By Christine Sine on 04/19/2012
Cascadia is CCSP’s first North American based program, and the first Christian off-campus study program exclusively focused on sustainability…Author Shane Claiborne calls CCSP Cascadia, “ a space where you can re-imagine the way we live.”
Posted in Opportunities | Tagged alternative education, CCSP, christian environmentalism, Creation Care, Education, environment, Mustard Seed Associates, Sustainability, sustainable christian living, Sustainable Living |
By Ragan Sutterfield on 09/16/2010
Set aside for a moment your own experiences with school and think about how, given ample time and resources, you would go about educating children. What contexts would you put them in? Who would you want them to learn with and how?…Who would be their companions on the learning journey?…
Posted in Agrarian Notebook, Features, Society and Culture | Tagged alternative education, children, Community and Ecclesia, Education, front porch, industrialism, learning, localism, school, social critique, society |
By Ragan Sutterfield on 01/15/2010
Caitlin Flanagan recently created a stir with her article in The Atlantic criticizing school gardens. There have been some excellent rebuttals to Flannagan, but as I read the article I kept hearing Wendell Berry’s poetic character, “The Mad Farmer,”…
Posted in Agrarian Notebook, Features | Tagged agriculture as education, Caitlin Flanagan, Education, School Gardens, Sustainable Agriculture, The Atlantic, Wendell Berry |
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