by Admin | Jan 18, 2024 | 25 anniversary
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!OUR Ecovillage’s 25th Anniversary The BIGGEST sharing of all is that in March 2024 marks OUR Ecovillage’s 25th Anniversary!!!We have a wondrous first Grand re-Opening and Anniversary Event on March 24th, 2024 at 2:00pm. Please RSVP,...
by Admin | Jan 18, 2024 | Uncategorized
Advanced Permaculture, Soil Science, Rotational Grazing and Food Foresting in Community Projects Community farming meets research and design! With the best of all the many teachers/facilitators have to bring we think this Internship is a combination of all that...
by Admin | Jan 18, 2024 | awaken the dragon, impact statement
We have worked hard in the last 2 years to pivot OUR Vision and to consider what is next in the colossal mission of OUR Ecovillage. Estimates say that we have served over 300,000 people in the last quarter century and against all odds have worked to sustain the...
by Admin | Jan 18, 2024 | Co-op Report
After an amazing, often beyond magical, and sometimes heartbreaking year – OUR Ecovillage Cooperative is reaching out with gratitude and love for the many experiences that had us all grow and expand OUR vision for the future. Many of the assumptions we held...
by Admin | Oct 15, 2020 | 2020 CSA
10. Use and Value Diversity Just as ecosystems work best when filled with a greater variety of different plants and animals, so human society functions best when an variety of different people are represented. In your garden, home and your life in general, it’s a good...
by Admin | Oct 15, 2020 | 2020 CSA
Holy basil (Ocimum tenuiflorum), commonly known in the Hindi language as tulsi, is quite possibly the most revered medicinal herb on the planet. Holy basil is a plant that has violet flowers and blossoms; the stems are green, but sometimes have a purple...
by Admin | Oct 15, 2020 | Uncategorized
Last Week of OUR CSA Educational Food Box for 2020!! *A reminder to please return your bins and canning jars* A message from OUR Team: FIRST: a huge thank you to each of you who risked the farm season with us in the true meaning of ‘Community Supported...
by Admin | Oct 8, 2020 | 2020 CSA
In these unprecedented times—at least unprecedented in the lifetimes of most of us—we have an extra push to take care of some of those important but not yet urgent tasks of preparing for the cold. Fortunately we haven’t experienced too many supply chain...
by Admin | Oct 8, 2020 | 2020 CSA
7. Design from Patterns to Details Whether designing a new vegetable garden, or an entire new sustainable way of life, we have to look at the big picture before we get bogged down in the little things. Thinking wholistically, about all areas of our lives, can...
by Admin | Oct 8, 2020 | 2020 CSA
A message from Gord Baird, one of OUR local teachers from ECOSENSE (Victoria, BC): I have bounced in and out of OUR ECOVILLAGE for some time now, most recently designing their new water systems. I gave them some bad news this month and let them know that I was...
