Into the High Country
On the last day of August eight students and two instructors converged at the baggage claim area in the Reno-Tahoe airport. We were about to begin the trip of a…
View moreLayer by Layer: Building Hugelkultur and Community with Rick Thomas
Just like in Hugelkultur, layer by layer we build community at Sterling. Layer by layer we learn new things and grow our culture. And layer by layer we impact our…
View moreSouthwest Field Semester: Global Field Studies
Sterling College is grateful for the support The Endeavor Foundation provided to advance the development of our Global Field Studies program. The first year of funding, in fiscal year 2016,…
View moreForaging and Wildcrafting – Week 2
Foraging and Wildcrafting week two with Pascal Baudar has been very insightful. We, as a class, have walked through the forests and gardens collecting wild edibles of the Northeast Kingdom….
View moreInto the Woods: Environmental Education with Craftsbury Elementary School
As the final project for the Sterling College Environmental Education class, students in the class designed and implemented a half-day workshop for the entire Craftsbury Elementary School on Tuesday, May…
View moreBook Review: New Flora of Vermont by Arthur V. Gilman
Book Review: New Flora of Vermont by Arthur V. Gilman. 2015. Memoirs of The New York Botanical Garden, Volume 110. The New York Botanical Garden Press, Bronx, New York, USA….
View moreUpdate from the Foraging and Wildcrafting Class
Summer is a magical time where the demand of everyday living is lessened by the whimsy and silent wonder that is this time of year—at least it seems this way…
View moreHow a Global Field Study Inspired Bestselling Author Kate Beaton
Throughout Kate Beaton’s award-winning career as a webcomic artist, New York Times bestselling author, and now, a children’s book writer, one character of hers has always stood out: the fat…
View moreOn Beeing: Organic Beekeeping with Ross Conrad
“The keeping of bees is like the direction of sunbeams.” ― Henry David Thoreau Spending a rainy Sunday afternoon in the woodshop, I resume my wrestling match with dadoes and…
View moreCulturing Fermentation with Sandor Katz
The word “culture” is used for both the specific microorganisms that ferment food as well as the phenomena transmitted through social learning in human societies. Sandor Katz, fermentation revivalist and…
View moreSolidarity, Kinship, and Climate Justice: Adventures of the Sterling College Environmental and Social Justice Club
This past spring break (Spring 2016), the Environmental and Social Justice Club (ESJC) made a trip to western Massachusetts in solidarity with the Sugar Shack Alliance and dozens of other…
View moreFields, Forests, Birds
“A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers but borrowed from his children.” – John James Audubon Spring is just awakening,…
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