Last Saturday, Shawn Reeves of EnergyTeachers.org came over to Shira and Ari’s house to give a workshop on how to make a solar panel cooker using recycled materials. Visit the Shirari blog for photos and info on how to make your own!
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Video: Ithaca Freeskool at Ithaca Ignite
Ignite Ithaca is a “high-energy evening of 5-minute talks by people who have an idea – and the guts to get onstage and share it with their hometown crowd.” Lily Gershon did a jam-packed presentation on Freeskool on November 6, 2010 at the Pixel Lounge.
Ithaca Freeskool on Shareable.net!
Ithaca Freeskool on the homepage of Shareable.net
“Shareable is a nonprofit online magazine that tells the story of sharing. We cover the people, places, and projects bringing a shareable world to life. And we share how-tos so you can make a shareable world real in your life.”
Freeskool organizer Lily Gershon wrote a great article about Ithaca Freeskool for the site called “How to Share an Education, ” featuring photos and a video by Shira Golding. You can read the whole article and here’s an excerpt:
You’re in the park surrounded by swaying willows, or maybe knee deep in goldenrod in someone’s backyard, or sunk into the couch in a small apartment on Cayuga Street.
Usually, one way or another, a circle is formed. What are you doing here with a professor from Maine, a few pink-haired chatty teenagers from town, a local diesel mechanic, and a retired couple who brought cookies? You’re here to learn how to weave baskets out of the long limbs of willow trees. You’re discussing how Thor got along with the giants in Norse Mythology. You are about to plant the first herb in your medicinal garden. You’ve been hearing about natural gas drilling, but want to get more information. Any one of these people might be your teacher today.
In Ithaca, New York, the Ithaca Freeskool offers you an alternative to traditional education. With classes like Mushroom Hunting, Bike Repair, Know Your Rights with Debtors, and D.I.Y. Movie Making, it’s a refreshing variety of completely free classes for people of all ages. Started only a few years ago and run entirely by volunteers, the Freeskool gives the community an opportunity to share their skills and knowledge.
Photos: Carl Whittaker’s Ithaca Freeskool Mushroom Hunt
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Photos: Learning to Make Pumpkin Cheesecake with the Vegan Cooking Skillshare
Thanks for teaching us the recipe, Sharon!
Join us for the next class, every other Wednesday beginning June 3rd at 6pm. Check out the Facebook group for the latest info.
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Photos from the Ithaca Freeskool Outreach Board Decorating Party
We’re planning on doing some tabling in the hopes of getting more people involved in Ithaca Freeskool. So we got together at Lily/Sharon/Marina’s place to create an outreach board, science fair style. Check out the photos below…
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Photos of Ithaca Freeskool – Add Your Own!
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Join the group to add your own!
Photos from Lily’s Ithaca Freeskool Puppet-Making Class
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Freeskool needs your voice
Want to be on the Freeskool site? Send a photo of yourself to ithaca_freeskool@riseup.net, along with a short profile – tell us what classes you’ve taught or attended, and why you participate. What does Ithaca Freeskool mean to you? Tell us, and we’ll post your profile on the site so others can get to know our community.
Also, if you have photos or videos from Freeskool classes that you don’t mind sharing, please consider emailing them to us or posting them in the Ithaca Freeskool group on Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/ithacafreeskool/
… folks in the DIY Movie-Making class are working on a short film about Freeskool, so your contributions to the group could end up in the film – and they’ll help us to better show what we’re all doing to future Freeskoolers, and potential funders. We’ll also be using photos from the group in the display we’re setting up for tabling.
