"Whatever course you decide upon there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and to follow it to an end requires courage." -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Posts By: Ford Church
Journal Discussion for Friday, Feb. 23, 2007
This week we began to contact sustainable and non-sustainable businesses to collaborate with on our Action Project. We also had some folks researching web-sites and other sources so that we can be a beneficial resource for whichever businesses we end up working with. For this journal entry I’d like you to explain something that you’ve… Read more »
Quote for Thursday, Feb. 22, 2007
"Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each other’s welfare, social justice can never be attained." -Helen Keller
Quote for Thursday, Feb. 15, 2007
"Now there is one outstandingly important fact regarding Spaceship Earth, and that is that no instruction book came with it." -Buckminster Fuller
Quote for Tuesday, Feb.13, 2007
"No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible." -Voltaire
Quote for Monday, Feb. 12, 2007
"Now I see the secret of the making of the best persons. It is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth." -Walt Whitman
Winter Overnight, Feb. 10-11, 2007
Zen and the art of the one-match fire. Did anyone see an angel?
Winter Overnight, Feb. 10-11, 2007
Our first overnight, Winter, 2007: Kung-Fu and Moss Eyebrows!
Quote for Friday, Feb. 9, 2007
"There are two kinds of adventurers; those who go truly hoping to find adventure and those who go secretly hoping they won’t." -Rabindranath Tagore
Journal Discussion for Friday, Feb. 9, 2007
This weekend was our first overnight trip together. Take a few minutes and reflect on this unique experience; not many high school students are given the opportunity to head into the mountains for two days with classmates and instructor. When you look back on this experience I’d like you to rank, in order of their… Read more »