The Camphill School

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About the Communities

  • Established
  • English
  • Ecological
  • Rural

Founding year

  • 1963

What we do

We are part of the worldwide Camphill movement and the only Camphill community in North America for children. We offer residential and day academic and prevocational programs, as well as therapeutic care for children in kindergarten through grade twelve. We also offer a Transition Program for young people ages eighteen to twenty-one.
Students participate in a full range of conventional and holistic therapies along with prevocational programs, community-based instruction, entrepreneurial ventures, and care for animals and the natural world. In addition, students develop meaningful relationships with peers and staff who reside both on- and off-campus.
The Camphill School was formed when Downingtown Special School and Donegal Springs, curative homes for children that began in 1954 and 1961 in Pennsylvania, merged. After an extensive search for a location to house an ever-growing number of children and live-in volunteers, a beautiful fifty-seven-acre farm in rural East Nantmeal, Pennsylvania, was purchased in October 1963. All around the world, more than one hundred Camphill communities in over twenty countries take different forms. Every community, however, is dedicated to social renewal through community building — with children, youth, and adults with disabilities. The Camphill ideal is to engage all the members of each community in meeting their own needs, as well as those of the community at large, to whatever extent their abilities allow.
We are currently looking for individuals who would be interested in joining our community for 3 – 12 months as a Live-in Volunteer. Volunteers live and work in our community in extended family-like settings with residential students and faculty. They guide a group of neuro-diverse children through daily functional and academic learning goals, and any challenges they might encounter along the way

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  • Ecological
  • Languages
  • English
  • Community type
  • Cohousing
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  • Land-Based Communities
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  • Education

Commemorative dates

  • January 1, 1963
  • Started living together

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If you are interested in joining the community or learning more about us, please email me at: ah*****@************ol.org
or visit our website: www.camphillschool.org
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2 months ago

Social Media Intern

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Social Media Intern for GEN International Hours: Up to 20/month, flexible around your schedule and availability Location: Remote, work with Eva Goldfarb Focus: Instagram + LinkedIn (TikTok if you’re into it!) Hi! I’m Eva, and I run social media for GEN International — the global network connecting ecovillages, intentional communities, and regenerative culture-builders across every continent. I’m looking for a co-conspirator to help me tell the stories of the people quietly building the future: off-grid villages in the Philippines, permaculture farms in Senegal, urban cohousing projects in Berlin, elders passing down land wisdom in the Andes. It’s a wildly rich, wildly underrepresented world, and I want more people to fall in love with it the way I have. What you’ll actually do: Dream up and create content for Instagram and LinkedIn (reels, carousels, stories, captions that don’t sound like a corporate newsletter) Dig into our global network and turn your findings into stories people want to share Pitch your own ideas. If there’s a series, a theme, a format, or a corner of the network that lights you up, that’s what I want you to focus on. What we’re looking for: A natural storyteller, someone who can spot the human thread in a project update or a photo from a faraway village Genuinely curious about ecovillages, sustainability, intentional community, regenerative living Self-motivated and communicative; this is a flexible, trust-based role Why this role: This isn’t a “post 3x a week and don’t ask questions” internship. You’ll have real creative freedom to work on what excites you, learn how a global grassroots network tells its story, and build a portfolio full of meaningful, purpose-driven content. Plus you’ll be talking to people living some of the most interesting, intentional lives on the planet. If storytelling for a better world sounds like your kind of fun, let’s talk.
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Autumn/Spring 2023 Golden Bay Sustainable Living Course

Ready to learn how to live more sustainably? In this age of climate change, rampant pollution and so many unsustainable practices, we humans need to overcome, the Golden Sustainable Living Centre team has expanded our commitment to land-based environmental education. We seek to share the huge knowledge and skill base contained within our beautiful community of Golden Bay on all things sustainable with students from across New Zealand and from around the world. Our 11-week Sustainable Living Course offers a compelling menu of hands-on, experiential learning modules covering seven core areas plus a personal research project. The course utilizes a wealth of living examples within Golden Bay and some of the world’s best local experts who will facilitate your learning with interactive tutorials, hands-on practical work and field trips. The course is taught by local and international experts, Sol Morgan, Robina McCurdy, Kerryn Easterbrook, John Massey, Rita Scholten & Zahra Lightway. Course participants will have lots of fun, some of the best learning needed to survive and thrive in the 21st Century and support in getting your best visitor experience in beautiful magical Golden Bay. Course content: Personal Well-Being Sustainable living begins with self-care through self-awareness and healthful habits. We offer a toolkit of practices to help you achieve a strong, happy, vibrant body, mind & soul so that you have the energy vitality & presence to achieve your dreams. The well-being module begins with coming to awareness of each of these aspects by slowing down, breathing more deeply, and dropping into the present moment with mindfulness practices. Beginning March 2021, we ha

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