In a time of isolation and divisiveness, how do we stand for togetherness, keep our connections, and cultivate courage over fear and apathy? Waldorf education and its roots in Anthroposophy can offer guidance.

It is from our own certainty that children garner the sense of security and hope that they need to grow. Adults need a positive, all-encompassing, truthful picture of ourselves, our situation and the people around us.

A team of three brothers from Edinburgh, with a shared passion for adventure, sport and music, rowed 3,000 miles across the Atlantic and broke three world records. The brothers also happen to be Waldorf graduates.

The Waldorf Community of Color Affinity Group, lead by Christina More, parent at the Green Meadow Waldorf School, has been created for Waldorf community members to share and support each other on racial conversations.

When the Run! Skip! Dance! initiative was launched in April of 2020, the shared goal was to virtually move together across North America. From April to September 11, 2020, Waldorf communities in North America exceeded that goal and moved over 44,620 miles, virtually, around the globe.

A devastating fire destroyed the Meadowbrook Waldorf School two years ago. Local, regional and worldwide Waldorf communities donated over $192,000 to rebuild the school and students are now back on campus. 

The Anonimo Foundation has given Ashwood Waldorf School’s strings program a $6,000 grant. The grant has enabled Ashwood to hire Tyler Yentes as a strings teacher for the school.

Maine Coast Waldorf School High School Faculty Chair, David Barham, spoke to the school community about how Rudolf Steiner’s 101 year old message is precisely the message we need right now in 2020 as we head back to school.

Whether building igloo tents, pavilions, permanent or temporary structures, news organizations are taking note of Waldorf school’s ability to think not just “outside the box,” but outside the school building.