Join Callie North as she explores herbalism, plant medicine, and healing through the lens of an alternate history to the current Eurocentric narrative. From bio-regional gathering to ancestral practices, this class will examine why herbalism is our birthright and how seasonal living and forming relationships with plants can change our perceived place in the natural … Read more
Join Joshua Hoyt for a discussion on foraging, a word emphasizing the act of searching for wild edibles. While modern foraging is often about the search, indigenous people thought very differently about what it meant to get food from their environment. Far from a passive, primitive activity, indigenous food gathering was based on a radical, … Read more
Join Thor Hanson for a lively investigation of how plants and animals are responding to climate change – moving, adapting, and evolving in real-time, all around us. From lizards in hurricanes to wandering trees to the feeding habits of bees, bears, and beetles, the stories in this talk explore the biological challenges of life on … Read more
Dear Families, Friends, and Faculty, There is no better time than winter to connect with the community and learn something new about the amazing planet we all inhabit. Starting in January, Spring Street International School is excited to present our 2021 Nature Speaker Series, a community event that provides insight into the lives of those … Read more
Our Fall 2020 Annual & Alumni Fundraisers have come to a close and we are incredibly grateful for all of the immense support we have received from parents, board members, and the San Juan Island community. This year, funding for the unexpected has become even more important to our school, and the generous donations from … Read more
Dear Families, I am saddened to announce that tomorrow – Tuesday – will be our last in-person school day this semester. As much as it would have been great to finish the week, after speaking with local doctors and epidemiologists and several of you, the balance of the efficacy of in-person teaching and the feeling … Read more
We go to the back country to really get to know each other, to help each other, and to trust each other. I have been in this school two weeks and already know that I can count on every single person in this classroom to cheer me up. I know them. They know me. We can share all of our emotions safely. I can’t really explain how being in the rain and hail does this, but it does, and I am glad. I didn’t know this a month ago.
