Ecological Living at Rustling Roots: Intentional community visit pt. 3!!

OVERVIEW

Feeling bogged down by modern capitalist society? Is the pressure to conform, get an internship, compete with others, emit CO2, etc. making you feel oh so very sad? Do you wonder if there’s a better way of living for both you AND the planet?? Come join Melun, Elli and Cam as we leave Charlottesville and travel 37 miles east to the mystical Louisa County– which holds several intentional communities. We will be returning to Cambia, a small income sharing community that hosts an ecological living and learning center known as Rustling Roots. Here we will learn how members of the Cambia community nurture themselves and the earth!

On this trip Cambia will give us a treehouse building and tree climbing workshop on Sunday!! They’ll also take us through a guided group activity called a Heart Circle– a super cool listening/sharing exercise which they use to build and maintain connection.

Highlights & Important Trip Details:

This is an OVERNIGHT trip, which means we’ll be leaving Cville at 4:15 pm on Saturday, spending the night at Rustling Roots’ campground, and getting back ~3 pm on Sunday!

We’ll get to have a general tour of the sustainability museum and other creations (see list below or website for more details!) as well as our workshop, communal lunch, and heartcircle. ALSO! Cambia is going to let us try out their ~wood-fired hot tub ~ so bring a bathing suit!

For meals, we’ll cook dinner together, BYOBreakfast, and we’ll get the chance to cook with the good folks of Cambia for lunch on Sunday after our workshop (get hype for this amazing mostly-homegrown vegan food!)

Feel free to contact Cam (703) 488-8892 Melun (540) 353-1254 or Elli (540) 535-5485 with any questions or concerns about the trip!

ITINERARY

Saturday

4:15 pm: we skedaddle out of Charlottesville
5:00 pm: arrive at Cambia
5:15 pm: Cambia tour
6pm: set up camp, make a fire, club makes our own dinner together
8pm: chill fun night time activities (heart circle!!) and sleeping

Sunday
7am: Breakfast – you bring your own!
8 am: Tree house building and tree climbing workshop!!
11:30 lunch commences
2 pm finished with lunch
3 pm we arrive back in Cville

Bring:
Breakfast & any personal snacks you may desire
bowl/plate and utensil for eating
Leaves and vegetables etc. for communal lunch will be coordinated the week beforehand
Ingredients for communal dinner (we’ll send out a spreadsheet to coordinate this)
Sleeping bag & pad, layers for nighttime
Waterbottle
Toiletries
**Swimsuit/towel in case we can use their wood-fired hot tub

We will bring:
Tents
Camp stoves and pots

Things to Get Excited About!:
Electric antique car conversion
Solar cooking & hot water
A self cleaning pond
Geothermal AC
Composting toilet
Developing food forests & gardens
Food dehydration and canning
Suspended Yurt
Shipwrecked Boat House
BioSand Filter
Wigwam
Natural Building Projects
Rocket Mass Heater
Temple/Meditation Space
Little Land depiction of average US consumption
Atmospheric CO2 model
Barbie’s Ecovillage
Carbon Balance Model

Learn more about the community! — https://rustlingroots.org/54-2/

*DRIVERS NEEDED!! driver’s will get priority off the waitlist
*members of the service-sustainability committee will get priority off the waitlist for this trip