Which businesses, organizations and initiatives are supporting EDUCATION in our Monadnock Local Living Economy?

Facebook fans generated a short list of recommendations – we hope you will add your suggestions as well:

• Impact Monadnock
• The Orchard School: From Stephanie: “It’s on a younger level, but for my 12 and 14 year old kids, the Farmers and Foragers after school program at Orchard School in E. Alstead teaches them a lot about the importance of local living.”
• The Hannah Grimes Center: From Missy: “I’ve found great value in the classes and business counseling at Hannah Grimes.”
• From Matthias: “Community-based social marketing is an education building block of our Local Living Economy.”

Other programs highlighted in 2012:

• Antioch University New England’s Educating for Sustainability Concentration
• Franklin Pierce University’s The Monadnock Institute of Nature, Place and Culture
• Harrisville Children’s Center
• Historical Society of Cheshire County
• Keene Community Education
• Keene State College: Michael Antonucci, Keene State College associate professor and chair of the American Studies program, received a $2,000 Community Partnership Grant from the American Studies Association Keene to support the project, “What is Local Living Economy?”
• Monadnock Sustainability Network
• River Valley Community College
• Southwestern Community Services
• The Sustainability Project