Meet the Team

Franzi

Franziska is passionate about finding and creating alternative and local solutions to modern problems created through globalisation and centralization.

She is currently working on her doctoral dissertation about social movements that are creation local solutions with a focus on alternative education and food systems.

She has two children of her own and runs a little farm and non-spray garden on the eastern shore. She enjoys gardening, goats and horses, rock-climbing and playing music.

Vanessa

Vanessa is passionate about the different pedagogies that put the child at the forefront of their own learning.

She has a special education degree, a couple years experience as a homeschooling/unschooling parent of 3 children and a forest and nature school practitioner training.

She enjoys being with children, knitting, wittling wood, reading and flying trapeze!

Catie

Catie is a mother of two invested in creating a better world for her children. She is passionate about many alternative subjects including conscious/gentle parenting, holistic nutrition, sustainability, traditional birth keeping, yoga, and meditation.

A constant student and sometimes teacher/guide, she has spent many years working with children and mothers. She looks forward to creating an enriching community for her family through this project.

Let's invent the world we want to see, together. 

Ainsley

A mother of one, Ainsley has spent over a decade supporting and nurturing the well being, health and growth of adults with developmental disabilities both in front line work and in supervisory positions.

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The journey of motherhood has sparked a deep desire to combine all the skills learned in her career with her passions to help create the world she desires for her child.

She is passionate about all things food related - holistic nutrition, sustainable gardening, food preservation and cooking, as well as alternative and natural healing methods, music, working with her hands, and intentional community, and the personal growth it requires in order to maintain a collective wellness.