Vermont Forest Farm open to public August 1st
Scott and Helen Nearing’s first Forest Farm in Jamaica, Vermont will be open to the public from 4pm until dusk on Sunday, August 1, 2010. This is a potluck event, so please arrive accordingly. Rebeca Lepkoff, whose book Almost Utopia depicts in photographs the Pikes Falls community the Nearings were part of, will be present along with Nearing scholar and author Greg Joly. For more informaion and directions please contact Darlene Palola at 802 297-2810.
Posted by JoanC | July 23, 2010
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The Annotated Good Life - Monday Night Meeting 2010
Our first Monday Night Meeting will be held on Monday, August 9th at 7 pm at the Good Life Center in Harborside. Steward Greg Joly will explore the Nearing’s seminal book, Living the Good Life, through his research into its bibliography and footnotes. The Nearings wrote an eminently practical book, but the subtext, found in their footnotes and bibliography, point to a much more radical underpinning to their thoughts, deeds and ideals. Whether it be “the frugivorous nature of man” and the social consequences thereof, or the method of slip-form stonework construction, Joly’s research will help the reader, whether newcomer or old friend, more deeply appreciate the Nearing’s depth of studied inquisitiveness and intellectual rigor.
Posted by JoanC | July 11, 2010
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Good Life Center Summer Hours 2010
The Good Life Center at Forest Farm in Harborside will be open for guided summer tours beginning in June. Regular hours each week will be from 1 pm to 4 pm in the afternoon on Thursday through Monday, we are closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. The Center will remain open through Labor Day. As always, you can call or email us to arrange a visit at times other than our regular hours. We look forward to seeing you at Forest Farm. The gardens look lovely and the view out over Penobscot Bay to the Camden Hills is spectacular!
Posted by JoanC | March 2, 2010
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Nearings featured in Vermont Folklife Center Talks
This past summer the Vermont Folklife Center featured a series of three talks on Helen and Scott Nearing. You can hear the talks in podcast format by going to the Vermont Folklife Center website: vermontfolklifecenter.org. Once at the homepage, look for the Multimedia heading on the right hand side of the page (in blue and you may have to scroll down) and click on Podcasts. The Vision and Voice Documentary page then displays and you can select the talk you wish to listen to by clicking on the green link under the talk title. I can personally recommend all three talks. You will not be disappointed!
Posted by JoanC | November 20, 2009
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August Monday Night Meetings
August 10th, 2009
Larry Dansinger - Consensus and Conscious Communications in Our Daily Lives
Mr. Dansinger’s interactive program will examine consensus as a process for discussion and decision making. Larry has given workshops on consensus since 1980, been a member of the Good Life Center’s Group of Stewards, and worked with Helen Nearing to organize several programs on simple living. He lives in Monroe, Maine and works with the nonprofit Resources for Organizing and Social Change to promote nonviolent action and community organizing throughout Maine.
August 24th, 2009
Live Simply and Pay As You Go: Simplicity and Frugality as a State of Mind
A panel, including Beedy Parker, Joan Cheetham, and Emilie Hermans, will offer personal experiences, insights, and tips based on two Nearing precepts: Live Simply that Others May Live (Helen) and Pay As You Go (Scott). The Nearings’ message is more pertinent than ever in these times of economic crisis, global warming, and increasing pressure on the world’s shrinking resources.
Posted by JoanC | August 3, 2009
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Nearing Events in Vermont - Summer, 2009
The Vermont Folklife Center in Middlebury, Vermont is offering four intriguing Nearing programs this July and August. The following three talks will be held at the Folklife Center at 88 Main St., Middlebury, Vermont at 7 pm.
Thursday, July 23rd - Rebecca Gould’s talk is entitled “Sacred Natures: The Nearings, Homesteading, Localvores and the Way Ahead.”
Thursday, July 30th - Elka Schumann will offer “A Granddaughter’s Recollections.”
Thursday, August 6th - Greg Joly will reflect on “Scott and Helen Nearing, Pikes Falls, Vermont and Social Pioneering.”
To conclude the series on Sunday, August 9th (3 to 6 pm) the Folklife Center will sponser the First Forest Farm Open House at Upper Taylor Hill Road in Winhall, Vermont! Greg Joly will give a talk on the history of the Nearing Vermont time and the Forest Farm buildings. It will be a potluck gathering, so please bring a vegetarian dish to share. Music will be provided by Jessie Lepkoff. For more information on this open house call Darlene Palola at 802-297-2810.
Visit the Vermont Folklife Center’s website at www.vermontfolklifecenter.org
Posted by JoanC | July 22, 2009
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Monday Night Meetings - Summer 2009
The Nearing tradition of Monday Night Meetings will continue with three programs at the Reversing Falls Sanctuary in West Brooksville. The dates are July 20th, and August 10th and 24th. Programs begin at 6:30, desserts will be served, and all are welcome. Donations are appreciated.
July 20 Richard Garrett - Nearing Photographer and Documentary Linguist
Mr. Garrett will present a slide show of Nearing images dating to 1970 and featuring photographs from their out-of-print Stone Greenhouse book and images chronicling the construction of their last hand-built stone home in Harborside. He will read from correspondence covering his twenty-five year relationship with Helen and Scott. The second half of Garrett’s program will focus on his documentary linguistic work with the Penobscot Native Americans in Maine. Garrett lives in Wellington, Maine and is a founding Steward of the Good Life Center.
Posted by JoanC | June 30, 2009
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