Position Available: Ahimsa Village Summer Camp Assistant Ahimsa is seeking a dynamic and
dedicated person to assist with running the 2009 summer camp.
Complete details (pdf)
May 29, 2009: The Appalachian Zen House
and Ahimsa Village
Ahimsa is collaborating with a new service-oriented Buddhist
organization in the region, the Appalachian Zen House (AZH).
Specifically, they are helping coordinate the Summer Camp and
are seeking grant funding to start a non-profit Community
Supported Agriculture farm project (No Harm Farm) at Ahimsa that
will benefit local low-income people. Read more about AZH
at our
blog.
March 21, 2009: PA Association of Environmental Educators
Conference Ahimsa
Village was invited to present our approach to environmental
education at the 2009
Pennsylvania Association of Environmental
Educators Conference held at the Lake Raystown Resort and
Conference Center. Our talk was titled "Permaculture,
Experiential Learning, and Nonviolent Communication."
View
presentation here (ppt).
March 6, 2009: Maple Sugaring Underway The maple sugaring season is
officially underway at Ahimsa Village! We have new energy, new
buckets, and a new evaporator this year. We tapped 30 trees this
week and already have many gallons of sap ready for the new
evaporator. We plan to make syrup most weekends until
April. If you are interested in participating contact
Kelle Kersten at
magicjubilee@yahoo.com. Pictures to follow soon.
February 24, 2009: Ahimsa Village mentioned in Tricycle magazine The
current issue of Tricycle, the nation's leading
Buddhist magazine, features a story on Bernie Glassman and the
Zen Peacemaker order. Specifically the article is about
Bernie's vision for Zen Houses. One of the Zen Houses will
be ZPO's first venture into a rural setting - the Appalachian
Zen House. This house will be coordinated by Kanji Ruhl, a
Buddhist Minister ordained by ZPO. Part of his vision is
to work with Ahimsa Village in the establishment of a small CSA farm run
by local people and the expansion of Ahimsa's summer camp.
Read the complete article
(pdf).
January, 2009: Bald Eagle Energy Co-op Meeting A group of people met at the
Ahimsa farmhouse on January 17, 2009 to talk about the
possibility of starting an energy co-op with the idea to
of producing
energy locally to benefit local people. Some ideas
discussed include distribution of biofuel for heat; biodiesel
production; and wind and solar projects. Please contact
Bob Flatley at e4bob@yahoo.com
if you are interested in participating in this group.
December 15, 2008: Is Alcohol the Fuel of the Future?
Check out this short video of David Blume:
December 12, 2008: Congratulations to Greg and TammieLyn -
wishing you many years of happiness together!!!!!!!!!
December 2008:
Friends of Ahimsa Village Annual Fund Drive We
want to thank all the Friends of AV for their support over the
past year. Our major 2008 project was the Permaculture Orchard.
The orchard is in and is doing well despite the 17 year
locusts, japanese beatles, and gyspy moths this past year. Read
more about the orchard. As we did last year, in lieu of
holiday gifts we are asking our friends to make a donation to
AV. Read
more about how to donate.
The
Case for Vegetarian Homesteading
Came across this great web site. The couple who host it are
vegan homesteaders in Minnesota and they make a great case for
the benefits of vegetarian homesteading over traditional
homesteading:
http://www.geopathfinder.com/9628.html
November 1, 2008: Halloween Harvest Hoopla Friends
of Ahimsa Village gathered at the AV farmhouse to celebrate the
second anniversary of Ahimsa Village. The event featured
a tour of Ahimsa Village, delicious vegetarian food provided by
AV members and friends, a slideshow highlighting the year's
accomplishments, a bon fire and drumming. A good time was
had by all. We want to thank all our friends and
supporters for making 2008 another successful year!!
View pictures.
October 2008
Boyle-Martin Engagement A
year ago in November, Tammie Lyn and Greg had their third date
at Ahimsa Village just in time for AV's one year anniversary
party...(read
more)
October
2008
Honey Harvest Postponed
The bees have been busy but they haven’t been making honey—at
least not fast enough or in large enough quantities for us to
harvest honey as planned for late September...(read
more)
Summer Camp a Big Success The
2nd annual Ahimsa Summer Camp was a big success.
Attendance was much larger and more consistent. We had
anywhere from 7 to 14 children each week. The camp ran
from June 19 thru August 28. Activities this year included bread
baking, bird watching, hissing cockroaches, boat building, honey
bee class, dances of universal peace, yoga bowling, cooking,
swimming, cooperative games, drawing, hiking, making flower
pots, gardening and more. Check out our web site for details for
the 2009 camp. A special thanks to all those who helped
make the camp a success: Kelle Kersten, Tammy Badger, Frank Hidgon, John Cierpy, Ann Wilken,
Deb Fisher, Chuck Cave, Kanji Ruhl, Jean and Robert Forsberg,
Lamizsah Brown, Half Acre Farm, Huston Township Park and Rec,
Julian Woods Community. (view pictures).
August 2008
Buzzing Around the Village
Ahimsa Village has recently been colonized
by hundreds of thousands of crawling, buzzing insects. They feed
voraciously on flowers of all types and there are large clusters
of them in the Butterfly Meadow...(read
more).
July 27, 2008 AV adds
Straw Lease and New Members!!!! AV
entered into an agreement with the School of Living to lease the
Straw property. This 3 acre parcel adjoins the current AV lease
(of 65 acres). The property includes a small house, 3
wells, and a spring. The property has a rich history including
being the site one of the first white settlements in the Bald
Eagle Valley. A pioneer cabin originally stood on the
footprint of the current house. More recently the lot was
occupied by Mary and Chester Straw from 1961 - 2008. The
current plan is for the lot to be used as space for our newest
partner, Frank Higdon, and his family to build an eco-house.
Frank serves on the Board of the School of Living. He is
committed to the visions of AV and SoL. His vision is to
create a place where communitarians can engage in homesteading
using organic agriculture, forest farming, and permaculture to
create an ecologically
sound, human-scale culture. AV is delighted to have Frank
as the newest AV partner!!!!
July 26, 2008 Ahimsa Gets Its First Sign
Ahimsa
recently purchased a 2' x 3' sign for display at the house.
Now visitors will know that they have found the right place!
View our new sign.
June 22, 2008 Mountain
Laurel in Full Blossom at Black Moshannon State Park
Ahimsa members recently took a day off from working in the
gardens to see the spectacular display of mountain laurel
blossoms (view
pictures) at Black Moshannon State Park. The park, one
of PA's most spectacular, is located apx. 10 miles from Ahimsa
Village.
June 15, 2008 Ahimsa
Hosts NVC Basic Training A
Basic Nonviolent Communication (NVC) Workshop was held at Ahimsa
Village, June 13-15, 2008 (view
pictures). Over 15 people attended this dynamic event that
focused on learning how to communicate more effectively and
compassionately. The workshop was facilitated by Francois
Beausoleil of Bay NVC in San Francisco and Inessa Love, an NVC
trainer based out of Washington, DC. The purpose of NVC is to
create human connections that empower compassionate giving and
receiving. NVC involves both communication skills that foster
compassionate relating and consciousness of the interdependence
of our well being and using power with others to work together
to meet the needs of all concerned (from the Center for
Nonviolent Communication Web Site -
www.cnvc.org)
June 8, 2008 Bees
Arrive
Liam Goble of Half Acre Farm installed 5 bee hives at Ahimsa
Village (view
pictures). The hives are part of Liam's home hive program.
The home hive program allows people to sponsor and participate
in the management of a hive in exchange for honey at the end of
the season. Liam uses practices organic beekeeping & will
be teaching classes at Ahimsa. He is also open to having
people watch him tend the hives each month. For more
details, visit Liam's web site at:
http://half-acrefarm.com/
June 7, 2008 Ahimsa
Village Participates in First Village Green Market
Ahimsa had a produce stand at the first Village Green Market at
the Community Center in Julian, PA. We sold greens,
rhubarb, kale and collards. Although our sales were small,
the market was a great success - generating a lot more interest
than was expected. The market will be held the first
Saturday of each month (during the summer) from 10 - 2.
Learn more.
May 2008 Permaculture
Orchard Planted
Thanks to many helpers the PC orchard at Ahimsa is finally
planted. A special thanks to Patty Ceglia for donating
most of her and expertise in the development of a PC plan for
all the trees. A total of 69 woody plants, 25 raspberries,
and 100 strawberry plants were planted. The PC Orchard is
part of an overall PC plan for Ahimsa (more
info).
Ahimsa
Village was invited to present our approach to environmental
education at the 2009
The
current issue of Tricycle, the nation's leading
Buddhist magazine, features a story on Bernie Glassman and the
We
want to thank all the Friends of AV for their support over the
past year. Our major 2008 project was the Permaculture Orchard.
The orchard is in and is doing well despite the 17 year
locusts, japanese beatles, and gyspy moths this past year. 
Friends
of Ahimsa Village gathered at the AV farmhouse to celebrate the
second anniversary of Ahimsa Village. The event featured
a tour of Ahimsa Village, delicious vegetarian food provided by
AV members and friends, a slideshow highlighting the year's
accomplishments, a bon fire and drumming. A good time was
had by all. We want to thank all our friends and
supporters for making 2008 another successful year!!
The
2nd annual Ahimsa Summer Camp was a big success.
Attendance was much larger and more consistent. We had
anywhere from 7 to 14 children each week. The camp ran
from June 19 thru August 28. Activities this year included bread
baking, bird watching, hissing cockroaches, boat building, honey
bee class, dances of universal peace, yoga bowling, cooking,
swimming, cooperative games, drawing, hiking, making flower
pots, gardening and more. Check out our web site for details for
the 2009 camp. A special thanks to all those who helped
make the camp a success: Kelle Kersten, Tammy Badger, Frank Hidgon, John Cierpy, Ann Wilken,
Deb Fisher, Chuck Cave, Kanji Ruhl, Jean and Robert Forsberg,
Lamizsah Brown, Half Acre Farm, Huston Township Park and Rec,
Julian Woods Community. (
AV
entered into an agreement with the School of Living to lease the
Straw property. This 3 acre parcel adjoins the current AV lease
(of 65 acres). The property includes a small house, 3
wells, and a spring. The property has a rich history including
being the site one of the first white settlements in the Bald
Eagle Valley. A pioneer cabin originally stood on the
footprint of the current house. More recently the lot was
occupied by Mary and Chester Straw from 1961 - 2008. The
current plan is for the lot to be used as space for our newest
partner, Frank Higdon, and his family to build an eco-house.
Frank serves on the Board of the School of Living. He is
committed to the visions of AV and SoL. His vision is to
create a place where communitarians can engage in homesteading
using organic agriculture, forest farming, and permaculture to
create an ecologically
sound, human-scale culture. AV is delighted to have Frank
as the newest AV partner!!!!
A
Basic Nonviolent Communication (NVC) Workshop was held at Ahimsa
Village, June 13-15, 2008 (