Whatcom Folk School

Sandpoint Transition Folk School Finds a Campus

Cindi — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 03:40:43 +0000

Bonner County Daily Bee

Sandpoint Transition Folk School finds campus

SANDPOINT — The community is about to get a lesson in sustainability now that Sandpoint Folk School has found a location to set up shop.
A product of the 2009 Sandpoint Transition Initiative, the school focuses on educating students about sustainable approaches that reconnect [...]

Epistle to the Ecotopians: Last Words to an America in Decline

Cindi — Fri, 11 May 2012 02:45:10 +0000

Published on Monday, May 7, 2012 by TomDispatch.com

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/05/07-0

Epistle to the Ecotopians: Last Words to an America in Decline

by Ernest Callenbach

[This document was found on the computer of Ecotopia author Ernest Callenbach (1929-2012) after his death.]

To all brothers and sisters who hold the dream in their hearts of [...]

Enough is Enough

Cindi — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 03:21:28 +0000

Do you suspect that the idea of perpetual economic growth on a finite planet is folly? Are you searching for ways to solve our profound social and environmental problems? Do you want to know how we can construct an economy that (1) meets our needs without undermining the life-support systems of the planet and (2) [...]

Kathryn J. Fentress

Cindi — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 00:44:41 +0000

A Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. Kathryn J. Fentress, Ph.D.

My grandfather Edmund has arrived in Texas on company business in 1911. He is only 19 years old and a long way from his home in New York City. At his first breakfast in the hotel, he glances up to see [...]

Karen Lanphear

admin — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 17:23:27 +0000

The founding members of Whatcom Folk School would like to thank Karen Lanphear of Transition Sandpoint and Sandpoint Transition Folk School for her initial and ongoing support. Karen and her work have given us a strong foundation on which to stand and a place from which to become very creative as we develop our own [...]

Karen Funston

admin — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 04:49:18 +0000

Big thanks to Karen Funston for her generosity in spending time with some of the founding members of Whatcom Folk School when we were beginning our process of becoming a non-profit. Karen’s professional advice and experience has helped us move more efficiently and effectively forward as we open our doors for classes to start for [...]

RE Sources

admin — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 04:50:39 +0000

The Folk School Initiating Group (aka – the FIG; aka WFS Founding Members) have been so grateful for the inspiration in the work of re-skilling, the foresight to create the space to hold classes, the generosity of RE Sources in giving us a place to meet, and the staff’s ongoing support and encouragement!

Three cheers [...]

Transition Whatcom

admin — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 04:52:47 +0000

And in Transition Whatcom tradition,…the FIG (Folkschool Initiating Group) would like to thank Transition Whatcom for their early on support of inspiration, of Life Dollar donations, and of promoting Whatcom Folk School on the website!

Whatcom Folk School and Transition Whatcom, along with many other local organizations, are collaborating in this effort for building resilience [...]

Rick Dubrow

admin — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 22:31:27 +0000

Plan for the best, prepare for the worst, then enjoy what comes. Rick’s road map.

A major fork in the road emerged during the summer of 1973… to stay the path or take a hard left towards a far more radical future.

Rick grew up in Baldwin, Long Island, about a half [...]

Reskilling for an Age of Energy Descent

admin — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 07:27:51 +0000

By Michael Foley

Transition Towns founder Rob Hopkins calls the educational work we need to be doing over the next couple of decades “the Great Reskilling”, acquiring and re-acquiring the skills we will need to manage the energy transition we face. I’ve already written a bit about the organizational skills we will need on the local level. [...]