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Gunther Hauk has been a biodynamic gardener and beekeeper for four decades. A former college teacher in the US (MA from the University of Tennessee), and then a Waldorf School gardening and environmental teacher for 22 years in Germany. He returned to the USA in 1996 to co-found the Pfeiffer Center for Biodynamic and Environmental Studies in Spring Valley, NY. For 11 years he taught the subject "gardening" to Foundation Year and Teacher Training classes at Sunbridge College. 

He has traveled throughout the USA and internationally, giving workshops and talks on Sustainable, Biodynamic Beekeeping, Gardening with Children, and Biodynamic Farming & Gardening. 

Since the mid-seventies he has been a beekeeper, deeply involved in researching how to keep bees in ways that would be more in harmony with their own needs, thus raising their level of vitality and health. In his book Toward Saving the Honeybee, first published 5 years before the Colony Collapse Disorder crisis, in 2002, he called for a radical change in beekeeping methods. Together with his wife Vivian, he co-founded Spikenard Farm Honeybee Sanctuary in 2006, a non-profit education and research organization located in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Floyd, Virginia.

Music is Cloud Chamber by Pictures of the Floating World.

Connla and Nora finish their adventures meeting the fairy queen and receiving gifts to take home!  They return to their mother after their long journey and they are reunited!

Author unknown, adapted by Molly Brett

Ages 5-7.

To discover more about Rosebud Garden please visit wenurture.us, farmhousemanna.com, and kimberton.org

During the month of August, we’re taking a break to work on exciting episodes where our conversations will focus on ‘What it means to be Human’.   

In the meantime, keep listening to our Stories for Children and Connecting Communities episodes as well as episodes from Season 1 and 2! 

Stay connected through our Instagram @we_nurture and our website wenurturepodcast.com where you’ll find more content.  You can contact us at [email protected] with your suggestions for episode topics.

Music is Downpour (Pon X) by Kai Engel. 

Connla and Nora continue on their journey adventuring to the land of the sea meeting Mermaid folk and continuing their sojourn to more unknown worlds.

Author unknown, adapted by Molly Brett

Ages 5-7.

To discover more about Rosebud Garden please visit wenurture.us, farmhousemanna.com, and kimberton.org

A brother and sister find themselves on a mystical adventure thru many unknown worlds after they help save the life of a bird.  This is part one.  The journey will continue next week with part two.  

Author unknown, adapted by: Molly Brett

Ages 5-7.

To discover more about Rosebud Garden please visit wenurture.us, farmhousemanna.com, and kimberton.org

When we cultivate simplicity and spaciousness in our daily life, we invite thoughtful presence, patience, and calm in our home.

Join us in our conversation with Cynthia Aldinger, Founder of LifeWays North America as she artfully describes how we can craft a life of simplicity. By balancing the choices that we make through careful thought and reflection, we can create space for nourishing life activities to flow in and out.

Booked mentioned by Cynthia include Simplicity Parenting by Kim John Payne, The Frog King A Grimms Fairytale, and Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor-Frankl.

To discover more please visit lifewaysnorthamerica.org, wenurture.us, and kimberton.org

Music is Glacier Bells by Daniel Birch.

In this episode, I interview my eldest daughter, Genevieve. As a Waldorf alumni, she is speaking with me today about her experiences as a person of color in the Waldorf community.

While she has many positive memories of being a Waldorf student from pre-school through 12th grade, she will be sharing some of the more difficult experiences that she had as a student of color. Even within a caring and open space that Waldorf schools strive to create, people of color are still finding that their race affects their experience within the community. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

While Genevieve didn’t leave Kimberton feeling negative about the school, there is still room for growth in the Waldorf community especially when it comes to diversity and she hopes this conversation will inspire people to bring change to their school communities.

To discover more please visit wenurture.us and follow us on Instagram.

A Karuk Coyote Tale About How Fire Came to the People. 

Description by Julian Lang

"In Fire Race, we are reminded just how important the willow tree is to our way of life.  We are told of one way that coyote helped us.  We are reminded that we must remember to respect each other.  The story reveals that all-natural living things are important, from the little frog to the soaring eagle."

Author's note

This story is based on various versions of the Karuk myth, The Karuk - meaning "upriver" - people are native to the rugged Klamath River region of Northwest California.

Retold by Jonathan London

Illustrated by Sylvia Long

Chronicle Books, San Francisco

Ages 5 - 8

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To discover more about Rosebud Garden please visit wenurture.us, farmhousemanna.com and kimberton.org

Although we don’t always pay much attention to culture, it’s always there. It holds us, sustains us, and informs the way we act, feel, and think about the world.

How do we intentionally craft a family culture that reflects our values? How do we practice those values every day with our children? And how do we continue to hold true to these values as our family grows and individual needs change?

LifeWays’ online course - ‘Creating Your Family Culture - An Elemental Approach’ offers very down to earth and yet imaginative ways that guide you as you create your family’s culture.  Working with the elements of Earth, Water, Air, and Fire, you’ll create ways of living that considers and envelopes each family member in shared values in a positive way that includes life-affirming practices.

To discover more please visit lifewaysnorthamerica.org and kimberton.org

Music is Glacier Bells by Daniel Birch.

This is the story of how the crow saved the creatures of the earth from the cold by flying up to the Creator who thinks all things into being.  In his adventures, his beautiful feathers turn to soot but his sacrifice proves beneficial and he is rewarded for his efforts.

A Lenni Lenape Folktale, retold by S.E. Schlosser, adapted by Molly Brett.

Ages 5-7

To discover more about Rosebud Garden please visit farmhousemanna.com and kimberton.org