Life.School.House.
a network of folk schools
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News

News and updates from our Life.School.House. community.

LifeSchoolHouse in the News

Jennifer Decoste, founder of the LifeSchoolHouse movement standing in front of a white house with orange shutter. On either side of her is a large tree wrapped in white lights and a red mini-library.

Folk schools forge tight-knit communities

Read the full article by Feleshia Chandler on the Nova Scotia Journal of Sustainable Community Development website.

Woman sitting outside near the wood. She is dressed warmly and smiling. She is holding a black feathered chicken on her lap.

bartering for a sense of community

Folk schools offer an accessible way for people to share skills. Read the full article by Moira Donovan on the CBC News website.

The Growing FolkSchool Movement in Canada

The LifeSchoolHouse has inspired the launch of other programming across Canada. Read more about our friends with the Okanagan Folkschool here: https://infotel.ca/newsitem/from-ukuleles-to-hiking-okanagan-folk-school-ready-to-make-economic-impact/it90007

connections through crafting

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I was making coffee and thinking about what the community has meant to me and realized this…“any day I may write something different about my experience with L.S.H. Today I want to express the pleasure and solace making things has brought to me.

This would be pertinent any time, but I feel especially so during COVID when there has been so much devastation and worry. Because our community if a group of ‘lovers of making things’ and who appreciate the work of others I have felt encouraged to explore materials and return to my love of working with cloth and words.

After years of guiding children through difficulties with language, having time to work with a needle and thread has been especially uplifting. It’s especially fun to offer some of my ‘products’ to my students and their families. Though without people from this community, I don’t know if I would have carried on making. I certainly did not want to make things to sit in a closet. I am a person who thrives on feedback. Each time someone likes or wants something I have made – it’s sort of a validation and feeling of love. What could be better than a group of people who can do that for one another?

Written by Noreen Battaglia

Ally Leenhouts