Education for Sustainability

By Chris Roth I’m listening to the rain fall on the roof of Karma, the passive solar residence at Sandhill Farm where I’m staying this spring. In these first few weeks of March, I’ve helped with and learned about peach tree pruning, maple syrup production, vegetable...

Seeing the Good in the World

After several years teaching about community in the abstract, an anthropologist and environmental studies teacher finds that direct student engagement with intentional communities provides the spark needed for personal inspiration, connection, and the potential for social transformation.

To Learn Sustainability Is To Learn Community

Strained by difficult economic and ecological conditions, farmers Claudio and Fernando discover new avenues toward prosperity and land restoration through alliances with a peace community dedicated to regional renewal.

Live and Learn

The residents of an eco-oriented, education-focused intentional community and demonstration site wear many hats, both public and private.

Second Family

A mother responds to empty-nest syndrome by discovering her new family in community.