How This Future Came to Be
by John Goekler
It all started several years ago when a few of us got together and decided we had to create a new way to live. It was kind of hard at first, mostly because a lot of people couldn’t imagine it or thought it just couldn’t be done. “You guys are on drugs,” they said. “The City won’t let you. Americans will never give up their cars. Developers will block you. Get over it.”
We were kind of discouraged until someone reminded us of what Gandhi said: “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” We decided that meant we had already advanced to Stage 2. We were progressing. Read on . . .
Alvord Community School Goes Sustainable
By Brian Skeele
A Sustainable Way of Life Becomes the Curriculum, 2012
Alvord School became the first sustainable community center school demonstration site in Santa Fe. Where enrollment had been dropping for years, Alvord is now the heart of a reinvigorated environment!
The entire community is experiencing a wide range of benefits that has occurred since the neighborhood residents, the city, local service providers, nearby businesses, the parents and students, the teachers, and the schools’ administrations decided to work together to create mutually-beneficial facilities, truly a win-win-win. Read on . . .
