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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September Hours 2009
The Good Life Center will remain open for visitors on Friday, Saturday and Sunday afternoons from 1 to 4 pm during the month of September. The one exception is the weekend of the 25th - 27th. On that last weekend the Good Life Center will be closed but all are invited to visit our booth at the Common Ground Country Fair in Unity, Maine. The GLC booth will be located in the Social and Political Action Area at the Fair. Hope to see you there!
Posted by JoanC | September 2, 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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Good Life Center - Summer 2009 Schedule
We are pleased to announce that the Good Life Center grounds and gardens will open for tours beginning Sunday, June 21st and remain open through Labor Day, September 7th. The days are Thursday through Monday (closed Tuesday and Wednesday) and the hours are afternoons from 1 to 4 pm. If you have requests for tours at other times please call or email us, we will be happy to try to accommodate you. We will have books and videos for sale during the open hours. See you at Forest Farm!
Posted by JoanC | June 14, 2009
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Good Life Center Update
The Good Life Center is pleased to announce that renovation work to address the moisture problems in the buildings at Forest Farm will begin later this spring. The historic stone house was built in the 1970’s and over the years the surrounding ground has settled allowing water to infiltrate the walls and basement. We are fortunate to have the donated services of local architect Bruce Stahnke who has drafted a restoration plan for both the house and the garage at the center. Site work will begin in the spring as soon as soil and weather conditions are favorable.
The Good Life Center buildings will remain closed to the public until the necessary excavation and ground work is complete. We hope to have the gardens and grounds open for summer tours in July and August and to have the farmhouse ready for new stewards in the fall of this year.
Thank you for your patience and understanding during this period. Any contributions of time, money or materials toward the completion of these renovations would be greatly appreciated. We want to thank all stewards and friends who have already lent a helping hand. We want to especially thank Johnson’s Arboriculture of Camden which this week completed necessary tree work and will be developing a tree preservation plan for the property. We will be posting progress reports as the building renovation work proceeds.
Posted by JoanC | March 30, 2009
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