Common Ground Country Fair
Come see us at the Common Ground Country Fair!
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Events
Apple Tree Pruning Workshop
Led by arborist, organic farmer, and Blue Hill Tree Warden Phil Norris, this workshop will focus on selecting the best tools and best practices for healthy tree growth, promoting optimal harvest results, and safe pruning techniques. All levels of experience and expertise are welcome. Bring pruning tools and dress for the weather. Admission is free,...
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The Influence of Helen and Scott Nearing: A 50-Year Journey
In 1976, inspired by the ideas of Helen and Scott Nearing, Sherrie Lovler and Norm Lee began a back-to-the-land life in upstate New York. They later founded The Good Life Get-Together, a yearly summer gathering with workshops for those drawn to the back-to-the-land movement and published Homesteaders News magazine for over nine years. Helen and...
Annual Meeting at Forest Farm
Join us for The Good Life Center’s annual spring gathering. All are welcome! Schedule: 10:00-12:00 - Board/Business Meeting 12:00-1:00 - Pot Luck Lunch Join virtually: https://meet.google.com/iiz-dzyk-mhi In person: 372 Harborside Road Harborside, ME 04642
History Rhymes: Echoes of the Past in Today’s Society
As writers and artists, Rob, Aran, & Margot Lee Shetterly will explore the failures and successes in history in order to plan better for a more just future. Rob Shetterly is the artist behind Americans Who Tell the Truth, a portrait series honoring those who stand for justice and the common good — joined here...
Documentary Screening: “Turn Off the Machines”
“Turn Off the Machines” — a public screening of a new film about the alternative lifestyle of Ethan Hughes and his family of Belfast, Maine. Suggested donation: $10
From Individual Precarity to Collective Resilience: The Revolutionary Ecological and Social Implications of Local Microfactories, Community Fablabs, Personal Fabrication, and Fabcities
In this talk we'll see how the Nearings use economy has evolved into the maker movement and Fabcities. Fabcities are cities that produce everything they make using a circular economy. Atoms cycle locally while ideas, designs and best practices flow globally and open source. Lonnie Gamble is a professor, educator, and sustainability leader working across...
Fermenting Grains with Joshua Rollson of Stone Broke Bread & Books
Sourdough 101: What is Sourdough? A workshop and in-depth conversation about Fermented Bread and Culture for all levels of skill and experience. Bring your questions and curiosity and take home some starter. Suggested donation: $10
Seeds of the Good Life
In this conversation, Eliot Coleman & Barbara Damrosch will share stories of Scott & Helen Nearing—the homesteaders who shaped their lives—and explore what the Nearings' revolutionary politics and radical experiment in simple living still has to teach a world hungry for alternatives. Barbara Damrosch has been growing food and writing about it for nearly fifty...
Cultivating Community: The Power of Gathering Spaces & The Impact of Belonging” with Kyle Warnock of Queerly ME
Suggested donation: $10
The Influence of Helen and Scott Nearing: A 50-Year Journey
In 1976, inspired by the ideas of Helen and Scott Nearing, Sherrie Lovler and Norm Lee began a back-to-the-land life in upstate New York. They later founded The Good Life Get-Together, a yearly summer gathering with workshops for those drawn to the back-to-the-land movement and published Homesteaders News magazine for over nine years. Helen and...