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Equal Exchange fundraising program for Waldorf schools

May 1, 2017

Over the past few years, a number of Waldorf schools all over the country have discovered the Equal Exchange fundraising program. It’s that time of year again and maybe your class, school or group is ready to get started with a fundraiser that has an effect around the world. Equal Exchange, a worker-owned cooperative that has specialized in selling Fair Trade products for 30 years, offers a fresh option for school fundraising.The program earns your class or school a 40% profit from sales, and includes a variety of their best-selling organic and fairly traded chocolate, coffee, tea, cocoa, and more. The catalog offers over 40 products to choose from, great for gifts or to keep for yourself! More »

Why idle moments are crucial for creativity: Our brains are at their most innovative when they are resting, so why aren’t we making time for quiet reflection?

April 20, 2017

Humans have daydreamed for thousands of years, and yet, these days, spare moments are filled with using our smartphones and other devices—scrolling through social media, listening to podcasts, responding to emails—leaving us little time to let our minds wander. This may seem a small change, but its effect, on the way our minds work and on our collective creativity, could be far-reaching. In fact, it could be hindering your ability to come up with fresh, innovative ideas. More »

High Mowing School

April 10, 2017

High Mowing is set atop Abbot Hill in Wilton, NH. Our campus is 250 acres spanning from the top of the hill down to the Souhegan River. In the 1930s our founder, Beulah H. Emmet, bought a farm. In the spring of 1942 she began to convert the farm to a school, and in October of that year the doors opened. Though little of the original farm buildings remain, the campus still feels like the home it was all those years ago. More »

Iceland Knows How to Stop Teen Substance Abuse - But the Rest of the World Isn’t Listening

April 3, 2017

It’s a little before three on a sunny Friday afternoon and Laugardalur Park, near central Reykjavik, looks practically deserted. There’s an occasional adult with a pushchair, but the park’s surrounded by apartment blocks and houses, and school’s out – so where are all the kids? Walking with me are Gudberg Jónsson, a local psychologist, and Harvey Milkman, an American psychology professor who teaches for part of the year at Reykjavik University. Twenty years ago, says Gudberg, Icelandic teens were among the heaviest-drinking youths in Europe. “You couldn’t walk the streets in downtown Reykjavik on a Friday night because it felt unsafe,” adds Milkman. “There were hordes of teenagers getting in-your-face drunk.” More »

The Disease of Being Busy

March 27, 2017

I saw a dear friend a few days ago. I stopped by to ask her how she was doing, how her family was. She looked up, voice lowered, and just whimpered: “I’m so busy… I am so busy… have so much going on.” Almost immediately after, I ran into another friend and asked him how he was. Again, same tone, same response: “I’m just so busy… got so much to do.” The tone was exacerbated, tired, even overwhelmed. And it’s not just adults. When we moved to North Carolina about ten years ago, we were thrilled to be moving to a city with a great school system. We found a diverse neighborhood, filled with families. Everything felt good, felt right. After we settled in, we went to one of the friendly neighbors, asking if their daughter and our daughter could get together and play. The mother, a really lovely person, reached for her phone and pulled out the calendar function. She scrolled… and scrolled… and scrolled. She finally said: “She has a 45-minute opening two and half weeks from now. The rest of the time it’s gymnastics, piano, and voice lessons. She’s just…. so busy.” Horribly destructive habits start early, really early. More »

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