The eternal question: What happens when seven motivated individuals are placed in rural Vermont surrounded by a transient student population, institutional constraints, and a faculty (and region) dedicated to being brilliant eco-evolutionaries?

Answer: Chaos and magic. As interns we are an (un) intentional community, perpetuators of inspiration, dabblers in burnout, and all-in-all badass creators. Often we are building structures for the school, sometimes for ourselves. Take a look at what we’ve been working on this month.

A savvy lumber junkie who is slick with renovation and can build one mean canoe, Design/Build Architect-in-Training Nick inspects our main building in preparation for its (at-long-last) exterior steps.

Diggin’ on the Adirondack camp style, Design/Build Aficionado Jeff flavors red the window bucks which will serve as vibrant accents to our soon-to-be-finished Cabin 5.

[Industrial] Design/Builder Justin refines his wood-based construction techniques through stringer and tread creation, erasing the gap from lawn to interior, producing his first set of stairs.

Design/Build Connoisseur Jess's carpentry ingenuity flourishes as she lightens up her cave-like basement room by installing an interior window.

Lovin’ the geometric perfection of it all, Community Embracing Faerie Jess builds a mini-geodesic dome meditation hut as a Burning Man-esque retreat space.

Farmer Josh, Kitchen Wizard and Garden Guru, blends nitrogen fixers with knock-out kale to convert the Yester-grounds into an air-healing, veggie-producing campus tapestry.