Sustainability Archives

Alumni & Friends

Forrest Nonconformist: Alumn Rethinks Reforestation

“If you wanted to reforest the Chewonki Farm, you wouldn’t plant trees. You would simply stop mowing. We have all these promising carbon-offset programs, but they are disconnected from reality.” -Forrest Fleischman

Since his early days as a Chewonki camper, student, and staffer in the 1990s and 2000s, Forrest Fleischman has become a leading expert in forest policy and governance. An associate professor in the Department of Forest Resources at the University of Minnesota, Fleischman’s work examines the intersection of scientific knowledge, government expertise, and civic engagement in policy-making and implementation and the outcomes of resulting policies [1]. His ideas have been featured by ProPublica, the BBC, NPR, Science News, and many others.

August 9, 2022

Alumni & Friends

The Cross-Disciplinary Future of Land Stewardship?

For the past three years, alumna Sarah Klain has been collaborating with the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation to create a land stewardship plan for Boa Ogoi, a 585-acre parcel in southeastern Idaho where the US Army Cavalry and settlers massacred over 400 tribe members in 1863. But, how does one begin to “restore” land in a climate-changed future?

December 6, 2021

Campus Updates

A Better Big Eddy Campground

Before you know it Big Eddy will be open. As the days get longer I wanted to let you know of some updates that we

April 5, 2021

Farm and Food Systems

Cooking for our Community

Fresh food is central to the Chewonki experience – students and campers help our farm team generate nearly 1/3 of the meat and produce needed

August 4, 2020

Chewonki Elementary and Middle School

Coreysha Stone & the American Chestnut

Artwork created by Coreysha Stone, Teaching Assistant and Visual Arts Specialist, for the Elementary School at Chewonki was recently featured in the spring edition of

May 17, 2019

Sustainability

Celebrating Earth Day With Recycleart

The Elementary School at Chewonki celebrated Earth Week with a smorgasbord of activities, including learning about Chewonki’s energy systems and composting toilets film screenings, a

April 26, 2019

Sustainability

Solar Cookies

Some of the campers and counselors at Camp Chewonki for Boys tested out the solar ovens this week and produced the ultimate expression of fine-solar-dining:

July 6, 2018

Maine Coast Semester at Chewonki

Sustainable Forestry Fires up Would-Be Woodsmen

Maine Coast Semester students spent the weekend of February 25-26 out in the snow and the sunshine at Chewonki, learning about sustainable forestry practices. Six

March 13, 2017

Maine Coast Semester at Chewonki

What the HEC is a Human Ecology Capstone?

The culmination of a Maine Coast Semester student’s academic work is an independent research project called a human ecology capstone, or HEC. Last week, Semester

March 13, 2017

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