Walden Project


  • Walden finds new ways to reach students, local schools

    Walden finds new ways to reach students, local schools

    The Willowell team aims to make the Walden Year program accessible to interested students.

  • Willowell is bringing back Walden program

    Willowell is bringing back Walden program

    As another school year gets underway, the Willowell Foundation is celebrating the start of several new and familiar outdoor education offerings in store for local youth — including…

  • Schlein leaves a legacy with Walden Project

    Schlein leaves a legacy with Walden Project

    Matt Schlein is one of several local educators who will retire from their respective positions later this spring. Though the classroom he’ll vacate when summer break arrives looks a…

  • Walden Project offered a unique education

    Walden Project offered a unique education

    The Walden Project, an outdoor, public education program run through Vergennes Union High School, was started 24 years ago by VUHS educator Matt Schlein. With his impending retirement,…

  • Letter to the editor: ANWSD should preserve Walden

    Addison Northwest Supervisory Union was extremely short-sighted in taking an axe to the VUHS Walden Program in their too-quick budget revision after the first one was rejected.

  • Planting the seeds for Tree of Life Farm

    Planting the seeds for Tree of Life Farm

    MONKTON — Cameron McMahon has spent much of the winter soaking up knowledge, and he can talk a brilliant blue streak. Geoengineering, Saudi grazing practices, the history of…