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SPRING 2020 CLIMATE CHANGE DEEP ADAPTATION DIVERSITY + INCLUSION IN WALDORF SCHOOLS BREATH AS A CALMING CENTER WORKING THROUGH FLU SYMPTOMS MUTUAL AID $6.00 ISSUE 99 VOL. 26 Authentic Organic Venerable Eden Foods is the oldest natural food company in North America. We have provided traditional, pure food and inspired organic farming since the 1960s. EDEN Beans are USA grown edenfoods.com and purchased directly from known, trusted farmers. This helps support more than 116,000 acres of vital, organic USA farmland on 400 family farms. Eden pioneered availability of BPA, BPS, and Clinton, Michigan phthalate free food cans in the 1990s. ©2019 10375 Foods Eden EDITOR'S NOTE dear readers I will always remember where I Please take some time to learn about mutual was on February 29th, the day that aid, the history, and how to participate in it or start our state health department held a a mutual aid network in your community (page 27). press conference telling us that the Here are some ideas to get you started: Novel Coronavirus was beginning • Offer some money to a farmer in your commu- to spread in the two counties that nity so they can donate food to those in need. border us. And now, five weeks later, it has altered • Check in with friends who are out of work and the fabric of our country’s society in ways we have see if they need groceries picked up, or some never seen in our lifetime. cash for supplies or to pay their utility bill. A section of our dining table is cluttered with bottles of homemade hand sanitizer, essential • Buy a set of the remedies outlined in Dr. oils, vitamins, homeopathic and anthroposophic Blanning’s article for someone in your com- remedies, and homemade Chinese herbal tinctures. munity who may not be able to afford them. I was grateful for Dr. Adam Blanning’s article with • Reach out and write to prisoners. Those who are his step-by-step instructions and specific remedy detained are scared because they do not have recommendations for management of flu-like symp- access to proper sanitation or the capacity for Authentic toms. We shared it widely on our LILIPOH Facebook social distancing. anthroposophyforprisoners.org/ page and you will find it in this issue on page 8. In my own state, I am spending my extra time Organic To say we are living in uncertain times is an participating in a Covid-19 resource hotline and understatement. One thing I know for sure is that relief fund for undocumented workers and com- this is not a time to sit on the sidelines. Some spiri- munity members, all of whom are excluded from tual teachers might tell you that we can separate unemployment insurance and the $1200 federal ourselves out from politics, social justice, and active stimulus check. In families where some mem- participation in shaping the world we want to live bers are US Citizens, if even one family member in. That we just need to recite mantras and say our uses an ITIN to pay their taxes, no member of prayers. I could not disagree more. that family will be eligible to receive the $1200 As longtime readers of LILIPOH, we have been payment coming from the federal government. learning side by side about how Camphill co- scholarshipjunkies.org/relief workers and villagers live in community and care for There is much work to be done. It can be over- those of all abilities, how biodynamic farmers grow whelming. One of the brightest young activists I food and restore the soil, and how anthroposophic know, a transgender, undocumented and unafraid doctors and nurses teach us about having agency young woman from Mexico, gave me some advice, over our own health through best practices for she said, in the words of Dory from Finding Nemo, holistic self-care and care for others. It is times like “Just keep swimming.” We’re all in this together. these that we must put into practice what we have learned, share it with others, and come together in solidarity with those who are in need. Venerable Eden Foods is the oldest natural food company in North America. We have provided traditional, pure food and inspired organic farming since the 1960s. EDEN Beans are USA grown LILIPOH stands for Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. edenfoods.com and purchased directly from known, trusted farmers. This helps Life canLILIPOH mean the quality stands of life, for inner Life, life, Libertyconsciousness. and in the other Pursuit words, living of aHappiness. life enhanced through under standing. liberty may mean the freedom to choose how one lives. pursuit of happiness is a high term support more than 116,000 acres of vital, organic USA farmland Life can mean the quality of life, inner life, consciousness. in other words, living a life enhanced through which has often been used super ficially. it can mean the joy of helping each other along the road of on 400 family farms. Eden pioneered availability of BPA, BPS, and under standing. liberty may mean the freedom to choose how one lives. pursuit of happiness is a high term inner and outer health, and toward a better world. phthalate free food cans in the 1990s. which has often been used super ficially. it can mean the joy of helping each other along the road of Clinton, Michigan inner and outer health, and toward a better world. ©2019 10375 Foods Eden Week 1: Week 2: June 28th to July 3rd July 5th to July 10th Morning Lectures and the The Heart of our Spiritual Art of the Child Study Mission: Healing Impulses and Christof Wiechert will offer daily the Call of Destiny lectures to all participants, and with Michaela Glöckler child study insights to Grades 1-5 Five-Day Symposium: The Joy of Blackboard Drawing Financing Waldorf Education: and Curriculum Painting in the Welcome to Renewal 2020! A Practical-Solutions-Based Upper Elementary Grades __________________________________________ Session with John Bloom, with David Newbatt For Waldorf teachers and administrators— Alice Groh, & Ryder Daniels along with parents, trustees, artists, and thinkers and Advancing Equity and Grade 1: seeking to deepen their lives through Anthroposophy Diversity in Waldorf Schools Once Upon A Time with Linda Williams, J. Bloom, et al. with Christopher Sblendorio Biography Life Cycle Work in Grade 2: the Time of Consciousness Soul From Form to Solid Foundation with Linda Bergh and Jennifer Fox with Michael Gannon The Inner Path to Living Grade 3: Knowledge of Earth & Humanity Becoming a Steward of the in Light of Climate Change Earth: Awakening to Self with Karsten Massei and Surroundings with Kris Ritz Curative Education: Meeting and Understanding Every Child Grade 4: in our Care with Robyn Brown Celebrating the Earth: Hearing the Voices of our The Human Encounter and Elders, Reclaiming the Sacred Community Building: Waldorf with Angela Lindstrom School Administration and Governance Grade 5: with Torin Finser and Carla Comey The Golden Age: Feet upon the Ground, Anthroposophy 101: A Course Gaze toward the Heavens for Early Childhood/Grades with Monica Lander Assistants, Parents, Grand- parents, Board Members and Grade 6: Friends of Waldorf Education From Romans to Romance with Signe Motter and CfA Staff with Lynn Thurrell Puppetry to Enliven Grade 7: Community: Dry Felting A Year of Awakening Techniques for Storytelling and Exploring Painting by Karine Munk Finser with Bronia Evers and Melody Brink with Alison Henry Register online at: Teaching Students in Mixed Grade 8: or Looping Grades From Revolutions to a centerforanthroposophy.org with Angela Lindstrom Free Society and Natasha Zimmerman with Heather Handy Renewal Courses sponsored by Center for Anthroposophy Rudolf Steiner’s Philosophy of Wilton, New Hampshire Freedom and Metal Work Also Featuring: • Science with Roberto Trostli (Week 1) Karine Munk Finser, Director with Michael D'Aleo • Movement with Gerry LoDolce 603-654-2566, [email protected] (Week 1) Veilpainting out of the Imagery of Goethe’s Fairy Tale • Singing with Meg Chittenden Other part-time programs offered by Center for Anthroposophy: with David Newbatt (Weeks 1 and 2) Explorations: Workshops in the Arts and Contemplative Practices • Drawing, Painting, or Clay Clusters available on demand around the U.S. Projective Geometry with Elizabeth Auer (Weeks 1 and 2) with Jamie York • Eurythmy with Cezary Ciaglo Waldorf High School Teacher Education Program (Weeks 1 and 2) July 5 - August 1, 2020 Three-summers program specializing in Arts/Art History Embroidery: Stitching Inspired • Tone Eurythmy with Leonore Russell Biology • English • History • Math • Physics & Chemistry by Nature’s Geometry (Week 2) with June Albright Week 1: Week 2: June 28th to July 3rd July 5th to July 10th Morning Lectures and the The Heart of our Spiritual Art of the Child Study Mission: Healing Impulses and Christof Wiechert will offer daily the Call of Destiny lectures to all participants, and with Michaela Glöckler child study insights to Grades 1-5 Five-Day Symposium: The Joy of Blackboard Drawing Financing Waldorf Education: and Curriculum Painting in the Welcome to Renewal 2020! A Practical-Solutions-Based Upper Elementary Grades __________________________________________ Session with John Bloom, with David Newbatt For Waldorf teachers and administrators— Alice Groh, & Ryder Daniels along with parents, trustees, artists, and thinkers and Advancing Equity and Grade 1: seeking to deepen their lives through Anthroposophy Diversity in Waldorf Schools Once Upon A Time with Linda Williams, J. Bloom, et al. with Christopher Sblendorio Biography Life Cycle Work in Grade 2: the Time of Consciousness Soul From