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LOST VALLEY EDUCATION CENTER
Lost Valley Education Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and intentional community land trust located in Dexter, Oregon. LVEC uses a permaculture approach of ecological design and restoration to steward 87 acres of Oak Savanna, woodlands, and mixed conifer forest ecosystems.
This sacred land is home to a camas meadow, meandering creek, streams, ponds, orchards, and permaculture gardens that are collectively stewarded. Since 1989, Lost Valley has been a place for experiential learning through holistic educational programs, community development, events and volunteer opportunities.
We gather on the traditional lands of the Winefelly band of the Kalapuya nation.
We acknowledge the history of forced removal and genocide at the hands of European colonizers, and recognize that these impacts continue today. We are committed to moving beyond acknowledgment into direct action and reparative relationships with Indigenous communities. We strive to honor this intention throughout the event and beyond.
More than a venue
Lost Valley Education Center (LVEC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, intentional community, and land trust located in Dexter, Oregon, just outside of Eugene. Situated on 87 acres of Oak Savanna, woodlands, and mixed conifer forest, the land is home to a camas meadow, creeks, ponds, orchards, gardens, and regenerating ecosystems that are actively stewarded through a permaculture-based approach to land design and restoration. Founded in 1989, Lost Valley has spent more than three decades cultivating a living model of ecological stewardship, community resilience, and experiential education.
Lost Valley is also home to Meadowsong Ecovillage, a member-based residential community of over 50 people who live, learn, and steward the land together. As a community land trust, it provides access to land and affordable housing for cooperative ecological living and rural community development.
The organization serves as a holistic learning center, offering immersive programs in permaculture, natural building, community resilience, and social forestry, inviting participants into direct relationship with land, watershed, and ecosystem restoration. Educational offerings are rooted in the integration of ecological, social, and personal growth, supporting people in developing practical skills for regenerative living.
Governance at Lost Valley is shaped by principles of sociocracy and nonviolent communication, creating a framework for collaborative decision-making, conflict transformation, and shared responsibility. Through these practices, the community works to embody a culture of inclusion, equity, mutual aid, and authentic expression.
Lost Valley is more than a venue. It is a living system of land, people, and practice. It exists as an evolving experiment in what becomes possible when ecology, community, and culture are held as inseparable.
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