Imagine waking up to a world where people were enthusiastic about their work. Where people made choices out of a drive to better their communities, not out of resentful obligation. Imagine feeling like you have a community supporting you on your path. Imagine a constant flow of curiosity and creativity in your daily interactions. Imagine [...]
The current education system has been under massive critique for centuries. Statistics show that more and more people are dropping out and choosing to expand their learning through different venues. The response from within the school system is often to “problematize” the behavior of parents and children who don’t “fit in.” Instead, lets take a [...]
The City of San Francisco is initiating a brilliant new pilot project aimed at integrating Environmental Service Learning(ESLI, or Environmental Service Learning Initiative) into high school curriculums. What could be more important than training the next generation to be stewards of the earth?
Beginning with seven high schools around the city, among them Mission High School [...]
“Learn skills, cultivate knowledge, discuss ideas, question assumptions, revolutionize education ” the Tatamagouche Summer Free School website declares (http://freeschool.fairtrademedia.com). For four days each August, Waldegrave Farm in Tatamagouche Nova Scotia is transformed into a whirlwind of energy, discussion and skill-sharing, bringing in participants from across the country and over various borders. The Tatamagouche Summer [...]
Some would argue that homeschooling is fundamentally antisocial and breeds antidemocratic behavior, valuing the individual over participation in society. Such is not the case. What home-schooling does do, is allow for a significant amount of input to come from the students on what they are interested in learning, and how. Outside of the overcrowded classrooms [...]
As the dysfunctions of the current education system become increasingly apparent, so does the need for viable alternatives. In the absence of accessible, intellectually nurturing learning environments, many families and communities have been deciding to create their own! Home-schooling and unschooling are becoming not only an option, but a necessity for parents who see [...]
Collectively-organized food cooperatives and the Freeschool movement, which provides spaces where members of a community may mutually share skills and interests, are more and more becoming a part of our cultural landscape. But in Olympia, Washington, their food co-op and their freeschool have partnered up to create a unique opportunity for local people.
Called the Community [...]
Social change schools with strong criticisms of the current system may be becoming more and more commonplace; but how many schools do you know where the focus is put on designing desirable alternatives? The School for Designing a Society (SDaS), based in Urbana, Illinois, provokes it’s participants into formulating, designing, and implementing projects based on [...]
Hubbert’s Peak is a non-profit founded recently in Austin, Texas. We seek to be a demonstration laboratory that provides a venue for the alternative energy industry to demonstrate new technologies as they develop. We provide hands-on experience for students interested in training or re-training for a career in the emerging “green collar” industry. This experiential [...]
David de Rothschild, heir to one of the most famous fortunes in banking, is choosing to focus his life endeavors on protecting the environment through his campaign to educate youth on the impacts of climate change.
With his online portal at Adventure Ecology, David has turned his own passion for adventuring into a platform for highlighting [...]
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