Experience Weekend immerses you in the living laboratory that is Earthaven Ecovillage. Earthaven is the ideal setting for a whole-life skills curriculum — a place to see regenerative systems in practice, collaborative food production in action, and community living on a personal level. You’ll connect with the people, businesses, and farms of Earthaven and our extended valley community for a hands-on, skill-building, life-changing experience.

The Experience Weekend curriculum encourages participants to examine sustainability through social, ecological, economic, and eco-spiritual lenses. Through tours, large-group discussions, classes with community members, shared meals, and time to explore the land on your own, this learning journey gives you an intimate experience of the ecovillage.

Program participants form a nested community within the village by sharing meals, social activities, their experiences, and hearth-tending tasks. Many participants come to the program during or while preparing for a life transition — questioning aspects of their current lifestyle and curious about their options and learning what’s possible. Others come to the program for a retreat from their daily life — a chance to be in a different place around curious and enthusiastic people while enjoying tasty, wholesome meals prepared by someone else. Whether drawn more to the program content or the program context, participants enjoy spending the weekend with a group of people with shared interests in our beautiful southern Appalachian forest.

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