This 8-week program will be held on Saturday mornings from 10AM-12PM in spring and autumn: May 4th – June 22nd & again on Sept 7th – October 26th. Based on the European model of ‘Forest School’, participants will engage in fun outdoor activities, learn craft and teamwork skills, embark on adventures, develop resilience, confidence, independence, […]
The magnitude of the human-driven degradation of our planet's life support systems can easily leave us at a loss at where to begin – all the more so because efficiency and productivity (those twin poles of an unfettered growth paradigm) are in the DNA of most engineers who have scant practice separating the aims of […]
Standing People Together and The Wizard School are excited to come together this fall to bring you our first Tree Kids event. Like stories and role-playing? Love to play in the woods? Like films? In this unique 6-week program, your children can take part in nature-based challenges and games, as well as story telling, role […]
Engineering for 'whole health' (people and planet The theme for this year’s Critical Conversations Retreat emerges from discussions around Caroline’s new online Masters program, MESH – MS in Engineering for Sustainability and Health, which is explicitly transdisciplinary and grounded in the principles of social and environmental justice. It’s always tricky to bring disparate disciplines together and […]
Engineering and Care for our Communities This year, Caroline Baillie, Eric Feinblatt, and Sarah Brownell from RIT, will be hosting conversations around the theme, ‘Engineering and Care for our Communities’ - we invite you to bring your own questions, conversation topics, and activities. Just to get started .... How can engineering incorporate design principles with […]