Trash for Teaching! AWESOME

Development team member Sheila sent this link to a program in LA; Trash for Teaching

They collect cast-off materials from manufacturers, organize them into bins in a mobile “Treasure Truck” and visit schools to do art workshops with the kids. Sooooo cool. Check it out. I joined their mailing list and watched their video. This is something that el Rio will definitely want to do!

“I learned about that… um… you can make anything out of stuff instead of throwing it away.”
-anonymous kid in the video.

Betty Staley article honored by Green Money Journal

Betty Staley’s article, To Educate Future Change Agents, Change Education Today, was selected among its best articles over the last five years by the Green Money Journal.

Betty has been a strong voice advocating for public Waldorf education since way before it was cool

Betty Staley talk at Pasadena Waldorf TOMORROW NIGHT

Veteran Waldorf teacher Betty Staley will give a talk tomorrow night on “Helping Our Children Survive a Media-Dominated World.”
Friday October 16th at 7:30pm – 9:00pm at the Pasadena Waldorf School in the Eurythmy room.
209 E. Mariposa St.
Altadena, CA 91001
Coffee and refreshments will be served at 7:00.

Who’s in?

Friend of el Rio Ilsa Setziol writes about early childhood music education

Another great article from our friend Ilsa Setziol, this time in the Pasadena Weekly. It’s an inspiring read about infant and toddler music classes based on the philosophy of Carl Orff at the Pasadena Conservatory of Music. I want to go!

Thanks for the article, Ilsa!

Friend of el Rio Ilsa Setziol blogs about urban nature

For a break from talk of charter schools and public education, here’s an article on the largest animal ever–right off the So Cal coast by friend of el Rio, Ilsa Setziol. This is her first installment in her new web column on urban nature at Emily Green’s blog Chance of Rain. Git it!