• “Tending the Page” Writing Workshop

    The Good Life Center 372 Harborside Rd, Harborside, ME, United States

    Good Life Center resident stewards Lucy and Jordan have led writing and poetry workshops for years. In this hands-on workshop for writers of all experience levels, participants will explore sensory writing with a focus on place and memory. Drawing inspiration from The Good Life Center’s gardens and from short excerpts by the Nearings and contemporary...

    Free
  • Protect Ancient Forests

    The Good Life Center 372 Harborside Rd, Harborside, ME, United States

    Alyssa & Michael O’Brien, co-founders of Protect Ancient Forests, make the case for working together to protect our remaining old-growth and mature public forests — why they’re irreplaceable, how policy shapes their fate, and what it looks like to build a movement on their behalf. Drawing on law, education, and deep roots in the Maine...

    Free
  • Forest Farm’s National Historic Designation Celebration!

    The Good Life Center 372 Harborside Rd, Harborside, ME, United States

    Join us for a special celebration, marking the The Good Life Center's designation on the National Historic Register of Historic Places. It will feature garden tours, food, music, and speaker: Noel Paul Stookey! Noel Paul Stookey is a musician, activist, and member of the legendary folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary — long engaged in...

    Free
  • Loving and Leaving the Good Life with Kate Braestrup

    The Good Life Center 372 Harborside Rd, Harborside, ME, United States

    Loving and Leaving the Good Life. Helen Nearing's last full book, Loving and Leaving the Good Life (1992), insists that how we live and how we die are not separate questions. Kate Braestrup has spent her life walking alongside people in their hardest moments and arriving at something like the same conclusion. In this talk,...

    Free