Earthville Institute’s Open Volunteer Period is a hands-on service-learning opportunity where you can explore foundational practices for sustainable living, including natural building, organic gardening, and permaculture principles, while supporting the creation of a new eco-campus for the study of compassionate living.

A one-week residential workshop (part one of a two-part series) exploring natural building techniques (with a focus on lime this week) and our connection to nature. Will provide opportunities to learn and practice some of the foundational skills of earthen building and contemplate living in harmony with nature.

A one-week residential workshop (part one of a two-part series) exploring natural building techniques (with a focus on clay this week) and our connection to nature. Will provide opportunities to learn and practice some of the foundational skills of earthen building and contemplate living in harmony with nature.

A two-week residential workshop exploring natural building techniques and our connection to nature. Will provide opportunities to learn and practice some of the foundational skills of earthen building and contemplate living in harmony with nature.

Explore the power of creativity and learn to enhance your creative process through meditation. This engaging six-day residential retreat presents wisdom and practices from Tibetan Bön Buddhist master Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche.

A three-month immersive residential service-learning program providing an engaging in-depth exploration of sustainable and compassionate living, integrating hands-on experience with contemplative practice in a healthy and supportive environment in the lap of nature

A long-term experiential training program specifically for people who want to make a positive impact in the world. This course is designed to empower you as an insightful, sensitive, and effective cultural creatives and agent of change.

A online gathering (via Zoom) hosted by Mark Moore, cofounder of Earthville Institute and Dharmalaya Institute, to discuss the Building a Better World program. This chat will be an opportunity to chat with Mark about the program, ask questions, and get a sense of how the program might support your aspirations.

A week-long retreat exploring the theory and practice of wise and compassionate leadership.

A four-day meditation retreat designed by world-renowned meditation master Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, with special features unique to Dharmalaya Institute, including mindful movement practices, set in a beautiful Himalayan eco-campus with earthen buildings, healthy meals, and more.

A one-week residential workshop exploring natural building techniques and our connection to nature. Will provide opportunities to learn and practice some of the foundational skills of earthen building and contemplate living in harmony with nature.

The Compassionate Living Workshop is a hybrid of a contemplative retreat and a training workshop. We explore the core principles and practices of a life of informed and engaged compassion: to understand, to care, and to act. This includes both the inner and outer aspects, providing a broad conceptual overview and deeper topical explorations supported by hands-on practice.

An exploration of creativity as expressed through music, and of the nature of reality as expressed through the vibrations of sound. All levels welcomed. No experience required.

A five-day residential workshop exploring natural building techniques and our connection to nature. Will provide opportunities to learn and practice some of the foundational skills of earthen building and contemplate living in harmony with nature.

A 27-day residential workshop series exploring natural building techniques and our connection to nature, to ourselves, and to one another. Will provide opportunities to learn and practice some of the foundational skills of natural building, including straw bale and earthen techniques, while living in harmony with nature.

A year-long residential course conducting a deep exploration of natural design, the power of space and form, geometry, the creative process, and our relationship with these. The course will integrate theory and practice, supported by a rich syllabus structured to support the interdisciplinary breadth of the course.