You've probably seen the phrase “Living Building Challenge" in some form related to The Ecology School. What the heck does it mean? And, what does it look at like River Bend Farm?
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Modeling collaboration, connection, and a deep commitment to environmental learning.
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The campaign to raise funding for our River Bend Farm project brings forth the special opportunity for everyday people to be honored by family and friends through gifts in their name.
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Since 2010, the ELLMS partners have been working together to ensure that all Maine public school students have at least one outdoor residential learning experience and experiences are accessible to students from all regions of the state.
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Our 1794 farmhouse is a now littler greener—and a lot warmer—with help from Simplified Green Homes.
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The Ecology School received a generous gift of $10,000 from The Morton-Kelly Charitable Trust to support the design and implementation of permaculture gardens throughout the school’s new environmental education center at River Bend Farm.
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The Ecology School plans to start work next spring on a new campus designed to be among the greenest projects in Maine.
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Three architecture firms come together to collaborate on the Ecology School’s new home, which aims to be the first Living Building Challenge–certified structure in Maine
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University of New England at River Bend Farm: Projects led by undergraduate students at the University of New England continue to illustrate thoughtful practices in sustainable land management and biodiversity preservation.
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The campaign to raise funding for our River Bend Farm project brings forth the special opportunity for everyday people to be honored by family and friends through gifts in their name.
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FOAMers (The Ecology School’s Educator Alumni) are a group of 350+ changemakers, environmental stewards, and all around awesome folk who are doing amazing things in the world. We are always grateful to learn what they are up to and share their stories with our community.
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A big year ahead for The Ecology School as we temporarily move our residential programs to the idyllic foothills of Poland, Maine and trade in binoculars for construction hats when building begins on our dining commons and dormitory at River Bend Farm!
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The landscape surrounding our new buildings at River Bend Farm will include plants from our permaculture nursery, planted this fall by volunteers.
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Our Educators are the everyday superheros who create educational lessons that keep kids engaged in science while having fun!
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Senator Susan Collins and Senator Angus King jointly expressed their encouragement of our progress and excitement for the work we do.
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Educators often choose to stay for one, two, three, and sometimes even four more terms teaching at The Ecology School.
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Knowing more about the soil, rocks, trees, plants, and animals that call our 105-acre property “home” is important to our conservation efforts and integrating ecosystem-based programs.
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This Fall, River Bend Farm is the host site for Professor Thomas Klak’s University of New England ENV 398 Sustainable Agriculture and Biodiversity course. The course teaches ways to put into practice ecological methods that increase biodiversity and food production.
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We are grateful for the honor to participate in a cooperative effort to research and compile data about residential environmental education programs in the United States.
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Our 105-acre property provided a variety of ecosystems (forest, marsh, pond, river beds, and fields) for mushroom enthusiasts to explore while searching for fungi.
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