Category Archives: Environmental, Sustainability & Place Studies

Kelly Johnson Launches Environmental Arts School

Posted on November 15, 2017 by Individual Poet

Kelly Johnson, an Individualized MA graduate (with a concentration in Environmental Studies), used her studies at Goddard to develop a curriculum and write a book, Wings, Worms and Wonder:A Guide for Creatively Integrating Gardening and Outdoor Learning Into Children’s Lives!, … Continue reading →

Posted in Ecopsychology, Education, Environmental, Sustainability & Place Studies, Progressive Education | Tagged Kelly Johnson, Montessori, Wings, Worms and Wonder | Leave a comment

Graduating Student Presentations at the Fall 2017 Residency

Posted on October 4, 2017 by Individual Poet

A Recipe for Motivation, with Graduating Student Katherine Valenzuela. There is a gap between the understanding of nutrition and the utilization of this knowledge for athletic motivation. This presentation looks into this gap, or many gaps, making connections that can … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism, Coaching, Community Building, Creative Writing, Creativity & Imagination, Death and Dying Studies/Pastoral Care, Digital Storytelling, Embodiment Studies & Body Image, Environmental, Sustainability & Place Studies, Goddard Graduate Institute, Health Arts and Sciences, Integrative Nutrition, Storytelling, Sustainability, Sustainable Businesses and Communities, Sustainable Fashion, Transformative Language Arts, Transforming Trauma | Leave a comment

Faculty Workshops at the Spring 2017 Residency: A Sampling

Posted on February 24, 2017 by Individual Poet

Deconstructing and Reconstructing Social Innovation and Sustainability, with Faculty Member Sarah Bobrow-Williams. What do we – members of the SIS Program – mean when we say Social Innovation and Sustainability? Some of us may use similar definitions. Others may find … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism, Arts-Based Inquiry, Community Building, Consciousness Studies/Transpersonal Psychology, Creative Non-Fiction, Creative Writing, Cultural & Cross-Cultural Studies, Embodiment Studies & Body Image, Environmental, Sustainability & Place Studies, Health Arts and Sciences, Identity, Memoir, Life Writing & Autobiography, Mindfulness, Social Change, Storytelling, Theater, Drama & Playwriting, Transformative Language Arts, Workshops | Tagged Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg, Francis Charet, James Sparrell, Julie Fenton, Karen Campbell, Katt Lissard, Kelly McDowell, Sarah Bobrow-Williams, Sarah Van Hoy, Shawn Crawford, Shomriel Sherman, Stefania Patinella, Summer Graef, Tracy Murphy | Leave a comment

Graduating Student Presentations: Worker Cooperatives, Finding Food, Design for Social Change, and Healing the Soul

Posted on February 21, 2017 by Individual Poet

Asking, We Walk: An Exploration in Organizing, Cooperatives and How to Live, with Graduating Student Dan Kaminsky. This presentation will look at the worker cooperative as a form of anti-capitalist social change. We will then delve into a bit of … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism, Cultural & Cross-Cultural Studies, Deep Ecology & Bioregionalism, Environmental, Sustainability & Place Studies, Food Studies, Social Innovation, Transforming Trauma | Tagged Charlie Pacello, Dan Kaminsky, Michelle Stone, Nicolette Stosur-Bassett | Leave a comment

In Memory of Ann Stokes, Goddard Renaissance Woman

Posted on January 19, 2017 by Individual Poet

Ann Stokes, a Goddard graduate and supporter for many years, died Nov. 20 at the end of a long and adventurous life. Her contribution to the college was so extensive that the tennis court was dedicated to her in 1994, … Continue reading →

Posted in Embodiment Studies & Body Image, Environmental, Sustainability & Place Studies, Feminism, Women's & Gender Studies | Tagged Ann Stokes, Seabrook Station, Welcome Hill Farm | Leave a comment

Teaching Transformation: The Goddard Graduate Institute Book!

Posted on January 11, 2017 by Individual Poet

We have a lot of stories to tell about how and why we teach and learn at and beyond Goddard. Because we realized how precious, amazing, and revolutionary such stories are, we decided to put together a book, drawing on … Continue reading →

Posted in Animism, Anthropology, Arts-Based Inquiry, Child & Human Development, Community Building, Consciousness Studies/Transpersonal Psychology, Creative Non-Fiction, Creative Writing, Creativity & Imagination, Cultural & Cross-Cultural Studies, Death and Dying Studies/Pastoral Care, Deep Ecology & Bioregionalism, Ecopsychology, Embodiment Studies & Body Image, Environmental, Sustainability & Place Studies, Experimental Education, Faculty, Feminism, Women's & Gender Studies, Food Studies, Global Studies, Goddard at large, Goddard Graduate Institute, Health Arts and Sciences, History & Political Science, Identity, Indigenous Studies, Integrative Nutrition, journal-Writing, LGBTQ, Memoir, Life Writing & Autobiography, Methodology, Mindfulness, Multiculturalism & Diversity Studies, Mythology & the Oral Tradition, Narrative Medicine, Philosophy & Neurophilosophy, Poetry, Progressive Education, Queer Studies, Recycling and Repurposing, Residencies, Sexuality & Erotic Studies, Shamanic Studies, Social Change, Social Innovation, Spirituality & Religion, Storytelling, Sustainability & Place Studies, Transformative Language Arts, Transforming Trauma, Visionary Studies | Tagged Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg, Elizabeth K. Minnich, Goddard book, Karen Campbell, Lise Weil, Sarah Van Hoy, Teaching Transformation, Tim Pitkin | Leave a comment

Graduating Student Workshops at the Fall 2016 Residency

Posted on August 11, 2016 by Individual Poet

Decolonizing Indigenous Education, with IMA graduating student Clay River. A demonstration of using cultural arts and performance art as a teaching tool to decolonize education. Demonstrating the use of traditional art forms alongside modern performance styles to dismantle and redefine … Continue reading →