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Do you know about all of the health benefits to getting your hands dirty in a garden? In the last article you learned about permaculture. In this article you’ll learn about gardening…the problems it solves, its benefits and my…
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What is permaculture? Good question. I really didn’t understand it much at all until I spent some time at Gaia. In the last article you learned about Ecoliving and fasting. In this article you’ll learn about permaculture, what…
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What do ecovillages – and more specifically, the Gaia Ashram Ecovillage – have to do with fasting? Good question. I was surprised (and happy!) this came up during my time at Gaia. In the last article you learned about the…
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Who are the people at Gaia Ashram Ecovillage? In the last article you learned about the idea of doing away with “away”…that is, how to better take control of your consumption and disposal of the never ending amount of stuff…
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Where does all your trash go? … And what does it mean to “do away with away”? In the last article you learned a bit about the history of Gaia. In this article you’ll learn about one of my biggest takeaways from Gaia: the…
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Where did this Gaia Ashram place come from in the first place? In the last article you learned about the Gaia routine. In this article you’ll quickly learn about the brief history of Gaia. One afternoon we sat in the Sala with…
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What the heck do you do at a place called Gaia Ashram Ecovillage, anyway? Good question. That’s the question I’ll be answering in this article… that is: What’s my daily routine look like at Gaia? In the last article you…
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Are you a planner? I’m not. I ask because my habit of doing things somewhat spontaneously caused me a bit of trouble. Not really trouble…but more literally I was delayed and had to pay much more than I had hoped. In the last…
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Ecovillages, Intentional Communities and Ecoliving What are the 5 things you need to know about ecovillages, ecoliving and intentional communities? In the last article you learned about the problems that Ecovillages can solve.…
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Take a minute and look around at your environment. What do you see? What do you smell? What do you hear? What do you feel? (In the last article you got an intro and outline to this series of articles on my experience ecoliving…
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Have you ever imagined or dreamed of living an alternative or different life than the one you live now? One that makes living extremely simple? A life that gets you back in touch with nature? I finally embarked on this journey…
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Shit happens. Some good. Some bad. I certainly wasn’t planning on spending two days of my life in a hospital. But there I was. Trapped. The hospital was giving me the run-around. They wanted me to stay a second night. I, on…
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