Ekone kids are learning about garbage and peace this week, making stuff with trash and learning how to live more peacefully on the earth and with each other.  This week’s projects included building stools with plastic bottles; weaving with bailing twine and scrap fabric ends; making jewelry with bottle caps, bike tubes, can tabs and plastic containers; and starting a couch from plastic bags and containers.  The kids also learned about our off-grid system-- including solar panels, wind turbines and biodiesel production—and other sustainable projects on the ranch, like our rain barrel, worm bin, straw bale round house and water conservation efforts.  

Other fun projects this week included picking strawberries and making jam, and harvesting herbs to make chapstick! 

And of course, there are always plenty of projects to do...

...and horses to ride!!!

Happy Trails my friend, until we meet again!