The Finding Place Blog

Celebrating the movers, the shakers, and the ripple-makers Recently, I was a guest on Craig Constantine's podcast, Movers Mindset: Ideas for Movement Enthusiasts. His profile description says, "Hello, I'm Craig Constantine. In this podcast I talk with movement enthusiasts to learn who they are, what they do, and why they do it. This podcast is part of the Movers Mindset project, which I started so I could explore movement's underlying motivations, and movement's fundamental p

Everyday we want to plant a seed: a seed of hope, a seed of joy, a seed of inspiration, a seed of love, and sow a seed to grow for flowers and food. A child finds a ladybug in the garden and gently returns her to our tomato plants. The child is careful, gentle, and handles the tiny friend with kindness and empathy. While practicing nature studies and Waldorf-inspired/ReggioEmilia-inspired pedagogy our environment is always constructed as a third teacher. Everything and every

Merging my passions of nature, gardening, art, design, food security, and environmental education. This summer along with countless hours of working with the Emmaus Arts Commission to implement and raise awareness for public art works, environmental art, and community engagement— I have volunteered at Rodale's experimental organic farm, and I have also jumped feet first into course work and training for garden education and implementation. I mentioned earlier that I was able

Who is the voice behind the words at the Finding Place LV? Photo credit courtesy of Sarah Bednar, 2021 Hi! I'd like to take a moment to introduce myself. I'm Lindsey and I'm currently the face behind the words, actions, and direction of The Finding Place LV. I haven't really made a proper introduction so I thought it was time to say "hello". “If we want children to flourish, to become truly empowered, then let us allow them to love the earth before we ask them to save it. Per

Growing a great garden is one thing but where do you get the seeds? Do you use sprouts? What do you start from seed and what do you transplant? Here is my quick guide of what I get, what I plant, and where I find my goods. A garden raid: This is our bounty from picking produce at Pappy T's garden. Thom has an (approximate) 15'x30' fenced in garden. Whatever we can't grow in our own gardens, we grow in Thom's garden. We are expanding our planting areas, learning how to cultiv

From ground to plate to compost to garden. How we can recognize and build a sustainable pattern for living while giving back to the Earth? I don't know about you but the amount of junk mail, newspaper coupons, and unnecessary paper items I have around my house is a bit overwhelming. I try to purchase local goods with as little packaging as possible, or at least, as little wasteful packaging as possible. Jars, cloth bags, baskets, and coconut fiber loose item sacks are a big h