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The mission of The Good Life Center is to perpetuate the legacy of Helen and Scott Nearing.

The Good Life Center, through its programming and preservation of the historic Forest Farm homestead, advocates for simple and sustainable living skills, social and economic justice, organic gardening, and the non-exploitation of animals and the environment.

Seasonal Visiting Hours

From Juneteenth - Indigenous People's Day

(June 19th - October 13th )

Thursday to Monday 1-5pm

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News

The Sunday Speaker Series starts on July 6th with Zoe Weil: The Solutionary Way

For details visit our Events Calendar

Did you meet Helen and Scott? Have the Nearings and their philosophies affected your life? We want to know! Check out our new Story Recorder.

We're pleased to officially welcome our 2025 Stewards, Lucy Marcus and Jordan Humphrey!

(Apply here for 2026 onward!)

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Upcoming Events

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The Good Life Center opens for the season on June 19th - come and visit!

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Recent Mentions & References

May 31st, 2025: The North Star, From Hippies to Homesteaders - Vermont’s Enduring Back-to-the-Land Spirit Spans Generations

Still available online: Maine's Untold Vegetarian History Exhibit at the Maine Historical Society

See archives here

We acknowledge that the Good Life Center exists in the place we now call Harborside, Maine, which is home to the sovereign Wabanaki people. We honor and are grateful for the ancestral and contemporary Wabanaki peoples indigenous to this land in the Dawnland.