by James Wheeler | Jul 28, 2021 | Blog, People
We are excited to have Larry Littlegeorge joining us this upcoming Tuesday to start off the permaculture workshop. He will be discussing how important the repudiation of the document of discovery is. As well as the consequences the document of discovery had and still...
by James Wheeler | Jul 27, 2021 | Blog, Uncategorized
Written by: Garden Juju Collective Thoreau College, Driftless Folk School are offering a 4-day Walkabout Permaculture intensive course this summer 3rd – 6th of August in Wisconsin in collaboration with Bridget O’Brien, Dr Charlie Brennan of Garden Juju...
by James Wheeler | May 24, 2021 | Blog, Students, Uncategorized
By: Fellow Jacob Rowland Thoreau College is a singular place, and perhaps a hard place to understand. The applicant process is, in a way, opposite to the ordinary college search process: most colleges have extensive websites, virtual tours, and brochures to appeal to...
by James Wheeler | May 13, 2021 | Blog, People, Uncategorized
Conducted and written by fellow Rory O’Hollaren The first thing you’ll notice about James Wheeler is the look of serenity and focus in his eyes. He commutes to Viroqua from La Crosse almost daily, usually donning shades of olive green, a strand of bodhi beads on his...
by Franciszka Voeltz | Mar 4, 2021 | Blog
On Thursday, December 17, 2020, ten Clun Forest ewes and one Icelandic-Merino ewe arrived at Compostella Farm, home of the Thoreau College farm program. They barrelled out of the trailer and then stood there, looking around sheepishly. Since then, our ewes (and one...
by Franciszka Voeltz | Feb 12, 2021 | Blog, People, Students
Thoreau College’s second fellow cohort includes Deep Springs College alumni Rory O’Hollaren (DS’18), Levi Freedman (DS’18), and Sean Coomey (DS’19). It is exciting to have them here because Thoreau College was born from the virtues of the Nunnian education that is the...