Lynne Cherry is a climate activist, author and illustrator of over thirty nature-themed children's books including the NY Times best-seller, Under the Kapok Tree, a picture book about the ecological importance of the Amazon rainforest. She has also founded and directed the Center for Children's Environmental Literature and Young Voices for the Planet, and has produced documentary films which highlight the power the young people have to take action about the climate crisis. Lynne will talk about the actions that…

This session will introduce participants to the skill set of how to analyze environmental and energy (in)justice. Participants will have the opportunity to share their experiences in climate activism.

David McDermott Hughes is professor of Anthropology at Rutgers University. The transition away from fossil fuels is not primarily an engineering problem. One does not simply install solar and wind farms and collect profits as corporations are doing now – and provoking local resistance significant enough to slow or stop the energy transition altogether. We will discuss alternatives that are both progressive and necessary, including faster ways to retire oil, gas, and the means of achieving public ownership of wind…

Molly and Dan Watt, the creators of the original World Fellowship Ukelele week, are back. with a long weekend gathering, though with no faculty – and therefore no added program fee. We will all make the program when we get there. Maybe someone will suggest a theme: Beatles, 20s pop, 50s rock-n-roll, folk music, gospel songs, Hawaiian songs and hula? Whatever strikes our fancy. Every evening, singing on the porch after the evening program. Bring your old uke festival resource…

Gina Bilander presents a Nature Photography Workshop: All ages, levels of skill and equipment are welcome as we learn how to translate what we see and respond to into photographs: the art and science of light. Morning sessions which may include field trips. Daily handouts given on the history of photography and nature essays.

Gina Bilander shares about the life and work of the pioneering photographer, Margaret Bourke-White. She pioneered the role of a woman photographer by documenting the Soviet Union, WWII, from the beginnings of the Nazi era, while flying on bombing missions to the liberation of the Concentration Camps, India and South Africa's anti-apartheid movement. The power of bearing witness to racism, war and the daily struggles of people's lives remains relevant today.

Gina Bilander presents a Nature Photography Workshop: All ages, levels of skill and equipment are welcome as we learn how to translate what we see and respond to into photographs: the art and science of light. Morning sessions which may include field trips. Daily handouts given on the history of photography and nature essays.

Every Friday, bring your song, poem, skit, stand-up routine, strange-but-beguiling act, instrument, dance, juggling, etc., to entertain and amuse. All ages, all acts… all love it every Friday!