OCSL in Action

Strategies for a New Economy: A Free 3-Day Live Web Event

11 months 3 weeks ago

What would an economy based on principles of fairness and sustainability look like? How do we collectively strategize to fully implement it? What are the implications for our culture, our society, and our health and well-being?

These pressing questions will be addressed at the New Economics Institute’s free 3-day live online conference from Bard College. More than 20 speakers will gather together to reshape our economic system by working together to achieve a common goal. We invite you to be part of the solution.

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Omega Moment: Robin's Nest on the Dining Hall Porch

12 months 4 days ago

Our Rhinebeck campus is located on 195-acres in New York's historic Hudson Valley. It is a wonderful place to get in touch with nature and discover what sustainable living is all about. Earlier this month, we discovered a bird's nest filled with beautiful blue eggs lying in wait in a window box on the Dining Hall porch. This week, we welcomed three baby robins into the world!

Our environmental stewardship of the campus serves both Omega and our local community, which is well-known for its natural beauty, farms, vibrant art communities, and cultural innovation.

Learn more about Omega's sustainable solutions

 
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Skip Backus: OCSL Presentation at the Living Green Symposium

1 year 2 weeks ago

Omega Instutite's CEO, Skip Backus discusses how Omega decided to handle the problem of water management while reducing our carbon footprint on campus by created the LEED-certified Omega Center for Sustainable Living (OCSL).

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Permaculture Homesteading: How To Live Off the Grid While Staying Connected

1 year 2 weeks ago

The confluence of peak oil, loss of biodiversity, and widespread pollution from carbon-based industries all point to the growing need for an alternative to our way of living. Using natural, scientifically based approaches, the worldwide permaculture movement addresses these issues to develop a healthy, vibrant, more sustainable model we can all use—right at home.

During this 5-day workshop, leading permaculture teacher Andrew Faust shows us how to live off the grid, while staying connected to our communities and the world. We learn to:

  • Turn our home, farm, or cabin into a self-sufficient, low-energy-use, off-the-grid dwelling
  • Use natural energy supplies like passive solar and gravity-fed water systems
  • Detox our home and clean indoor air with plants
  • Develop organic, biodynamic, and biointensive home and rooftop gardening techniques
  • Turn wastes into resources with gray-water sumps, composting for home and garden, and eco-outhouses

 

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Earth Day Celebration with Oakwood Friends School

1 year 1 month ago

In honor of Earth Day, students from Oakwood Friends School helped out in the garden and took a tour of the Omega Center for Sustainable Living, one of the greenest buildings in America.

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