ABOUT US
Founded in January of 2008, Think OutWord is a peer-led training in Social Threefolding for young adults with little money and busy lives. Think OutWord is an incubator for new social ideas and related practical action - participants design and host seminars, offer presentations, lead workshops, and create new initiatives.
Think OutWord has three main components:
1) A Basic Training consisting of four weekend seminars as well as a number of smaller intensives.
2) A Core Group consisting of self-motivated change agents who carry the basic training and seek a community of peers with whom to collaborate and share their personal research and initiative related to social threefolding.
3) Projects and Programs consisting of one established program, the Credere Fund, as well as others being developed.
Rachel Berk graduated from Bennington College, Rachel sought for an avenue to combine her thirst for genuine community with her experience in education, interest in sustainable business, passion for social renewal, and love for meetings. Her search led her to the Camphill Movement, through which she was overjoyed to find a world-wide network of individuals with similar visions and dreams. She now lives and works at Camphill Soltane in southeastern Pennsylvania, where she runs the community café, helps adults in an assisted living arrangement, and is the director of Soltane Works, which supports adults with disabilities to find and maintain meaningful work. She is also the treasurer of WeStrive.org.
Peter Buckbee graduated from Kimberton Waldorf School in 1998, then went on to get an undergraduate degree in Biology from the University of Massachusetts, Boston. Following the completion of his degree, he spent a year at the Seminary of the Christian Community in Chicago. A founding member of Think OutWord, Peter currently lives in Philmont, NY where he is actively engaged in different initiatives around art, education, and community organizing. His interests include Goethean science, epistemology, language, art, social threefolding, and grass roots social change.
Kristin Dalton graduated from the Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School in 2000 and went on to study film, fine art, education, and Anthroposophy. She is an active member of the Hawthorne Valley community, where she is a full time student in the Free Columbia art course. In working with Think OutWord she has found a place to further investigate her questions around the role the individual plays in community life, and the role of the arts in the social life.
Franz Eilers is originally from a family farm in northern California, Franz Eilers studied Mechanical Engineering at UC Santa Barbara for two years. Finding his collegiate experience unfulfilling, he traveled and experimented with several outdoor career paths, landing in Mt. Shasta, CA, where he owned and operated his own professional tree business for 7 years. Franz spent two years at the American Eurythmy School in Weed, CA and will join Eurythmy Spring Valley, NY in January of 2010, while continuing his work as a tree artist. He is passionate about community and new social consciousness.
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Lachlan Grey has a varied background in youth education, outdoor leadership and fine home and yacht construction. Originally from New Zealand he has been active in community building initiatives and interactive art projects based near his home in Spring Valley, NY. He has a passion for renewable and sustainable building projects, resource care, and the development of healthy social and community forms. Lachlan is currently focusing on further developing adult educational opportunities in the United States and Europe, and networking with similar organizations around the world.
Sarah Hearn was born and raised in New York City and graduated from Connecticut College in 2004 with a BA in Government and a focus in community action and public policy. She moved to Great Barrington, MA two years ago to live with friends and help to found Think OutWord. Sarah currently works at the E. F. Schumacher Society where she manages the BerkShares local currency program among other responsibilities. She is currently conducting an independent study on Rudolf Steiner's indications on money in relation to existent local currency models with Gary Lamb of the Center for Social and Environmental Responsibility.
Seth Jordan graduated from Connecticut College in 2003 with a major in Philosophy. After studying for a year at the Christian Community Seminary in Chicago, and then meeting and studying with Nicanor Perlas in the summers of 2006 and 2007, Seth helped found Think OutWord. He currently lives in Great Barrington, MA, and works as the Creative Director of Think OutWord as well as an associate at the Center for Social and Environmental Responsibility. He is currently making a Documentary with Jordan Walker on Nicanor Perlas' campaign to become President of the Philippines in 2010.
Jordan Walker graduated from Clark University in 2001 with a major in multi-media design. Since that time he has worked in San Francisco and Brooklyn, taking part in both audio visual fine art and filmmaking collectives. He currently lives, works and studies in an anthroposophical community in Spring Valley, NY. He has been a part of over a dozen short films, including several that have competed in international film festivals. In the past few years his efforts at documenting a new emerging culture of wholeness have led him to Kenya, New Zealand, Costa Rica, around Europe and across the United States. He is currently making a Documentary with Seth Jordan on Nicanor Perlas' campaign to become President of the Philippines in 2010.
Nathaniel Williams studied Painting and anthroposophy at the neueKUNSTschule in Basel, Switzerland graduating in 2002. The year after graduating he spent learning the art of marionettes with Thomas G Meier in Basel, Switzerland. Since then he has returned to his home country, the USA, and has been active as a teacher and artist. He is currently living in Harlemville, NY working on the Free Columbia Art Course and the Agawamuck Project for the Fine and Practical Arts.
Meaghan Witri currently lives in Spring Valley, NY. A 2007 graduate from Muhlenberg College, her background is in acting and the study of literature. Meaghan graduated from Green Meadow Waldorf School and has returned back to Spring Valley this year to work as the Registrar for Sunbridge Institute. Since its inception, she has been a member of Think OutWord and currently serves as the Core Group Chair. Having co-created the 2009 TOW conference "Art Is Movement" she is interested in exploring the relationship between economics and the arts. She is looking into several possibilities for independent projects with the aim of further understanding the question: "How do I live as an artist in the 21st century?"