Our Community

We're proud to be in community with these wonderful humans and organizations, and we invite you to check out their beautiful work!

Cradle of Care: A home for multicultural cooperation, care, and repair

The emerging vision for the Cradle of Care is to be a cooperatively-owned center for land-based projects that support the spiritual and cultural work of care and repair needed in our time, especially for Black, Brown, and Indigenous communities. 
This land is stewarded by Alan Webb & Aden Van Noppen and is the home of Ripple Forest School and Of the Mountain Nurturing Services with Demacy Monte-Parker.

Grubby & Co. is a secular, inclusive learning community for families who want to grow and learn with friends in our beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains. (founded by Ali Beatty, a Ripple parent)

Wild Remembering School: nature education, mindfulness, and Earth skills for restoring kinship and connection founded by our friend Topher Stephens (adult programs)

Demacy Monte-Parker, Of the Mountain Nurturing Services, is a birth doula, yoga teacher, intuitive, and energy healer in Brevard, NC.

​Melody Beus, MAcOM, L.Ac. of Wandering Roots Acupuncture specializes in acupuncture for mental & emotional wellness and migraines in Brevard, NC.

7 Directions of Service (7DS) is an Indigenous-led environmental justice and community organizing collective based on Occaneechi-Saponi homelands in rural North Carolina dedicated to canceling the Mountain Valley Pipeline/Southgate Extension, advocating for legal Rights of Nature and developing a land, language and cultural center based on traditional teachings.

PackRatz Adventures is an outdoor recreation and travel company offering guided backpacking trips in Michigan. The owner/guide, Erin, is a good friend and colleague of ours, as well as a forest school teacher! Erin and Alex taught together at Firefly Forest School.

Caroline Richardson of Care-Aligned Myofascial Release is a massage therapist offering JFB Myofascial Release Therapy and Therapeutic Massage Instruction for Couples in Brevard, NC.

Maddy Aper of Fluer de Luna Healing is a healer using flower essences and other modalities in Brevard, NC.

VITALITY Cincinnati is a circle of friends transforming lives through gentle and accessible self-care: Healing Touch, gentle yoga & meditation, Movement Intelligence & Feldenkrais Method, journaling, and gardening/gleaning. Online classes & circles available.

ashley hartman annis is is an educator, a full-spectrum birthworker (doula), a TRE® (Tension & Trauma Releasing Exercise) provider, and a zine maker in madison, wisconsin. all bodies, orientations, genders, ages, abilities welcome—gender inclusive & trauma informed. online classes & sessions available.

White Awake offers online courses to combat white supremacy by focusing on educational resources and spiritual practices designed to support the engagement of people who’ve been socially categorized as “white” in the creation of a just and sustainable society.

Eco-Institute at Sanctuary Farm is an Earth Sanctuary and Learning Community dedicated to Healing the Human-Earth Relationship in Chapel Hill, NC. Taking part in their Rising Earth Immersion was a foundational experience for Alex.

Permacrafters teaches life skills to care for the Earth through their online courses. Build new skills for everyday eco-friendly living. Redesign your lifestyle within the framework of permaculture, as you adopt new habits, grow and forage your own food, craft your own cleaners, body care products, remedies, and more.