The mission of Asanté Gardens is to live sustainably and joyfully as a tribal group in a permaculture-based, tropical food forest environment. Our goal is to create a place of holistic and experiential education, by becoming a self-sustaining, thriving, model ecovillage.
As an ecovillage, we intend to:
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- live harmoniously, joyfully, and in deep gratitude of one another
- become economically and environmentally sustainable, with a minimal ecological impact
- be a model for intensive tropical food farming, producing an abundance and surplus of food year round, while using natural and organic farming methods, and permaculture
- use eco-friendly alternatives for power, water, transportation, and waste systems
- use and promote eco-friendly natural building techniques, using local and low-cost materials
- become largely petroleum-free
- achieve a state of zero landfill waste produced
- cultivate a tribal, village lifestyle, where each person is accessing and expressing their highest creative potential
- cultivate an economy of giving, sharing, and thoughtful consideration of needs
- promote compassionate, cooperative, and mindful living, as a way forward for human settlements on the planet, and to preserve and support ecosystems and the natural world
Healing & Learning Center
As the community begins to resonate and gain momentum in terms of being self-supporting and sustainable, and we are meeting our social and practical needs, then our community will begin to offer healing retreats and educational opportunities on a wide range of subjects related to sustainability such as: ecovillage living (social permaculture), yoga and meditation, permaculture for children, raw vegan lifestyle, and food forestry, just to name a few.
As Asanté Gardens matures and we begin to reap the fruits of our vision, we will stand in a unique position to show the world that a thriving ecovillage is possible – one that is based on compassionate, cooperative, and mindful living.