image of handmade pastels in Eco Art class This year I’ve been working with Ibu Jen, the MS and HS visual arts teacher at Green School. For the past 5 weeks we have been facilitating an Eco Art class where…
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Last year in the program Visualizing Permaculture, I had the opportunity to learn all about permaculture principles and the permaculture design process. It was a lot of work and a lot of fun! We worked primarily within a hypothetical framework…
Selemat datang, winter quarter! Winter is that time of year in Olympia, WA where Evergreen students can be found hunched over in the library with their canteens of soup studying for hours because they don’t want to go home and…
Five months ago, I arrived in Bali to begin my internship at Green School, the “greenest school on earth.” During the trip, I started a personal and professional quest for my values in education and sustainability. I began a…
group shot before the Saraswati ceremony. Image by Sanne. Dec 2015 This week I’ve had an amazing experience taking part in the Green Educators Course at Green School. I’ve been engaging with a team of 30 other educators from around the…
Balinese cuisine is complex and involves several flavors at once. This post is dedicated to highlighting the distinct flavors of Bali, including key rhizomes and roots, nuts and seeds, herbs and leaves, and spices used in Balinese cuisine. For me, it’s…
When I’m not working with the students, doing yoga, swimming in the river, going on weekend adventures, attending a Green School meeting, or writing this blog, you can usually find me drawing in my sketchbook. It’s interesting that when you go…
It’s here! The Student Village Website is here! Carol and I worked hard to make this dream become a reality. Since we launched the site 4 days ago, we have already had several prospective boarders and messages from people…
Durian. It seems as though everyone who has tried this fruit has some heated opinions about it. And it makes sense because durian is one of those sensory experiences that is truly in the mouth of the beholder. I’ve heard from many SE…
I must be honest about something. I’ve been here exactly 4 months and I feel like I am just starting to like Indonesian food. Kind of. At home, I am used to eating fresh, simple food with only a couple of…