by Kara Scherer I feel like a bit of a hypocrite when I ask people what they think the most important aspect of place is, because I’m not really sure what it is myself. That’s what’s so fascinating to me. My perception of place is still changing as I learn and think more about it. […]
Seventeen Years in the Shadow of the Mountains
by Jess Kostka This reflection was inspired by the activities in the place-based education manual “Learning to Make Choices for the Future” by Delia Clark. I wrote this reflection because I wanted to reconnect to my hometown and begin thinking about how I view where I come from. Establishing myself there helped me think both […]
Place in Montpelier, VT
By Delia Russo-Savage Place is such an incredibly complex idea that it is hard for me to even begin to describe. When I hear the word place, an array of images and words come to mind, some that overlap and some that have nothing at all to do with one another. I think of mountains, […]