Lakota Waldorf School; Lakota language and values form the foundation of this school on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
/in 2017, Children & Families, Community, Education, Nature, Past Issues, Spirituality, Waldorf Education /by KirstenBy Madeleine Wuergler “Wakanyeja unkitawapi ki Lakoliyapi na Lakol ounyanpi ki yuha manipi kte heca. Our children must walk with the Lakota language and Lakota way of life.” —a goal of the Lakota Waldorf School It was in 2007 and again in 2013, that I passed by the Lakota Waldorf School while on a road trip around the beautiful ... Read More ►
Winter 2017, Issue #86: Editor’s Note
/in 2017, Past Issues /by KirstenDear Readers, Welcome to 2017, a chance for a fresh new start—and time to get to work. Politically, environmentally, and socially, more and more is being asked of us. I found myself with renewed hope as we re-grouped post-election and I conversed with our publisher, Claus Sproll about where and how LILIPOH needs to stand socially and politically in context ... Read More ►
Curbing Climate Change Through Biodynamic Agriculture
/in 2017, Biodynamic, Nature, Nutrition, Organic Food, Past Issues /by KirstenBy Elizabeth Candelario "A truly regenerative agriculture is one in which all the natural resources we use to produce food are renewed in the process of using them." —Fred Kirschenmann As the certifying agency for Biodynamic farms across the USA, Demeter’s vision is to heal the planet through agriculture. That’s a bold statement, because the very act of farming worldwide is ... Read More ►
Fall 2016, Issue #85: Editor’s Note
/in 2016, Past Issues, Rudolf Steiner /by KirstenDear Readers, By the time you read this, the 2016 presidential election will be over and I am sure we will all be breathing a sigh of relief. Politics crept its way into our last issue, and we know we lost at least one subscriber who took the time to write to us and let us know she was not ... Read More ►
Acknowledging Illness, But Not Being Defined by It: How Do We Participate in Our Own Healing?
/in 2016, Health, Holistic, Medicine, Past Issues, Spirituality /by KirstenBy Adam Blanning, MD Fall 2016, Sacred Nature - Issue #85, Vol. 21 As we once again approach the question, “How can I participate in my own healing?” we come to a very personal place. This fourth and final contribution borders on a delicate kind of research. Although it seems to have important practical implications for therapy, it also resonates ... Read More ►
A Teacher’s Message to High School Students: Looking at One’s Reflection Directly – Searching the World for Flowers That Grow Only within Our Own Hearts
/in 2016, Education, Past Issues, Social Health, Youth /by KirstenBy Jeffrey Hipolito Fall 2016, Sacred Nature - Issue #85, Vol. 21 The following address was given at the graduation for the fifteen members of the Class of 2016 at the Seattle Waldorf High School. Dear friends, family, alumni, colleagues, beloved community, It is a difficult assignment to give you a picture of what it is like to work with ... Read More ►
The Fellowship Community; Celebrating Fifty Years of Service, 1966 – 2016
/in 2016, Biodynamic, Community, Eldercare, Farming, Health, Past Issues /by KirstenBy Ann Scharff and Friends Summer 2016, Society & Community - Issue #84, Vol. 21 Last year we entered into our forty-ninth year—our seventh seven-year period of the Fellowship Community, a dynamic, work-based, intergenerational community founded on the ideas of Rudolf Steiner’s anthroposophy. Our mission is “to care for the elderly and to nurture the body, soul, and spirit within the ... Read More ►
The Power of Perception; Actively Engage in the World and Be Transformed!
/in 2016, Nature, Past Issues, Spirituality /by KirstenBy David Tresemer, PhD Summer 2016, Society & Community - Issue #84, Vol. 21 What happens when you perceive something, let’s say a view of a mountain next to the sea? Let’s begin with a mechanical point of view. The rods and cones in your eyes take in impressions of shapes, colors, and textures, then they bundle them together in a ... Read More ►
Preventing Addiction; Help children find satisfaction and self-worth by giving them opportunities to DO more
/in 2016, Children & Families, Past Issues, Waldorf Education /by KirstenBy Nancy Blanning Spring 2016, Campaign Finance and the Social Order in the 2016 Election - Issue #83, Vol. 21 This title may seem strange for a column that is regularly focused upon early childhood. But it is in the earliest years of life when addiction prevention forms its bedrock. To understand this, we need to picture the pathway of ... Read More ►
