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Fruit Haven Ecovillage

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About the Communities

  • Established
  • English
  • Ecological
  • Rural

Founding year

  • 2014

What we do

At Fruit Haven Ecovillage, we are creating a sustainable eco-village and a functioning permaculture fruit farm. We hope to inspire vegans to live sustainably by growing organic fruits and vegetables in our community.

Our Vision

We envision a worldwide network of decentralized, autonomous fruitarian communities, balancing individual sovereignty with healthy community life. Growing abundant fruit and vegetables and embracing a raw vegan diet support health, while nonviolent communication and consensus build resilient communities. Through permaculture, we restore ecosystems and inspire others. Above all, we celebrate health, wholeness, nature, and connection among conscious, fruit-loving people.

Our Mission

At Fruit Haven, our mission is to cultivate thriving fruitarian communities rooted in health, harmony, and sustainability. We grow abundant fruits and vegetables through permaculture, restore ecosystems through mindful stewardship, and build resilient communities through nonviolent communication and consensus. By honoring individual sovereignty and living in harmony with nature, we create a model of conscious living that inspires health, wholeness, and connection with the Earth.

  • Purpose
  • Ecological
  • Social
  • Languages
  • English
  • Spanish
  • Community type
  • Cohousing
  • Coliving
  • Ecovillage
  • Sustainability practices
  • Ecosystem restoration
  • Renewable energy systems
  • Waste reduction / composting
  • Regenerative agriculture or permaculture
  • Permaculture design
  • Natural / low-impact building
  • Activities
  • Ecological Restoration
  • Permaculture
  • Property management
  • Farming
  • Construction
  • Experiences
  • Networking
  • Ecosystem
  • Tropical Rainforest

Commemorative dates

  • January 1, 2014
  • Started planning
  • January 1, 2016
  • Started living together

Gallery

  • 35 Total members
  • Open to new members
  • Open to visitors
  • Open to volunteers
Total
15

How to join

Volunteer for 3 months, to be a resident, after 6 months, residents are reviewed for membership.
Buying land doesn’t require membership, just filling out the questionnaire and review process with a phone call. 

Basic expectations or agreements for members

If you are interested in coming to visit us at Fruit Haven, please visit our website and fill out the volunteer questionnaire. http://fruithaven.land/

Primary decision-making authority

  • All Community Members Together

The whole membership decides collectively.

Decision-making process

  • Consent-Based (Sociocracy)

Decisions proceed unless someone has a reasoned objection.

Governance structure

  • Collaborative/Horizontal

Power and responsibility are shared relatively equally among members.

Conflict resolution approach

We use NVC to solve conflicts, with mediators when possible.

Economic model

  • Independent Finances

Members maintain separate personal finances with minimal sharing.

Economic scenarios for this community

  • There is a one-time fee, investment, or share purchase to join the community separate from accessing housing
  • Members need to pay fees, dues, or similar to live there on a per month or per year basis
  • There is a labor obligation
  • Members typically need to have their own job or other personal source of income to cover their expenses while living in the community?

Additional economic information

Regular fees: Yes
Labor: Encouraged or suggested (20 hrs/week)

Vehicle accessibility

  • It would be difficult / impossible to live in this community without a car

Shared resources and amenities that are accessible to everyone in the community

Common House, Garden(s), Library, Workshop, Swimming pond or pool, Waterfall, Outdoor Kitchen, Internet, 

Frequency of communal meals

  • 1-3 times per month

Significant food acquisition practices

  • Growing our own
  • Locally sourced
  • Wildcrafting / Foraging

Dietary type

  • Vegan Only

Dietary restriction

  • These restrictions are throughout the community

Nature of social activity

  • The community is pretty quiet

Community activities and engagement

  • Volunteer, Internship, or Apprenticeship, or WWOOF’ing
  • Neighborhood, Community Housing, or Homeowner's Association
  • Ethical Business, Investment Group, or Alternative Currency
  • WWOOF'ing, Guest Farming
  • Festivals, Conferences, Events

Educational and retreat offerings

Permaculture, tours, work days, health retreats, fruit festivals

Local connectedness

  • We try to engage with our local community

Friendliness of people and local government

  • There is a moderate amount of connection and collaboration between people and local government

Pet policy

  • Pets are allowed, with special approval or according to policy

Substance use culture

  • Substance use occurs primarily at celebrations or ceremonies
  • Substance use is prohibited in the community
  • Spiritual Practices
  • Meditation
  • Mindfulness
  • Yoga

Gender composition

  • Roughly balanced (no group over 60%)

Age demographics

  • Multi-generational (all ages well represented)

Property status

  • Privately owned

Property owner

  • By several individuals through an LLC or a Tenancy In Common agreement

Ecosystem

  • Tropical Rainforest

Characterized by high rainfall, dense vegetation, and extreme biodiversity
Examples: Amazon Basin, Congo Basin, Southeast Asian Rainforests

Setting

  • Rural

Countryside locations with significant distance from urban centers.

Community type

  • Cohousing

    Private homes with shared common facilities, designed for neighborly
    interaction while maintaining independence.

  • Coliving

    Shared living spaces with private bedrooms/bathrooms and communal
    kitchens, dining, and social areas.

  • Ecovillage

    Integrated communities designed around ecological principles with sustainable living practices.

  • Commune

    Communal living with shared resources, property, and often income or work responsibilities

  • Intentional Neighborhoods

    Geographically close groups of independently-owned homes whose residents actively cultivate community relationships and shared values.

  • Land-Based Communities

    Communities centered around shared land stewardship, sustainable agriculture, or connection to specific natural environments.

  • Spiritual Retreat Centers

    Residential communities focused on providing space for meditation, spiritual practice, and personal growth retreats.

Sustainability approach

  • Ecosystem restoration
  • Renewable energy systems
  • Waste reduction / composting
  • Regenerative agriculture or permaculture
  • Permaculture design
  • Natural / low-impact building

Land practices in our community

  • The community practices permaculture
  • The community is working to build soil using only natural methods

Self-produced energy

  • 33 - 66%

Energy production methods

Solar

Energy sources used

  • Photovoltaic Solar

Self-produced food

  • Up to 33%

Local, organic, or fair trade food

  • 33 - 66%

Food systems

  • Community garden
  • Food forest

Source of water

  • Spring water
  • Rainwater capture and storage for use (barrels, cisterns, etc.)

Wastewater management

  • Constructed wetland

Water conservation practices

  • Greywater reuse
  • Rainwater capture
  • Composting toilets

Waste management practices

  • Composting
  • Land area size
    150 hectares

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Location

  • Morona-Santiago, Ecuador

Fruit Haven Ecovillage

Needs and Offers

Connecting people and communities through an intentional online marketplace

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  • Events
3 weeks ago

Healing Love Healing Money: Trust As The Foundation For A New Culture

Money, love and power are among the hardest things any community works with, and many of us carry the same fears into both: not having enough, losing what we have, and the sense that if someone else gets money or love, we won’t. Healing Love, Healing Money: Trust as the Foundation for a New Culture is taught by two intentional communities. Karen McAllister and Duncan Cryle are from Clear Sky Meditation and Retreat Center, a Buddhist-lineage community in the BC Rockies. Monika Alleweldt and Benjamin von Mendelssohn from Tamera Healing Biotope, a community of about 160 people in southern Portugal that has spent decades studying love, trust and relationship. Clear Sky has spent years working on its relationship with money, and our two communities found surprising parallels in the fears beneath both. Over four sessions we explore the roots of fear around money and belonging, love, possession and power, trust as infrastructure (community as a container for healing), and ethical livelihood. We use short meditations, body-based practices, reflection and small-group conversation. You do not need to be in a romantic relationship or live in community. When: October 27, Nov 3, 10, 17. All four sessions: 12–2pm Vancouver, 1–3pm Alberta, 7–9pm UK and Portugal, 8–10pm Central Europe. Note: US and some Canadian provinces change clocks on November 1, so the US west coast is 12–2pm on October 27, then 11am–1pm for the remaining sessions, and Eastern is 3–5pm on October 27, then 2–4pm for the rest. Cost: sliding scale Details and registration: https://www.clearskycenter.org/event/healing-love-healing-money-online/  
October 27, 2026 13:00 – November 17, 2026 15:00
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  • Events
6 days ago

Womens Tiny Mud House Workshop

I’m Na, a regenerative designer, earthen builder and educator with the Global Ecovillage Network. I’m passionate about helping people step into action, however big or small. A women’s build I joined back in 2015 was a much needed transformational experience that set me on this path. Offering this workshop is a way of coming full circle and passing that same spark on. Sat 16 to Fri 22 January 2027 This is a hands-on workshop where you’ll learn earthen building techniques and build a tiny house from the earth up, with your own hands. Why tiny? A tiny house requires careful, creative design and asks – what space do we actually need to live? It uses far less material and takes less time to build, so it’s practical and economical. This also allows us to experience all stages of a house build, from design and brick-making to building and finishing. You’ll get your hands into every part of the build. We’ll work with mud brick (adobe), cob and bamboo, then earth plasters and finishes. This workshop is open to women of all ages and abilities are welcome. Come if you’re new and curious, if you want more practice on specific parts of a build, or simply to play in the mud with wonderful people. It’s genuinely good fun. We’ll be in my little forest, a small house on the edge of a village and national park, 20 km south of Chiang Mai, Thailand. You can stay on site in simple earthen dorms or tents, and we’ll share home-cooked Thai food in the cool, bright days of Thai winter. Read more and register here 
January 16, 2027 00:00 – January 22, 2027 23:59

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