Ekvn-Yefolecv

The Project

Ekvn-Yefolecv is an intentional ecovillage community of Indigenous Maskoke people who, after 180 years of forced removal from their traditional homelands in Alabama, have returned to focus on linguistic, cultural, and ecological sustainability. The name itself signifies a dual meaning—returning to the earth and returning to their homelands. With only a few speakers left, they are revitalizing the Maskoke language through an immersion program for children, where the language is the sole medium of instruction, and the curriculum emphasizes traditional agricultural and ecological knowledge.

This ecovillage is designed as a holistic decolonization paradigm shift, manifesting as an off-grid, income-sharing community spread across 1,206 acres. The community employs natural building construction, renewable energy, and low-tech integrated regenerative systems. They are reintroducing culturally significant animal species like buffalo and sturgeon, while also cultivating heirloom crops to decolonize their diets. Ekvn-Yefolecv goes beyond environmental sustainability, advocating for the revival of Maskoke matriarchy and traditional governance systems. Ethnobotanical conservation, especially focusing on preserving traditional women's knowledge and food foraging, is also a central aspect. The community aims to depart from an extractive economy and collectively contribute to healing the Earth and addressing intergenerational trauma within the Indigenous community.

BQuest proudly supports Hammond Climate Solution's Solar Moonshot Program with individual grants that help nonprofit organizations across the United States afford the switch to clean energy. With the help of BQuest's grant through the Solar Moonshot Program and other grant funding Ekvn-Yefolecv has installed a 31.4 kW solar array that will bring sustainable and renewable energy to the ecovillage community that will further support an off-grid lifestyle.