https://www.baldmountainmeadow.com/about daily 0.75 2025-05-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615c7d67060a814a15ad1d96/ddca5ade-53ea-44ad-ad61-713f9d611260/IMG_0052.jpg About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615c7d67060a814a15ad1d96/1abd9177-a6d0-4158-bee8-aa5809f7e54a/IMG_2589.JPG About In 2018, long-time educators Molly Simmons and Jason BreMiller purchased 160 acres in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom where they lived in an off-grid yurt while trying to tread lightly and connect their young children Rosie and Alden to wildness. The time they spent in the meadow brought into sharp relief the urgency of problems such as climate change, growing anxiety in their students, and the gaps within the educational system to equip students to navigate these challenges with inner strength and grace. The Meadow helped them see that a new educational paradigm is not only needed, but possible, and in 2020, the Bald Mountain Meadow opened with its first learning expeditions and school partnerships. Bald Mountain Meadow rests on the shoulder of Bald Mountain, in the heart of Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom, in the Clyde River Valley, on the ancestral territory of the Abenaki people. The location is ideally situated for deep immersion in a rich and diverse natural ecosystem and in vibrant human communities where people live and work close to the land. And while Bald Mountain Meadow’s programs have expanded far beyond the northeast corner of Vermont, to places like Alaska, Scotland, and Iceland, the Meadow—and the ideas incubated there—remain at the core of what we do. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615c7d67060a814a15ad1d96/b08b634b-a97f-4c3c-bee0-bcdad890d300/Molly+Headshot.jpg About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615c7d67060a814a15ad1d96/444ecdda-ed29-424e-8da4-952b1b40d1d1/IMG_2624.JPG About - Make it stand out Sean Prentiss Sean Prentiss is the award-winning author of Finding Abbey: the Search for Edward Abbey and His Hidden Desert Grave, which won the National Outdoor Book Award, Utah Book Award, and the New Mexico-Arizona Book Award, and the author of Crosscut: Poems. He is also the co-writer of Environmental and Nature Writing. He used to be a trail crew leader and wilderness guide in the Pacific Northwest and Desert Southwest. He now is associate professor at Norwich University. He has hiked the Colorado Trail and Long Trail. He and his family live on a small lake in northern Vermont not far from Bald Mountain Meadow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615c7d67060a814a15ad1d96/6582ede5-f92a-43bd-9b2d-0055a8ec63d5/Ian+Norway.jpg About - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615c7d67060a814a15ad1d96/8f78a57c-d183-45db-a3cb-81f7c92aa867/9B06DB0B-A77D-4A7F-9117-608CF7901C8F.JPG About - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615c7d67060a814a15ad1d96/1662217280857-PCOFNIHJYR9FMM8ZS7R1/unnamed.png About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/615c7d67060a814a15ad1d96/b3187572-70aa-4e33-a12d-bce263e351c5/Vanessa+Headshot.jpg About - Make it stand out VANESSA COPPOLA Vanessa currently works as Director of Operations at Bald Mountain Meadow. A learner first and foremost, Vanessa has always been curious about the mechanics of how humans and communities work. After discovering a passion for service learning in her undergraduate days, Vanessa embarked on a 10-year stint in education. From nursery school to universities, Vanessa specialized in building and directing programs to empower students, teachers, and communities. Her favorite programs led her and her students out into the woods, waters and mountains of northern New England to experience the power of place and collaborative communities. 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