A Campus of Learning, Living, Doing
115 SOULS THRIVING TOGETHER ON 227 GLORIOUS ACRES.
Avalon Ecovillage is one of the world's largest and longest sustaining EcoVillages, situated on 227-acres of historic & sacred agricultural land in Southern Arizona's fertile Santa Cruz River Valley. At Avalon EcoVillage, over 115 dedicated individuals practice farming using traditional permaculture principles and time-honored techniques of gardening, as well as new sustainable technologies. We have people from all over the world with a diverse age groups and cultural backgrounds.
We are a fully operational micro-society showcasing the success we have had incorporating a modern lifestyle within the sustainable context of a land-based society.
In addition to pursuing the classical "off-grid" definition of sustainability, the EcoVillage also pursues self-sufficiency by providing meaningful vocational work, ongoing education, spiritual exploration, and dynamic cultural experiences to each of the committed, residential members of the EcoVillage.
For members of the EcoVillage, life here is an ongoing statement of disagreement with the predominant system of greed and extortion that rules Western, consumerist lifestyles...
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