Science teacher Tony Sohns will be teaching classes for homeschoolers at LongGreenHouse on Thursdays starting this week. Renowned for his work with Bangor’s Discovery Museum, Tony’s energy, knowledge, and interaction kids is outstanding, and we are lucky to have him involved with our community. Tony will be teaching two sessions. The first 8 week session […]
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Breakdown of Nations “It should be obvious that the solution to virtually all the world’s political conflicts and trials is dissolution, devolution, decentralization. I cannot think of one place on earth where a dose of that would not solve, in a permanent way, the difficulties that large-statism and the centralizers have created.â€
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In October Wassookeagers took a ferry to the Cranberry Islands to learn how its year-round settlers survived life far from mainland conveniences. Ranger Mike helped us learn how to navigate by stars and swap maple syrup for molasses with Caribbean traders. Thanks Debby and Mike for a great trip! More photos at the LongGreenHouse Flickr
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This year Wassookeagers celebrated Halloween in a spooky yet surprisingly educational fashion.
In October Wassookeagers attended an opening of large-scale paintings by Angelo Ippolito, father of Wassookeag parent Jon Ippolito, at the University of Maine Museum of Art in Bangor.
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Hello readers! I have been writing a story about Warriors. Now for those of you who do not know what a Warrior is, I shall   tell you! Warriors are powerful and vicious Clan cats. A Clan is a group of cats under their ancestors in StarClan. StarClan is where cats go when they die, but
Nature’s Rule Book “Hello, dearies, this is Mother Nature. I’m speaking up here because you humans seem to have an awful lot of difficulty understanding and living in accord with the rules of life on Earth, so I thought I’d lay it all out for you in a very simple and direct form.”
Progress vs Sustainability “Progress is the myth that assures us that full-speed-ahead is never wrong. Ecology is the discipline that teaches us that it is disaster. ‘Herbert Read, the British philosopher and critic, once wrote that “only a people serving an apprenticeship to nature can be trusted with machines.” It is a profound insight, and
What: A multi-family yard sale to benefit Wassookeag Home School Co-op Where: 5 Chapel St in Orono (off College Ave) When: Friday October 10th from 12-5 and Saturday October 11th from 10-4 Furniture, appliances, clothes and much more.
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 Even in the best of co-ops, there are times when issues come up that need to be discussed. We did that at our last potluck when we brought up the subject of rough play. Some of us thought it was an issue. Some of us didn’t.
