What is the real education needed now? What will get folks to turn off the TV, develop real skills, perhaps apprentice with a skilled master?
List recurring ongoing workshops here, also internships..
List recurring ongoing workshops here, also internships..
Unique Schools: Adult Ed | Colleges & universities | Grade School | High School
Learn Resiliency Skills: Brew Beer | Can Foods | Cook | Learn Farming | Green Building | Glass blowing | Knitting | Music
Organic Gardening | Pottery | Sewing | Shoemaking | Woodworking
- Adult Ed
- Mt Airy Learning Tree (MALT) | Mt Airy, Phila PA 19119 | 215.843.6333 | mtairylearningtree.org
- Free University of Philadelphia
- Wagner Free Institute of Science | wagnerfreeinstitute.org
- Colleges & Universities
- Philadelphia University | offering MSc in Sustainable Design | philau.edu/greengrid
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- Temple University | Msc in Landscape Architecture with concentration in Ecological Restoration | temple.edu/ambler
- Grade School
- Friends School Haverford | where kindergartners get a taste of the food cycle by working in our salsa garden | friendshaverford.org
- Green Woods Charter School | Phila PA 19128 | greenwoodscharter.org
- Kimberton Waldorf School | Kimberton PA 19442 | kimberton.org
- The Waldorf School of Philadelphia | teaching not what to think, but how to think | phillywaldorf.com
- High School
- The Workshop School | to unleash the creative & intellectual potential of young people to solve the world’s toughest problems | Phila PA 19139 | workshopschool.org
- Brew Beer
- Home Sweet Homebrew | beer & wine-making supplies & classes
2008 Sansom St, Phila PA 19103
215.569.9469 | homesweethomebrew.com - Malt House LTD | barware, brewing supplies, beer accessories
7101 Emlen St, Phila PA 19119
215.242.1700 | malthouseltd.com
- Home Sweet Homebrew | beer & wine-making supplies & classes
- Can foods
- Food in Jars | Marissa McClellan | foodinjars.com
- Cook
- Learn Farming
- Greensgrow Farms | greensgrow.org
- Grumblethorpe Historic Home & Garden |
- Heritage Farm @ Methodist Home for Children
- Millcreek Farm |
- Northlight Community Center’s Teens4Good program | northlightcommunitycenter.org
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- Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) | pennhort.org
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- Philadelphia Orchard Project (POP) | phillyorchard.org
- Urban Tree Connection | urbantreeconnection.org/programs
- Wyck Historic Home & Garden |
- Glass blowing
- Hudson Beach Glass | Sean Gilvey | 26 South Strawberry St, Phila PA | hudsonbeachglasspa.com
- Green Building
- Knitting
- Loop | yarn & classes | 1914 South St, Phila PA | loopyarn.com
- The Stitching Room | yarn – fabric – tools – instruction | 7900 High School Rd, Elkins Park PA 19027 | 215.450.7901 | thestitchingroom.com
- Music
- All Around This World | interactive music class for children 0-8 to explore global music | 4336 Pine St, Phila PA 19104 | 215.913.2679 | allaroundthisworld.com
- Marshall McDonald | Wellesley Rd, Mt Airy, Phila PA 19119 | 267.636.3439
- Organic Gardening
- Pottery
- The Clay Studio | play in the mud – make your own pottery – classes too! | 137-139 N 2nd St, Phila PA | theclaystudio.org
- Sewing
- Handcraft Workshop | Heather
7224 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia PA 19119
handcraftworkshop.com | facebook.com/HandcraftWorkshop - Spool | fabric to quilt & sew, also classes
1912 South St, Phila PA
215.545.0755 | spoolsewing.com - The Stitching Room | yarn – fabric – tools – instruction
900 High School Rd, Elkins Park PA 19027
215.450.7901 | thestitchingroom.com
- Handcraft Workshop | Heather
- Shoemaking
- Woodworking
- Philadelphia Woodworks | woodshop for beginners thru expers to have fun & build projects
4901 Umbria St, Manayunk, 19128
philadelphiawoodworks.com
- Philadelphia Woodworks | woodshop for beginners thru expers to have fun & build projects
Philly Eco Guide 