Tag Archives: Transition Town

Is it time for an Ypsi Open School?

By Mark | April 6, 2009

Terry Carpenter, a teacher with our favorite local pro-farming non-profit, Growing Hope, is considering the possibility of starting an open school in Ypsilanti. A few days ago, he posted the following on Facebook. With his approval, I’ve decided to post it here, to help get the word out. As of right now, no date has […]

Posted in Education, Environment, Food, Sustainability, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Ann Arbor Learning Community, Bike Ypsi, Creative Change, eco justice, ecology, Growing Hope, High Scope, open school, Social Foundation of Education, social justice, Terry Carpenter, urban education | 39 Comments

Ypsi/Arbor Transition training

By Mark | February 10, 2009

I’ve written quite a bit here over the past year or so about the Transition Town movement, so I won’t get into a lot of the background right now. [You can find details by doing a site search on “Transition.”] I did, however want to pass along this update as to what happened during last […]