White Hawk Ecovillage

Global Ecovillage Network logo with a turtle and leaf design.
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About the Communities

  • Established
  • English
  • Ecological
  • Rural

Founding year

  • 2005

What we do

As of December 2024, White Hawk Ecovillage is on a pause from accepting new households to our membership process. You may join our waitlist here.
Our community is growing through a ‘lot development’ model, which means that as each family is ready to begin, their home can be built and they can move in. The design of the homes may be chosen by the individual families, within certain green building parameters — we are not limited to a small number of pre-existing designs supplied by a developer.
As of Fall 2024, we have 18 of the planned total of 30 homes built, while several additional households are in the membership process and are planning to build soon or have begun. In the meantime, everyone who lives here has access to our beautiful 120 acres including forests, streams, the community garden, and other features.
White Hawk Vision Statement
White Hawk Ecovillage embraces principles of sustainability, ecological living, simplicity, and respect for all living things. Just as our homes are joined together in a circle surrounding the village center, we join together to support happiness and balance for individuals while benefiting the larger community in and beyond our own neighborhood.
Looking across the land, we see eco-friendly homes, a spacious common house, wind turbines, solar panels, forest and trails, ponds, community gardens, an orchard, a farm, and play spaces for all ages. We look forward to leisurely meals in the common house, sharing tools and resources, planting trees to expand the forest, growing organic fruits and vegetables, and gathering for community activities.
We are motivated by an awareness that we, individually and collectively, can make a difference through actions that reflect the values we hold dear: connection, peace, love and joy. As individuals, neighbors, and families, we flourish in a culture of trust and honesty, cooperation and kindness, inclusion and inspiration.

  • Purpose
  • Ecological
  • Languages
  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Hebrew
  • Russian
  • Spanish
  • Swahili
  • Community type
  • Ecovillage
  • Intentional Neighborhoods

Commemorative dates

  • January 1, 2005
  • Started living together
  • Not open to new members
  • Open to visitors
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How to join

As of December 2024, White Hawk Ecovillage is on a pause from accepting new households to our membership process. You may join our waitlist on our website. www.whitehawkecovillage.org
STEP 1: APPLICANT HOUSEHOLD: Applicant Households submit an application with a non-refundable $250 fee, after which they are added to the e-mail group, thus gaining access to certain documents, communications, and meeting minutes. During this time, they establish a closer relationship with current White Hawk residents. Visits are encouraged, as well as attending and contributing to monthly meetings, and participating in discussions with the intention of deciding whether White Hawk is a good fit.
STEP 2: ASSOCIATE HOUSEHOLD: The next step toward full membership is to submit a $750 associate household fee, once a household is certain they want to proceed with living here. This fee is refundable only if the application is rejected by the community. Associate Households can make proposals and participate in committees and other White Hawk projects. They can reserve a lot for one year by paying a $1,000 lot deposit and showing a mortgage pre-approval letter. They can submit building plans to the Infrastructure committee, and look forward to construction!
STEP 3: FULL MEMBERSHIP: When ready to build, one becomes an official co-owner of White Hawk by paying the $40,000 full lot lease fee (or complete purchase of home) and signing a lease.
Full members co-own White Hawk Ecovillage and have the same voting rights as every other full member.

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  • United States

White Hawk Ecovillage

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10 years ago

Festival en familia

Este año queríamos darle un toque diferente a nuestras jornadas de educación. Pensamos que encuentros centrados principalmente en un intercambio de información para adultos hay muchos, por lo que en esta ocasión pretendemos darle mucha importancia a nuestr@s hij@s. Queremos que vengan niñ@s de todas las edades por eso la inscripción hasta los 16 años es gratuita para ell@s; así que nos hemos puesto manos a la obra para crear un campamento familiar donde podamos disfrutar de realizar actividades creativas juanto a nuestr@s hij@s y en un entorno natural inigualable, todo ello sin dejar de lado la estructura de encuentro como la de años anteriores donde invitaremos a colectivos y profesionales para que compartan sus experiencias y visiones con nosotros. Tendremos una comida sana y casera (avisad vegetarianos, veganos, alérgicos…) durante vuestra estancia y el alojamiento sera en una amplia zona de acampada donde podréis montar vuestras tiendas, allí conviviremos durante 5 días. Traed vuestros cubiertos, platos y vasos por favor, a nosotr@s nos es de gran ayuda en los eventos en los que hay que atender a mucha gente. La Recepcion de l@s participantes comenzara el día 5 de julio a partir de las 16:00 ( no pasa nada si llegáis un poco antes) y el evento finaliza tras la comida del día 10 de Julio. Iremos colgando las novedades sobre el festival en nuestro blog para teneros informad@s. ¡¡ Nos vemos pronto en el valle!! Organizador km28 Email: co******@**28.org
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2 years ago

Mindful Facilitation for Empowerment(Training of Trainers)/ September 2024, Wongsanit Ashram, Thailand

This special Legacy ToT will stay as true as possible to Pracha’s incredible teaching that he developed over decades. Every aspect of human interaction needs facilitation. Mindful participatory facilitation is an invaluable skill for leaders in a shifting paradigm as it is equalising and empowering rather than hierarchical and dominating. In this experiential training participants will co-create a safe space and gain ample facilitation practice in a supportive environment. They will deepen awareness and experience in how to teach, facilitate and train people by enabling collaboration among a community of learners. Participants will flourish in a dynamic balance of mindfulness practice and open experimentation within the design and facilitation of holistic education sessions. The course will inspire you to know what you are most deeply called to teach and why this kind of empowerment education is critically important for the future of life on Earth. The training will be certified by SEM College & Gaia Education. Content will be adapted and designed to meet the needs of participants drawing from the following topics. This training forms one of the requirements to become a certified Gaia Education Trainer. WHAT TOPICS OF LEARNING WILL THIS TOT COVER? (A) Introduction to Participatory Learning(PL) & Community Building : – Recognise values of games as learning tools and processes for participation and co-creation of knowledge – comprehend cycle of participatory learning(Praxis) & basic skills. – Express the relevance of co-creation of knowledge (B) Trust Building & Learning Community : – employ techniques of building trust – recognise values of building a safe container for learning (C) Holistic Perspectives : – Recognise values and limitations of holistic, clear thinking – Practice tools to experience different perspectives (d) Emerging Design, Group Energy and Mindfulness : – Comprehend benefits of mindfulness as a facili

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