Kaleidoscope
From the desk of Susie Fahrer
The Rainbow Seven Domains™
Director’s Welcome
Learning is a Metaphysical Activity
I attended a lecture by Buckminster Fuller last night. Of course, Bucky passed on many years ago, so it was an actor giving the lecture, but it was very real. Enlightening and enlivening. We traveled...
Transformation
Friday morning was the new moon and the Lunar New Year. We move into the Year of the Horse, and from a "water" time -- a time of lots of flow and flexible change -- into a "wood" time. Saturday was...
A Special Visit from a Rainbow Founder
In early December Anne Craig visited Rainbow for the first time in many years. Anne is one of the three visionary women who founded Rainbow Mountain in 1977. It was such a joy to see her enthusiastic...
Kaleidoscope for January — News about Rainbow’s Expansion!
Kaleidoscope, January 2014: The View from Executive Director, Renee Owen The light returns! Yes, each of us in so many ways have made it through the darkest days, and now the light returns. Hope...
The Happiness Index and More
Jeffrey Sachs, one of Time's "Most Influential People," is the world's most important economist. He works for the UN and countries around the world to promote sustainability, and he is on a life-long...
We DID It!
We raised the $200,000 down payment to purchase the church! We did it on time! Just as the Holiday Performance was about to begin, the final $6,000 was donated on the December 20th deadline! We did it...
Look Who Came to Visit!
Look who came to visit! Nura Laird (formerly Ashrita Laird), blessed us with a visit in November. Ms. Laird is one of the brilliant women who founded Rainbow in 1977. She was executive director for the...
It’s Just Like Sitting Down With Renee…
...and having a conversation! Click on this link to listen to a Podcast from Asheville Fm's Living Well program. Host Bob Hanna spends an hour with Rainbow Community School executive director, Renee...
Reconnecting to Our Humanity
From a fellow classmate at Harvard, "The only way for humans to compete with technology is to become more human." (From the Future of Learning, Summer, 2013) As I have written lately, the more...