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Land Stewardship

Our Land Steward, Rick Valley, would love the company of 2 summer volunteers willing to help out with the 87-acre task list for Lost Valley’s bio-diverse landscape.  Through this experience, you will learn lots of interesting facts about the natural world around you.  The land is host to many precious eco-systems that are vibrant with life year-round.  In order to have symbiotic relationships with humans and...

Celebrate International Permaculture Day!

Connect with others in celebration of  International Permaculture Day, this Sunday, May 6, 2012!  Share your ideas and inspire others to live more sustainably.  Sharing knowledge is a great way to advance the principles of permaculture and create positive change today.   Visit the Permaculture Day website at  permacultureday.info   for more information....

A Look at Lost Valley on UofO’s ‘Envis...

A recent article entitled  “Cultivating Insight” was posted on  the University of Oregon’s newly launched Envision website earlier this week.  The Envision site article, written by Anna Smith, spotlights permaculture at Lost Valley Educational Center and Meadowsong Ecovillage.   The complete article can be found at the following link:   http://envision.uoregon.edu/archives/156  Posted March 19,...

LV Program Director visits partner site in Nicarag...

By Colin Doyle, Lost Valley Program Director I had the privilege of spending the first two weeks of March in El Lagartillo, Nicaragua, Lost Valley’s sister community.  The two communities began our partnership last fall (please see other Article on this topic), and I went there in person to strengthen this relationship.  The association Hijos del Maiz, located in Lagartillo, hosts Spanish language students from the...

Cook and Kitchen Help

Hi all you motivated nourishers! We’re looking for a couple volunteers wanting to live in community and contribute 30 hours per week to preparing delicious organic vegetarian meals with options for vegan and gluten-free. Our community kitchen is referred to as the “lodge kitchen” and is currently preparing lunch and dinner Monday through Fridays to meal plan participants and volunteers. These family-style...

Facilities – by trainer Jane B.

The LVEC classroom is a wonderful meeting space.  There is lots of natural light and warm wood floors.  It is easy to take breaks outside, complete with walking trails right out the door.  The LVEC staff were very easy to work with to plan logistics and meals.  I am looking forward to holding more classes there in the future.   -Jane B. (trainer for local Ford Institute Leadership Program sessions held at LV)

Lost Valley partners with Nicaraguan community Hij...

Lost Valley recently entered into a partnership with a homegrown Sandinista community in rural Nicaragua. The village of El Lagartillo has been together since the 1980s. In addition to rural livelihood activities, for the last seven years its dozen-member association Hijos del Maiz (Children of Corn) has executed projects for area communities and run the Campesino Spanish School, giving individual language instruction to...

December 2011 PDC course – by Melissa J.

There couldn’t be a more beautiful place to take my PDC.