Village News
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).
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Upcoming Events
December
12, 2008 - Friday Night Meeting -
Sustainable Landscaping with Jason Grottini of
EarthWORM International.
Complete
details and flyer (pdf)
January 9, 2009 - Native nut trees with Scott DiLoretto -
details soon.
February 13, 2009 -
Conservation efforts in PA and how you can get involved with
Laura Pirano of the PA Sierra Club - details soon.
March 13, 2009 -
Friday Night Meeting - Sustainability Talk - Topic TBA
Past Events
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