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Active Hope University Homestead Immersion

A 4-10 day deep dive in bioregional living exploring elements of craft, culture, community and connection that inform living well in a place.

You will: Sew seeds, make ferments, compost everything, read voices from Indigenous, permaculture, bioregional and homesteading traditions, chop wood, sharpen a knife, make a rocket stove, cook wild food on fire, question cultural narratives and cultivate worldviews of connection and community.

Participants in this course will have experiential, immersive opportunities to explore systems and philosophies of bioregional, regenerative and place-based living. Using the working homestead of Maine Local Living School as an outdoor classroom, students explore the creative and regenerative potential of human beings in an ecosystem. From forestry to agriculture to architecture, students dig into the theory and practice of transforming natural resources into daily necessities while enhancing ecological systems. Through it all we make space for reflection and curiosity about how outward facing work reflects and transforms inner landscapes and worldview.

Essential learning outcomes:

Create an experiential learning community and educational framework from which to explore, question and reconstruct the human-ecological narrative.
Offer practical skill-building opportunities which empower students to engage in resilient, regenerative, and just life-ways.
Cultivate a time and place for the experience of deep connection with the earth, ourselves and each other.

“I know of no restorative of heart, body, or soul more effective against hopelessness than the restoration of the earth.”
~Barry Lopez

Program Costs:
$150 per person per day. Minimum of 8 students, maximum of 24. We are striving for financial accessibility of our programs; our Financial Aid Request form can be found here.
Program Length: Customizable. Course content and depth varies with length and season;
recommended length: 4 - 10 days.

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