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SUMMARY:Art Exhibition: Seeds & Threads by Dr. Rachael M Rollson (as part of the wild apotropaic)
DESCRIPTION:A collage series extending the thoughts of the revolutionary quote ‘they tried to bury us\, they didn’t know we were seeds’ along with trying to make sense in ‘these troubled times’. These days many of us are holding on by a thread. When the thread thins and breaks\, we knot it back together – it’s all we can do. We knot to count the days\, we knot to make do\, we knot to mark the events where we needed to remember our ‘seedness.’ We have all we need inside of us (somewhere) to start anew. \nRachael M Rollson\, Ph.D. Aesthetic Philosophy & Art Theory (IDSVA ‘23)\, MFA: Interdisciplinary Art (Goddard ‘06)\, Board Chair of The Good Life Center is a homesteader\, writer\, and educator with a 30-year art practice in collage\, analog B/W photography\, short film\, and watercolor painting. She/they write on anarchy and ecology\, focusing on the American shift in Western Philosophy toward praxis. \nArtworks are for sale.\nInquire at: rachaelmrollson@gmail.com\nWebsite: loveandangerblog.wordpress.com
URL:https://goodlife.org/event/art-exhibition-seeds-threads-by-dr-rachael-m-rollson-as-part-of-the-wild-apotropaic/
LOCATION:The Good Life Center\, 372 Harborside Road\, Harborside\, 04642\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260806
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260807
DTSTAMP:20260803T221107Z
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SUMMARY:Scott's Birthday (1883)
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URL:https://goodlife.org/event/scotts-birthday-1883-2026/
CATEGORIES:Important Dates
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260809T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260809T150000
DTSTAMP:20260614T190623Z
CREATED:20260614T190623Z
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SUMMARY:How to Find Hidden History
DESCRIPTION:Much of history has been buried by the passage of time. Join writer and history researcher Avery Yale Kamila who will first read Moral Treason\, a paper she wrote for the Elizabeth Oakes Smith Society exploring 19th-century Maine author Oakes Smith’s early work as an editor and involvement in the previously unknown Portland Female Anti-Matrimonial Society of 1833 and the little-explored Portland Graham Riot of 1834. Kamila will then share information of how she uncovered details of these events and how audience members can use the techniques in their own searches for lost history and forgotten ancestors. \nWith Avery Yale Kamila.
URL:https://goodlife.org/event/how-to-find-hidden-history/
LOCATION:The Good Life Center\, 372 Harborside Road\, Harborside\, 04642\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260809T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260809T170000
DTSTAMP:20260510T233808Z
CREATED:20260510T232251Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260510T233808Z
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SUMMARY:Going Against the Grain with a Legume!
DESCRIPTION:In this talk\, Sarah Speare\, CEO and co-founder of Tootie’s Tempeh will share the story of how a food company stood up to nearly every norm in business to become best in its category. \nSarah Speare is the CEO and co-founder of Tootie’s Tempeh\, a worker-owned cooperative in Biddeford. Tootie’s is the first commercial tempeh company in the US to ferment without plastic bags— a process that has already kept 140\,000 bags out of landfills and oceans— and produces an award-winning\, non-bitter tempeh. \nSuggested donation: $10
URL:https://goodlife.org/event/going-against-the-grain-with-a-legume-2026/
LOCATION:The Good Life Center\, 372 Harborside Road\, Harborside\, 04642\, United States
CATEGORIES:2026 Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260813T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260813T140000
DTSTAMP:20260705T181919Z
CREATED:20260705T181834Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260705T181919Z
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SUMMARY:MOFGA Gather & Grow Tour: The Good Life Center
DESCRIPTION:Join The Good Life Center for a MOFGA Gather & Grow Tour at Forest Farm!  \nFollowing the tour\, participants are invited to join for a short documentary about The Good Life Center\, as well as a picnic lunch and discussion by the water. BYO lunch! \nRegister here.
URL:https://goodlife.org/event/mofga-gather-grow-tour-the-good-life-center-2026/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260816T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260816T150000
DTSTAMP:20260619T192801Z
CREATED:20260510T232343Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260619T192801Z
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SUMMARY:Wicking Buckets Workshop with Ethan Clarkson of Wabanaki Public Health & Wellness
DESCRIPTION:Learn how to make wicking buckets for your plants! Anyone who wishes to make their own Wicking Bucket should bring a 5 gallon bucket. \nSuggested donation: $10
URL:https://goodlife.org/event/wicking-buckets-workshop-2026/
LOCATION:The Good Life Center\, 372 Harborside Road\, Harborside\, 04642\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260816T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260816T170000
DTSTAMP:20260510T233752Z
CREATED:20260510T232734Z
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SUMMARY:Swordfish in Wabanaki Homeland
DESCRIPTION:Archaeological sites along the Maine coast show that swordfish existed in the Gulf of Maine between approximately 5\,500 and 3\,700 years ago. Excavations at multiple Maine sites have produced swordfish rostra\, vertebrae\, and other remains\, indicating that Wabanaki ancestors harvested and processed these large fish for millennia. In this presentation\, Dr. Bonnie Newsom will discuss the presence of swordfish in Wabanaki homeland and what these archaeological data reveal about past marine conditions\, Wabanaki fishing practices\, and how climate change affected local ecosystems. Through archaeological study of swordfish remains from the Gulf of Maine\, we can appreciate the sophisticated relationship Indigenous peoples had with swordfish specifically\, and the marine environment more broadly. \nDr. Bonnie Newsom is a member of the Penobscot Nation and an archaeologist interested in the pre-contact lifeways of Wabanaki peoples. She is an Associate Professor of Anthropology and Associate Faculty in the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine. She and her husband Les are both military veterans and they live in Eddington\, Maine. \nSuggested donation: $10
URL:https://goodlife.org/event/swordfish-in-wabanaki-homeland-2026/
LOCATION:The Good Life Center\, 372 Harborside Road\, Harborside\, 04642\, United States
CATEGORIES:2026 Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260823T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260823T150000
DTSTAMP:20260621T190436Z
CREATED:20260510T232839Z
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SUMMARY:Backyard Composting 101 with The Good Life Center Board
DESCRIPTION:The Good Life Center Board will lead this hands on workshop that will cover the basics of the principles of composting as well as how to construct a well designed compost pile. Participants will learn about Scott Nearing’s composting strategies as well as how enhance the overall fertility of their garden with time tested composting ideas. \nSuggested donation: $10
URL:https://goodlife.org/event/backyard-composting-101-2026/
LOCATION:The Good Life Center\, 372 Harborside Road\, Harborside\, 04642\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260823T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260823T170000
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CREATED:20260510T232950Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260510T233709Z
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SUMMARY:Mobile Commoning: How Sharing is Caring in a Climate Hope World
DESCRIPTION:This talk considers the history of “commoning” as a way in which generations of people around the world and right here in Maine have resisted private property\, settler colonialism\, and enclosure by moving more lightly across places\, from swamps and forests to urban edges and oceans. Can sharing energy\, food\, and transport help us achieve more ethical relations of trans-species climate justice? \nMimi Sheller is an internationally recognized scholar in mobility studies—movement and migration\, Caribbean studies\, climate adaptation\, and the politics of mobility. She is the Dean of The Global School at Worcester Polytechnic Institute\, and a part-time Brooksville neighbor. \nSuggested donation: $10
URL:https://goodlife.org/event/mobile-commoning-2026/
LOCATION:The Good Life Center\, 372 Harborside Road\, Harborside\, 04642\, United States
CATEGORIES:2026 Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260830T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260830T150000
DTSTAMP:20260621T190327Z
CREATED:20260510T233040Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260621T190327Z
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SUMMARY:“Tending the Page” Writing Workshop with The Good Life Center stewards: Lucy Marcus & Jordan Humphrey
DESCRIPTION:Good Life Center resident stewards Lucy and Jordan have led writing and poetry workshops for years. In this hands-on workshop for writers of all experience levels\, participants will explore sensory writing with a focus on place and memory. Drawing inspiration from The Good Life Center’s gardens and from short excerpts by the Nearings and contemporary authors\, we’ll engage in guided exercises to craft vivid\, sensory-rich pieces. Along the way\, we’ll dive into craft techniques to sharpen our sentences\, deepen our attention\, and foster a greater sense of connection—to the natural world\, to our writing\, and to one another. \nSuggested donation: $10
URL:https://goodlife.org/event/tending-the-page-2026/
LOCATION:The Good Life Center\, 372 Harborside Road\, Harborside\, 04642\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260830T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260830T170000
DTSTAMP:20260510T233704Z
CREATED:20260510T233204Z
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SUMMARY:Protect Ancient Forests
DESCRIPTION:Alyssa & Michael O’Brien\, co-founders of Protect Ancient Forests\, make the case for working together to protect our remaining old-growth and mature public forests — why they’re irreplaceable\, how policy shapes their fate\, and what it looks like to build a movement on their behalf. Drawing on law\, education\, and deep roots in the Maine landscape\, they’ll invite us to join them. \nAlyssa O’Brien brings a background in psychology and elementary education to her conviction that caring for the natural world is something we do on behalf of future generations; Michael O’Brien holds a JD from the University of Maine School of Law and spent years as a nonpartisan policy analyst for the Maine Legislature’s Agriculture\, Conservation and Forestry Committee. Together\, from their home on the coast of Maine\, they co-founded Protect Ancient Forests to build the broad coalitions they believe are necessary to permanently protect what remains. \nSuggested donation: $10
URL:https://goodlife.org/event/protect-ancient-forests-2026/
LOCATION:The Good Life Center\, 372 Harborside Road\, Harborside\, 04642\, United States
CATEGORIES:2026 Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260906T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260906T160000
DTSTAMP:20260803T234913Z
CREATED:20260510T233318Z
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SUMMARY:Historic Designation Celebration!
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special celebration\, marking the The Good Life Center’s designation on the National Historic Register of Historic Places. It will feature garden tours\, food\, music\, and speaker: Noel Paul Stookey! \nNoel Paul Stookey is a musician\, activist\, and member of the legendary folk trio Peter\, Paul and Mary — long engaged in movements for peace\, civil rights\, and ecological responsibility- and our keynote speaker for a special afternoon celebrating The Good Life Center’s designation on the National Historic Register. \nThe celebration will feature: \n\nDocumentary of the Nearings shown in the Library\nMeet & Greet with members of The Good Life Center Board\nChildren’s Activities: Face Painting and Fairy House Building\nVegetarian snacks provided\n\nSchedule: \n12:00 pm: Event start\n1:00-3:00 pm: Forest Farm Tours\n2:00 pm: Musical entertainment (TBD)\n3:00 pm: WERU’s Jay Peterson sings songs of Woody Guthrie\n3:45 pm: Director and Chair introduce keynote speaker and briefly describe the Nearing Legacy\n4:00 pm: Keynote Speaker: Noel Paul Stookey
URL:https://goodlife.org/event/historic-designation-celebration/
LOCATION:The Good Life Center\, 372 Harborside Road\, Harborside\, 04642\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260913T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260913T170000
DTSTAMP:20260510T233612Z
CREATED:20260510T233512Z
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SUMMARY:Loving and Leaving the Good Life
DESCRIPTION:Helen Nearing’s last full book\, Loving and Leaving the Good Life (1992)\, insists that how we live and how we die are not separate questions. Kate Braestrup has spent her life walking alongside people in their hardest moments and arriving at something like the same conclusion. In this talk\, she will reflect on grief\, presence\, and what it means to face mortality. \nReverend Doctor Kate Braestrup is a Unitarian Universalist minister and bestselling author of many books\, including the award-winning memoir\, Here If You Need Me. She has spent over two decades as chaplain to the Maine Warden Service—accompanying wardens and grieving families through loss in the deep woods. \nSuggested donation: $10
URL:https://goodlife.org/event/loving-and-leaving-the-good-life-2026/
LOCATION:The Good Life Center\, 372 Harborside Road\, Harborside\, 04642\, United States
CATEGORIES:2026 Speaker Series
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