The founding members of Earthome, Inc. believe that only through education can humanity learn what it must, to change its behavior such that life may continue on Earth. Earthome was founded on that principle. Therefore, Earthome is an educational organization the goal of which is to discover, live and educate about how people working together can preserve, protect and live harmoniously with the one living system which supports all life on our planet.
To be faithful to this goal, members of Earthome strive to first learn all they can about the one living system. Then to adjust their lifestyle, how they go about their daily lives, to more closely conform with what they have learned about the living system. And finally, to help other people learn about the living system by providing opportunities for people to study what they and others have learned.
The core of the founding members of Earthome have been working together for nearly fifteen years to educate about a new way of thinking which they believe is necessary for humanity. They have known for more than a decade that the way people in the industrialized world live is not sustainable and they have been educating about how to move toward sustainability for many years. Earthome is the latest effort to formalize and institutionalize this effort.
The primary effort of Earthome, Inc. to benefit the larger community through education of a large number of people in Baltimore County in Maryland is the Earthome Earth Learning Center, located at the Baltimore County Cromwell Valley Park. The purpose of the Earth Learning Center is to teach and demonstrate how people can live more sustainably in harmony with the Earth. Seminars and courses on a variety of topics are offered. For example courses are offered on the safety of our food supply and ways to improve the safety of food sources.
One of the vehicles for teaching sustainability, not a project of Earthome, is the Cromwell Valley Community Supported Agriculture project. This project demonstrates how a small land holder can maintain a livelyhood on the land by contracting with a community of people to provide fresh produce for them in exchange for guaranteed payment no matter what the growing season may bring. The community members share the bountful harvests and the lean harvests, insulating the farmer from the ups and downs of agriculture. Community supported agriculture can provide a large portion of the fresh produce needed by people while preserving and improving the land.
In conjunction with the CSA Earthome, Inc. provides educational opportunities for schools in Baltimore County by hosting class trips during which the students see how food is produced. It is important to the survival of humanity that people understand that food does not come from the supermarket, but rather is grown in the soil, and that how the food is grown is important to their well being.