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The School of Nature



The impulse for The School of Nature springs from the experience that we have inwardly separated ourselves from Nature but still somehow feel that we were once more deeply connected with her. The question is: having achieved an emancipated sense of self through this separation, can we now develop a new, deeper relationship to Nature? How can we—through creative work—reach the spiritual realm that connects us with the generative forces in Nature?

It is in fact possible to plant the seeds of a new culture that will avert the existential threat to Nature and the individual human soul. For the abyss between the human being and Nature can become a productive source of new culture—if it is understood as a frontier of inner growth and discovery. It is in this sense that The School of Nature seeks to prepare the ground for a new relationship with Nature.

The School of Nature will take its students to central and northern Europe: to the Goetheanum in Switzerland and to Fyresdal in Telemark, Norway. At these locations the students will enter into an experiential dialog with Nature through artistic, scientific and agricultural work.



Expedition One
Goetheanum, Switzerland. January – March

Architecture, landscape design and natural environment at the
Goetheanum.
Participatory approach to the study of nature.
Eurythmy and painting: creative processes in the inner and outer realm.
Seminars and lectures on agriculture, philosophy, the human being,
Nature and sub-nature, and other subjects.
Individual studies
Expedition Two
Fyresdal, Norway. April – June

Farming and gardening. The bio-dynamic preparations in agriculture.
Landscape and architecture. Excursion: Norwegian stave churches.
Planning and carrying out a project involving art and nature.
Nature observation, geometry, eurythmy, painting and drawing.
Seminars and individual studies.
After completing Expedition Two, students who would like to will have the opportunityto undertake a practicum on a bio-dynamic farm in Norway.

Tuition
1,500 Swiss Francs per 9-week term/expedition. Travel, accommodation, and excursions are not included. Tuition reduction may be possible in individual cases.

More Info under: www.youthsection.org : The School of Natur