For three days last week, I got to be part of the incredibly energetic learning community at Brookwood School in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts … and I am still glowing. I shared writing adventures with first and second graders, buzzed about bees with saavy sixth graders, talked books with excited teaching interns, and celebrated sustainability with the more than six-hundred folks from northeastern Massachusetts who turned out in force for Brookwood’s fourth annual Sustainability Fair.
Six hundred! That’s a lot of green people.
I brought home some nifty treats to share with my family, like organic peach salsa chopped to perfecton by Brookwood second graders, recycled bookmarks crafted by pre-K students (photo above), composting tips, green cleaning tips, farming ideas and inspiration to keep me thinking and living green for a good, long time. I even found a few minutes to stroll the beach and collect seaweed for my garden. (The garlic bed is now drenched in Atlantic seaweed and very, very happy.)
Congratulations, Brookwood School, on a job well done, and thank you for letting me join in the fun!