How an ecovillage survived and thrived after Hurricane Helene

WBUR

Published June 10, 2025 at 10:35 AM CDT

Choosing to live in a community that’s focused on having a low environmental footprint probably isn’t on most of our radars. Yet there are close to 400 so-called “eco-villages” just in North America.

NPR’s Chloe Veltman visits Earthaven Ecovillage to find out how it survived — and even thrived — after Hurricane Helene swept through its idyllic corner of North Carolina.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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