Minnesota Ecovillage Project

The Minnesota Ecovillage Project was founded to create a place for humans to thrive -- to live ethical, sustainable, meaningful lives in harmony with one another and the the natural world.
We each felt in our bones that there must be a better way of being human -- some way of living that would make life worthwhile, without the exploitation of our fellow leaving creatures or the destruction of this planet we all all call home. Our search for ethical, interconnected, meaningful existence has led us to each other, and to the woods of north-central Minnesota.
Seeking to be liberated from supply chains, we are learning how to live in harmony with the land by hard work, creativity, and local economic relationships – growing and processing much of our own food, building homes and furniture from natural and reclaimed material, and learning to live with the rhythms of the seasons.

We believe humans are meant to live in shared community, as an antidote to the isolation and loneliness that characterize our society. We intend to create a place where people of all ages can share in life together– share meals, share labor, share knowledge, share caretaking responsibilities, share crisis, share joy. We desire to weave a fabric of social support to create stability in times of both joy and crisis.

The ecovillage is located about 90 minutes north of the Twin Cities, on 66 acres of diverse Minnesota ecosystems: oak and maple forests, birch and aspen, tamarack bogs and duck ponds and a flowing river. We see ourselves not as owners or developers, but as stewards and caretakers of the land during our short time on Earth.