No. 070: Craving Community
February Potluck / Spring 2024 Retreat / June Farm to Table Dinner / Sequoia Samanvaya Offerings / Black Earth Compost / Imagine Studios / Sara Oleson and More!
Happy Friday Regenerative School Community!
At Rē, our work begins within: sitting, listening, and relearning before and gradually expanding our focus and impact outward through deliberate efforts in education, experience, and awareness, and action.
Drawing upon the insights and data gathered in 2023, Rē continues to nurture the inner landscape through retreats and specialized courses, addressing the pressing issues of belonging, restorative justice, and eco-grief.
This year, we are excited to return to the soil with our heads, hearts, and hands, as we seek not just to heal our inner landscape, but our outer landscape too.
Rē spent the better half of January pulling together grant applications, collaborators, and potential plots (permit pending) from both private and public partners, for our upcoming community garden and soil regeneration project. We cannot wait to take root in 2024. Watch this space to learn about where and how we land.
Interested in getting outside in good company, eating soup and talking about the local weather? Stretching through the change of seasons? Growing in community? We’ve got you covered. Keep scrolling for some our upcoming events and offerings from our local partners!
Best,
The Rē Team
P.S. Farm to Table tickets would make an amazing Valentine’s Day gift . . . just saying.
FARM TO TABLE TICKETS AVAILABLE
Are you looking to create a memorable and meaningful experience for you and your loved ones? Consider tickets for our seasonal and locally-sourced Farm to Table Dinner this Valentine’s Day! What better way to show someone you love than by gifting them a unique culinary and community experience!
Celebrate spring and the start of the local growing season at The Barn at the Bradstreet Farm with a decedent Farm to Table Dinner. The five course meal will be locally sourced from the surrounding land and dishes will be carefully crafted by Chef Ryan Woodland of Merrimac, MA. Drinks will be a selection of Mill River Wine from grapes grown just steps outside the barn and craft beer brewed down the street at Anonymous Brewery.
We look forward to sharing this regenerative harvest dining adventure and savor local seasonal flavors with you! Grab tickets here or visit https://givebutter.com/hFvB5S
FEBRUARY 21st COMMUNITY POTLUCK
We are back at BareWolf Brewing with another community potluck! Tis the season of slowing down and staying in, so who doesn’t love an easy excuse to mingle, eat, and leave the house.
Date: Wednesday, February 21st, 2024
Time: 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM EDT
Location: BareWolf Brewing Event Room
Soups and conversation theme will be announced week of the 19th! Interested in learning more about our potlucks? Email us at admin@regenerativeschool.org to be put on our guest list!
JOIN OUR SPRING RĒTREAT
These cold temperatures and short days have us looking ahead, to when we can sit comfortably on the earth with neighbors and new friends at our 2024 Spring Day RēTreat
Join us for a day in nature centered around Ayurvedic healing, yoga, meditation, hiking, art, reflection and more! This retreat will be a fresh experience for all those interested in soulful nourishment, self-care, indigenous knowledge of healing, and seasonal resets.
The rētreat will be led by certified Ayurvedic Wellness Counselor, Thana Numan of Nourishing Wellness, Kristine Marie Hill of Collective Wisdoms, and Rev. Sara Jolena Wolcott of Sequoia Samanvaya.
We will spend the day surrounded by Alnoba’s reclaimed forests and wildlife habitats, grounding in nature and ancient living wisdom, before closing with a fire circle.
Consider our invitation and lean into this incredible offering to retreat into nature and deep community.
Date: Saturday, May 18th, 2024
Time: 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM EDT
Location: Alnoba, Kensington, NH
Click here to register or visit https://regenerativeschool.org/day-retreat-spring/
Full day and half day tickets are available, as well as scholarship options!
Click here or visit https://regenerativeschool.org/day-retreat-spring/ for more details and registration! We sold out last spring, so reserve tickets while you can!
Please feel free to write us at admin@regenerativeschool.org with any questions or concerns!
SEQUOIA SAMANVAYA OFFERINGS
Lunar New Year Retreat
February 9-11, 2024
If anyone is interested in heading to the southern outskirts of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Rev. Sara Jolena Wolcott, M.Div, is leading a Lunar New Year Retreat this weekend. Click here to learn more about this spacious, donation-based offering.
The ReMembering Course Informational Webinar
Friday, February 23, 2024
1:00 pm to 2:15 pm ET
Join Rev. Sara Jolena Wolcott, M.Div, to learn more about our powerful and much beloved ReMembering Course. In this course, we re-originate climate change into the Doctrine of Discovery, linking social, environmental, and economic concerns within a context of spiritual development. Find out about why this course is so critical for restorative practices, and about what you and your circle can get out of your participation in the course. In this webinar, we are joined by Kristine Hill from the Tuscarora nation, who will share some of her experiences in participating in this course, and why she encourages other people to participate in it. Click here to register
Circular Time
Sara Jolena offers Circular Time sessions for individuals and organizations. Individual sessions (where you sign up as an individual and are part of a group) are hosted at the turning of the year (late December, Jan, and into early February - Lunar New Year). Organizations can book private sessions at any time. You can find out more here.
Sequoia Samanvaya’s Newsletter is a rich resource that includes stories, reflections, tid-bits, information about offerings, etc. We highly recommend subscribing!
The ReMembering and ReEnchanting Podcast offers great episodes on wide ranging topics. We love the episodes on Circular Time, and Green Spiritual Movements.
BLACK EARTH COMPOST
Are you located in Eastern MA, RI, & NH? Are you interested in supporting farm and community compost? We use Black Earth Compost and here is how you can too!
SORT YOUR FOOD SCRAPS
Black Earth accepts organic material including meat, bones, dairy and other items not acceptable for backyard composting. View the detailed list here.BLACK EARTH CURBSIDE PICK UP
Place your bin (with food scraps in a compostable bag) on the curb by 6 am for Black Earth collectionGET FINISHED COMPOST
In the spring, you will receive a voucher for a cubic foot bag of compost and discounts on bulk compost and soil blends.
Click here to learn more about our incredible partners at Black Earth Compost.
IMAGINE STUDIOS
Join Imagine Studios' 1st and 3rd Fridays monthly open mics and drum circles @ the People's Cafe', 64 Purchase St. Newburyport @ The Peoples United Methodist Church.
February 16th, join us for a community drum circle of rhythm and song! Bring percussion instruments or play those provided. All ages and experiences are welcome.
More Info: imaginestudios.org, Facebook, kristine@imaginestudios.org, 978-834-0367
SARA OLESON YOGA
Are you interested in inviting in more yoga, seva work (giving back with service and love), and inspiring travel?
Check out Sara Oleson’s upcoming yoga retreats in Costa Rica (March 2024) and Bali (April 2024). Sara is a New England based yoga and wellness retreat leader. We love her work and we hope to join her on one of her retreats, and hopefully have her join one of ours!
If you are in Amesbury tomorrow, February 10th, consider joining Sara for a deep yoga practice and restorative sound bath. Click here for sign ups.
INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING?
Consider hosting us for a cozy living room series, where we can gather indoors for meaningful conversations and shared experiences.
We have LOADS of exciting projects and courses in the pipeline. . . and we are closer than ever to our community farm garden.
Want to lend a hand? a head? a heart? Write to us at admin@regenerativeschool.org.
As a community-supported nonprofit, your participation and support are essential in our mission to foster positive change and growth!
That’s all for this week!
We will see you next Friday, February 23rd with our monthly reading list!
What have you been reading? What have you been loving? Write to us at admin@regenerativeschool.org and let us know!
Thank you and see you soon!