20-30 % del total Cada día habrá ocho-nueve horas de taller Teórica: Dibujo, calculo, teoría de trazado,estudio de las armaduras de cubierta más comunes. Práctica: Trazado, cortes y escoplos, montaje varias estructuras de madera maciza. Al comenzar el taller cada alumno dispondrá de un pequeño libro con artículos y apuntes útiles recopilados en estos años, para seguir su aprendizaje y para tomar notas. Habrá a disposición del alumnado una pequeña biblioteca con libro sobre carpintería de armar y bioconstrucción en varios idiomas. Objetivos del Taller: La idea es que cada alumn@ al terminar el taller tenga una formación básica sobre el aprovechamiento y utilización de madera maciza para el diseño, calculo y realización de una armadura. Trabajaremos en la terminación de la planta baja de una casa de madera, cuyas paredes se realzarán con balas de paja (ver taller de balas de paja). Estructuras a realizar : – 2 pórticos con caja-espiga y clavos de madera para reforzar la estructura existente – Habitación de entramado vertical Docencia: – Loris Carboni: carpintero de armar y bioconstructor desde hace 20años. – Olivier Desguers: ingeniero civil y estudiante en prácticas en Los Guindales. Matrícula Taller: 400 Euros Comida: 325 Euros (incluye infusión o café, desayuno y dos comidas para los 13 días) Alojamiento: 50 Euros para derecho a acampada (Hay posibilidad de reservar cama en albergue o yurta, solicitar a la hora de inscribirse, 10 Euros por noche). Contacto:[email protected]

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Coburg Australia gathering

This is a very basic gathering to give ourselves an opportunity to meet to connect around Summit themes, learnings, realisations and ideas. In particular to support identifying what supports our continued action on climate change. I noticed there was only one HUB in Australia and thought how good it would be to meet anyone local who was participationg in the Summit. This would be a one off meeting. Other connections and arrangements to meet agian may flow from this. Many people in this area are very involved in climate action and community activities already. If you are reading this, I’d love to meet you for a cuppa and to share experiences of the summit. I’ll try to look recognisable in the cafe so you know wher to sit/which group to join in the cafe

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Hub Summit

At the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center, CATIE, in Costa Rica. there will be a space to share some of the conference of the Summit, during the week..