Teaching children about the natural world should be treated as one of the most important events in their lives.” – Thomas Berry Most of us realize that our natural environment needs protection and that if we want our children to have natural spaces to seek refuge in, we all need to do what we can […]
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Boys Right of Passage Announcement for Earth Arts Community
Dear Earth Arts Families and Friends, I am writing to you as a member of a growing group of men and boys working to establish a boys Right of Passage here in the Ithaca area. As you may already know, Earth Arts has been actively engaged in a girls Right of Passage for many years […]
New! Three and Four Day Week Option!
Looking for a three or four day week option for your child that emphasizes learning through a connection to the natural world? Enrolling now for the 2014-15 academic year: pair up Lantern School offerings (two or three day/week options) with Earth Arts (on Thursdays) for up to four days a week of learning in a […]
Supporting Girls In Our Community: Training for Earth Arts Mentors
Support Girls In Our Community! For more than ten years, Earth Arts has been bringing girls – and women – into the woods. Our alumni girls tell us how these programs have helped them transition to healthy womanhood. They say that Earth Arts connected them to nature and to themselves. We think that supporting girls […]
Learn About Super-Efficient Heating – And Support Earth Arts!
Curious about how you can build a stove that will heat your space – and store heat to provide overnight warming for up to 48 hours? Earth Arts supported the launch of this new video, and as a special thanks, the producers are offering to donate a percentage of sales to Earth Arts. To learn […]
Explore Earth Arts Boys Programs for Winter
Are you looking for an opportunity for your older boy (ten and up) to find a deeper understand of, and connection to, themselves, their peers, their community, and the Earth? Brothers of the Forest brings together boys and mentors Pierce Walsh and Sam Bosco to complete hands on projects, adventure challenges and cooperative group games, all […]
Testimonials from Parents and Children
Earth Arts is genuinely [my son’s] second family. He feels completely at home as a member of the Earth Arts community. Each mentor offers him their own rich experience from which to learn. When I drop him off or pick him up and observe free play time, it seems that all of the children feel […]
Restoring Peace: Six ways Nature in our Lives can reduce the Violence in the World (Article by Richard Louv)
In the wake of the Sandy Hook school shootings, we’ve talked about gun laws and mental-health treatment, amid a host of other responses. But one potential tool has not been mentioned. Now, let me say right off that I don’t pretend that nature is a paragon of peace. Writer Herman Melville once challenged the idea […]
