Katywil added a dot in the worldwide Climate Action Day on May 5, connecting dots of climate action around the world. See photo…
Here comes the sun
Katywil is very excited about our community solar project which has been in planning stages for almost a year. Read more…
Capturing March 17
Impossible to capture the magic of the Katywil gathering in a camera, but here are some snippets of good conversation, good food, and a great group of people. Montage of photos…
Another magical day at Katywil
We had some highlights at our gathering on Sat that made Katywil shine even more than usual. Ravenna, self described cohousing kid (grew up in WA at Vashon Cohousing), eloquently painted a picture of her childhood in cohousing. Read more…
Donald the car is cooperatively owned
Co-owning a car has been the perfect solution for Marcie, Brian, Jackie, and Matt. Read more…
UMass Sustainable Jews
A group of students from UMass came to Katywil and to the Colrain Seed Farm for a fun day of planting wheat seeds, visiting Katywil, and baking pizzas in the wood fired earthen oven. Read more…
Don't Miss Slow Living Summit in Brattleboro June 1,2,3
Come to the Slow Living Summit on June 1-3.
Alex Wilson, of BuildingGreen, Inc. and all around amazing guy
Besides being a writer focused on green building, energy, the environment, and the outdoors, he is the founder and executive editor of Environmental Building News, published by BuildingGreen, Inc., a great dad and husband, and 2010 winner of The Hanley Award for Vision and Leadership in Sustainable Housing.
Summer Permaculture Design Certification Course
I went to a Permaculture talk this week by Abrah Dresdale. Permaculture design always seemed so complicated, but it all made sense when she gave her presentation. Abrah will be one of the instructors for this summer course. I highly recommend it. – Nancy Course description: Permaculture holds a vision of designing integrated human systems… [Read More]
Mushroom Inoculation Workshop April 23
The sun is getting higher and we are inoculating red oak, sugar maple, red maple and black birch logs with a variety of shiitake and oyster mushroom spawn. Some people have shown an interest in attending a mushroom cultivation workshop. Therefore, I plan to offer a teaching session on log inoculation. This symposium is for… [Read More]