Learn & Grow Together
Workshops & School Cooperative
In partnership with local schools, we offer hands-on educational programs that empower students and community members with practical skills in sustainable living, traditional crafts, and ecological awareness.
About the School Cooperative
Our School Cooperative is a community service partnership with local high schools, designed to give young people meaningful, real-world learning experiences outside the traditional classroom. Students earn community service hours while gaining practical skills they can carry for a lifetime — from building an Earthship greenhouse to preserving a harvest.
The program is rooted in the belief that reconnecting with the land, learning from one another, and working with our hands are powerful paths to personal growth and community resilience. Adults and community members are welcome to participate in many of our workshops as well.
Youth Sustainability Program
In partnership with a local high school, this hands-on community service program invites students to design and build an Earthship greenhouse. Participants gain real-world experience in permaculture, sustainable building techniques — including stone masonry, repurposed-lumber carpentry, and earthbag construction — while cultivating a deeper connection to the land and its resources. The program also features home economics classes where students learn practical life skills such as sewing, soap-making, candle-making, beekeeping, canning, and more.
What You’ll Learn
Workshop Topics
Permaculture & Food Forestry
Learn to design resilient food systems using permaculture principles. Students explore composting, companion planting, seed saving, and seasonal growing cycles in our on-site gardens and greenhouse.
Sustainable Building Practices
Get hands-on experience with Earthship construction, stone masonry using materials sourced from the land, carpentry with repurposed lumber, and earthbag building techniques — real skills for a more sustainable future.
Home Economics & Homesteading
Rediscover essential life skills through workshops in soap-making, candle-making, basic sewing, canning and food preservation, beekeeping, and herbal remedy preparation.
Herbal Medicine & Wildcrafting
Venture into the forest to identify medicinal plants, learn ethical wildcrafting practices, and create your own tinctures, salves, and teas using time-honored herbal traditions.
Ecology & Environmental Stewardship
Explore the interconnected ecosystems of our Maine woodland through guided nature walks, water quality studies, wildlife observation, and forest ecology lessons rooted in both science and reverence.
Interested in Joining a Workshop?
Whether you’re a student looking for community service hours or an adult eager to learn sustainable living skills, we’d love to hear from you.