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Summer Learning Opportunities!

​Permaculture Design Workshop

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Antioch College welcomes the Cincinnati Permaculture Institute (CPI) to lead and award the CPI’s internationally recognized Permaculture Design Certification (PDC) training to be held over three weekends in July.

Permaculture is Ecological Design: a system of ethics, principles, tools, and skills that integrates the patterns and systems of nature as guides for creating resilient and holistic landscapes, homes, communities, and habitats.

This accelerated training is structured as follows:

  • Dates: Full 72-hour training on campus over three weekends in July.
  • Fridays: 4 hr online lecture/discussion sessions (4:00PM – 8:00PM) – July, 11, 18, and 25.
  • Saturdays & Sundays: 8 hr on-site lecture/discussions/interactivity on farm work/learn (9:00AM – 6:00PM) July, 12-13, 19-20, and 26-27.
  • Plus 12 hours of supplemental reading and videos.

Roots & Wings Youth Summer Camp

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Antioch College is excited to host the Roots and Wings Youth Camp: Planting life skills for grounded and confident growth.

Sign up for the summer day camp filled with Farm Adventures, Fitness Fun, Performing Arts, Culinary Activities, Social Awareness, Creative Writing, and Crafts & Games.

 

  • For: Students entering 2nd grade – 5th grade, Fall 2025
  • When: Monday, July 14 – Friday, July 18, 2025, 9am-4pm Daily
  • Location: Wellness Center at Antioch College, 240 E South College St, Yellow Springs, OH 45387
  • Contact: Kathy Kern Ross, Wellness Center Director, kross@antiochcollege.edu

Creative Writing: Writing to Change the World

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JA Block Creative Writing Course Open to Community Members

Building on Mary Pipher’s Writing to Change the World, this class will offer a fluid mix of craft, inspiration, support, and sharing of our thoughts and our work. This will be a safe place for you to explore topics that matter to you as we learn how to develop powerful personal writing that can change ourselves and the world.
 
  • What: LIT 250 (2 cr): Creative Writing: Writing to Change the World
  • Instructor: Cyndi Pauwels
  • Time: 1:00pm – 4:20pm
  • Dates: Week 2: July 15 (T), July 16 (W), July 17 (R) | Week 3: July 22 (T), July 23 (W), July 24 (R)
  • For: We invite community members to participate through the non-credit audit option.
  • Location: Antioch College, One Morgan Place, Yellow Springs, OH 45387
  • Fee: $200 flat community audit fee