As we arrived to the Green Zone today, we immediately joined an action spearheaded by our friends from SustainUs. A flag of Mother Earth was laid upon the ground and the space was declared for youth to share their stories, grieve and empower each other to move forward on this painful day "It is a … Continue reading Holding Space for Youth and Grieving at the COP22 Post Trump Victory

Today, before kitchen duty, team water went to gather some stories from Monestevole. Meet Matilda the Pig: Matilda was born three and a half years ago.  She was the runt of seven piglets and very tiny and frail.  They believed she wouldn't survive so they took her into the house to care for her.  At … Continue reading Saturday Stories from Monestevole, Italy: Matilda and Rose Hips

DAILY WORK IN OUR TEAMS: Olive Harvest: TEAM WATER is entertaining themselves with their funky rhymes while olives fall on their heads. They are determined to get at least 450 kilos, and it's lit according to one of their team members Ryan. We agreed yesterday that we need to step up our game for the olive harvesting and … Continue reading Monestevole, Italy: October 20

We are super excited to be going to press our olives into oil for the first time today after lunch. Until then, we are on our working hard on the farm this morning. Here is what we are up to:   Olive Harvest: Olive harvest continues.  Belle remarked "This is the heart of the olive … Continue reading Monestevole, Italy: October 19

DAILY WORK IN OUR TEAMS: Each day our work teams rotate around the farm duties in a four-day cycle. Olive Harvest: Today TEAM FIRE started the day with unloading animal feed and hay off a truck. They then continued with the task of harvesting olives using rakes and then piling the fruits of their conquest … Continue reading Monestevole, Italy: October 18

DAILY WORK IN OUR TEAMS: Each day our work teams rotate around the farm duties in a four-day cycle. Olive Harvest: Today TEAM EARTH was on Olive harvest.  They spread the nets under the trees,  pruned the lower branches that suck energy from each tree and then use small rakes to pull the green and red … Continue reading Monestevole, Italy: October 17

  After five years of teaching at Green School,  I was given the opportunity to expand my passion for wall-less education and create our new traveling semester program, EARTHBOUND. With the goal of giving students rich and experiential education for sustainability with a unique global perspective that you can only get from immersing yourself in different … Continue reading Taking Green School on the Road