LOST VALLEY EDUCATIONAL CENTER

Lost Valley Educational Center is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that teaches the practical side of sustainable living, from permaculture design and natural building to social forestry and land stewardship. Since 1989 it has offered experiential learning through formal courses, a summer camp for kids, internships and volunteer work, along with farmers markets, festivals, seminars and concerts.

The center also operates as a community land trust and intentional community, providing affordable housing and access to land for ecological living. Its 87 acres of oak savanna, woodlands and conifer forest include a camas meadow, a creek, ponds, orchards and gardens. Visitors can book the two dormitories, kitchens and indoor and outdoor sacred space for events, or walk the labeled nature center trails. The center is in Dexter, about 20 minutes east of Eugene.