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After his wife was killed, a widower reflects on what needs to change: 'It's the guns'
March 12, 2018
Each day, the couple walked together to and from the school where Cynthia Trevillion offered educational support, helping kids overcome obstacles to learning. When she wasn’t teaching, her life revolved around her love for cooking. She biked, gardened as much as she could, and appreciated Chicago’s landscape. “It’s something she enjoyed because she likes to bike,” Trevillion says. “She likes flat terrain.” He often slips into the present tense when he speaks of his wife, as though his grammar has yet to accept this new world without her. But the reminders are there: the paperwork required for social security, the dinners unprepared by her. “The outpouring of love has been overwhelming,” he says. “I’ve received messages from Waldorf schools on six continents. Here in Chicago, there seemed to be a brief opening before we returned to business as usual.” More »
Circle of Life
March 5, 2018
A book on circus skills had been on Jackie and Rick Davis’ to-do list forever. The Temple couple, who taught circus arts to children for decades, had intended to co-author the book, but the timing never quite worked out. Now, the book is out, with Jackie Davis’ name on the cover, and dedicated to Rick, who died in 2015 from brain cancer. She still sees it as a collaborative effort, said Davis. “A lot of the stuff here is Rick’s,” she said, thumbing through an advanced copy of “DIY Circus Lab for Kids,” which will be officially released next week. “It’s of Rick, through Rick.” More »
Rudolf Steiner’s Goetheanum in Switzerland Is a Philosophical Masterpiece
February 26, 2018
When Austrian architect and thinker Rudolf Steiner developed his philosophy of Anthroposophy in Germany at the turn of the 20th century, he soon came to require a place from which to spread its teachings of spirituality and science. Named after German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, whose works Steiner studied and revered, the Goetheanum was therefore born for this purpose on the rising slopes of the Jura Mountains overlooking the town of Dornach, Switzerland. One of the largest reinforced concrete buildings of its time, the Goetheanum has an enigmatic design that combines the charismatic volume of Gaudí, with the zeal of an Orthodox onion dome and the command of a Brutalist masterpiece. More »
Teen girls’ chemical exposure plummets after switching to better beauty products
February 12, 2018
New study shows that after just 3 days of using makeup, shampoos and lotions free of hormone-disrupting chemicals, levels dropped up to 45 percent. While the European Union has banned thousands of ingredients from being used in personal care products due to safety concerns, the United States FDA has banned a total of 11. Leaving the cosmetics industry to police itself is an interesting tactic; the result being that the things we buy to use on our bodies are often chock full of ingredients that may not be so great for us. It seems nothing short of a travesty, but here we are. Getting data about health effects from exposure to chemicals is not easy, but there is growing evidence linking a certain family of chemicals, endocrine-disrupting chemicals, to neurobehavioral problems, obesity and cancer cell growth, say the authors of a new study comparing body chemical levels with usage of chemical-containing products. The researchers, from the University of California, Berkeley, and Clinica de Salud del Valle de Salinas, say that the issue may be even more urgent for women, and especially teens. More »
The Wood Harmony Art Event: Inviting you to be a part of the Loheland Waldorf School's Waldorf 100 Celebration. Help create a worldwide Waldorf soundscape in Loheland, Germany.
February 5, 2018
Waldorf education is 100 years old next year. The Waldorf School in Loheland, Germany has a great idea to involve Waldorf schools and initiatives from around the world to create a soundscape at their school. Everyone can join in and everyone's invited. More »
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