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.
1 large butternut squash given as a gift from my Grandma and also Cora’s Great-Grandma 4 organic carrots 1 small local onion 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 tablespoon better than bouillon tap water from Old Town, Maine a little organic lowfat plain yogurt Rice and Beans 3 cups organic short brown rice 1 can of
Recipe: Kate’s Butternut Squash and Carrot Soup Read More »
 with old and new friends. “For homeschool families, Summer begins in September,” says John Picone, a Wassookeag dad. To honor this special time for family, Wassookeag launches two weeks after the regular academic year. Woohoo! Â
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Forging the Future representative Michael Katchen of Franklin Furnace presented the “Future of the Present” at the Society of American Archivists in San Francisco in August 2008. Michael focused on the coalition’s plans for combining folksonomy and taxonomy vocabularies.
FtF presents vocabulary plan to Society of American Archivists Read More »
How to talk with plants “Sometimes it is not easy to make contact with a plant. It takes being very open but also, I believe, the plant must know that I mean it no harm. It is important that the plant knows I respect it.”
From Rogers Farm newsletter: Tuesday we received a group of intelligent, thoughtful, and incredibly enjoyable kids from Wassookeag home school’s summer program,
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More people than ever will be able to access and contribute to academic research and development, thanks to tools built by Still Water faculty and Fellows to help creative thinkers share their work. Recently showcased at Harvard’s Berkman Center for the Internet and Society, in the Chronicle of Higher Education, and soon to appear in
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Still Water’s living-learning center on Chapel Street, LongGreenHouse, has been exploring the intersection between Native culture and Permaculture with students from many walks of life. In July thirty students from the university’s Upward Bound program attended Joline Blais’ workshops on greenhouses and plant guilds. Meanwhile kids from LongGreenHouse’s Wassookeag school have been busy too: in
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