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Seasons Greetings! We’re making progress on The Grasshopper Academy core curriculum program. It’s a comprehensive and dynamic curriculum inspired + informed by the natural world and its systems, for use in a variety of applications and optimized for ages 8-12. The core program materials will consist of 12 learning pathways. Topics will include earth and… Continue reading Hoppy Holidays

Greetings Hopper extended family, If you’ve been tuning in for awhile, you may have noticed that there have been some recent changes. We’re also HITTING THE ROAD! We will be collecting footage for additional stops for the ‘Hopper Portal. Lastly, we’re excited for the launch of The Grasshopper Academy Core Curriculum that is continuing to incubate… Continue reading The Future of Grasshoppers Landing

Greetings Hoppers – We are so excited about the progress our team has made on The Grasshopper Academy Core Curriculum. We’re in the process of developing a comprehensive and dynamic curriculum inspired and informed by the natural world and its systems. For updates, be sure to subscribe to The Lowdown on the Landing e-newsletter.  

We’re happy to share the launch of the ‘Hopper Portal – it is the culmination of several months of work and 16k miles of exploration and discovery. The vision behind the this portal is to showcase vibrant, free, family-friendly places to visit to learn about the diverse habitats on planet Earth. Each stop offers opportunities… Continue reading The Launch of the ‘Hopper Portal

Chi dog and I made a pit stop and had an inspiring time with a group of students from Athenian High School in  a valley within present-day Northern California. I collaborated with a group of incredible educators to adapt and co-teach a Permaculture Design Course (PDC) at Green Valley Farm + Mill.  Adapting the PDC… Continue reading Teaching Permaculture to High School Students

Grasshoppers Landing is proud to be sponsoring the upcoming Permaculture Association of the Northeast (PAN) Roundtable Discussion on Decolonizing Permaculture event Tuesday, December 7, 2021 – 6:30pm to 8pm (online). PAN’s mission is to increase the resilience of the Northeast region by strengthening the regional permaculture network and increasing access to relevant education and resources.… Continue reading Proud Sponsor of the Upcoming PAN “Decolonizing Permaculture” Event

Warm winter season greetings! We are beginning the process of a website overhaul, so stay tuned for some exciting updates.As a part of this web maintenance, our (Im)Perfect Iterations online shop will be closed while we migrate to a new platform. With that said, we are having a sale to celebrate the holidays until December… Continue reading Website Updates coming. . . later

Greetings friends! We wanted to post an update on the status of (Im)Perfect Iterations. The design for May 2021 has launched, and there is an exciting concept for June comin’ “down the pike”. After the 6th (and final for this series) design is launched in June we’ll be taking a break in order to reconfigure… Continue reading (Im)Perfect Iterations Update!

Y’all!Everyone is coming out of hibernation here at Grasshoppers Landing. Black-capped chickadees and grey squirrels are especially active. . .not that they ever went away this winter. It’s the time of year when the roads are treacherous – the ice and snow melting causes a slushy and muddy softness that makes for tearing up the… Continue reading Late Winter Updates