• The Good Life Center – Annual Meeting at Forest Farm

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

    Join us for The Good Life Center’s annual spring gathering. All are welcome! Schedule: 10:00-12:00 – Board/Business Meeting 12:00-1:00 – Pot Luck Lunch

  • History Rhymes: Echoes of the Past in Today’s Society

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

    In the words of George Santayana, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it”. In tune with the theme of The Good Life Center’s 2026 Speaker Series theme, “Against the Grain”, Rob, Aran, & Margot Lee Shetterly will explore the failures and successes in history in order to plan better for a...

  • Documentary Screening: “Turn Off the Machines”

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

    A public screening of a new film about the alternative lifestyle of Ethan Hughes and his family of Belfast, Maine. Suggested Donation: $10

  • From Individual Precarity to Collective Resilience: The Revolutionary Ecological and Social Implications of Local Microfactories, Community Fablabs, Personal Fabrication, and Fabcities

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

    In this talk by Lonnie Gamble, we'll see how the Nearings’ use economy has evolved into the maker movement and Fabcities. Fabcities are cities that produce everything they make using a circular economy. Atoms cycle locally while ideas, designs and best practices flow globally and open source. Suggested Donation: $10

  • Fermenting Grains with Joshua Rollson of Stone Broke Bread & Books

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

    Sourdough 101: What is Sourdough? A workshop and in-depth conversation about Fermented Bread and Culture for all levels of skill and experience. Bring your questions and curiosity and take home some starter. Suggested donation: $10

  • Seeds of the Good Life with Eliot Coleman & Barbara Damrosch

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

    In this conversation, Eliot Coleman & Barbara Damrosch will share stories of Scott & Helen Nearing - the homesteaders who shaped their lives - and explore what the Nearings' revolutionary politics and radical experiment in simple living still has to teach a world hungry for alternatives.

    Free
  • Cultivating Community: The Power of Gathering Spaces & The Impact of Belonging

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

    Since the 1950s, the United States has seen a steady decrease in gathering spaces that effectively foster meaningful, long-lasting support networks and community belonging. As the country becomes more divided and individualistic, we see an uptick in isolation and a decline in public health and well-being. In this talk, explore the three components of community...

    Free