Yestermorrow Blog

Passive House News Round-Up

February 20, 2023

By Sarah Johnson, Outreach and Student Services Manager

Passive house principles, hailing originally from the German passivhaus movement, are gaining popularity in the net zero design industry for their simple efficiency. Passive houses harness the energy from the sun using intentional design based on the seasons and path of light. Large windows are used to heat the space using low winter sun, and overhangs to provide shade and cooling. As passive houses gain traction in the US as a viable and versatile option, more and more cities and organizations are incorporating these principles to create affordable, green public and private housing. We've done the research for you - here's the latest from the world of passive house building: affordable senior living in Boston, housing for victims of wildfires in Colorado, and new standards being set in Scotland.

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Starting Seeds

February 6, 2023

By Ian Reid, Cook & Gardener
On likely the coldest day of the year, my mind is on spring. This past week I received a few orders of seeds for Yestermorrow’s small kitchen garden - we purchased from Fedco, True Love Seeds, and the Experimental Farm Network. These will join a battalion of seeds I’ve saved and bred for the past few years while working on the coast of Maine....

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2023 Woodworking Certificate is under way!

January 30, 2023

The 2023 Woodworking Certificate is off to an exciting start! The students spent the first week of class delving into the source material for our woodworking program via an in-depth forestry tour, sawmill demonstrations, and discussion around our relationship with the forest and the lumber we source from it. We bundled up and traveled off...

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Back in action, with new students and staff!

January 18, 2023

By Sarah Johnson, Outreach and Student Services Manager
The classrooms of Yestermorrow are buzzing again as we kicked off our new year of courses on our Waitsfield campus! Over the weekend we oriented our new interns in Intro to the Woodshop, and broke out the projector screen in the main studio once again for Anatomy of a House. A few weeks back, we also held a couple of new courses...

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Winter Campus Improvement Projects

January 9, 2023

By Sarah Johnson, Outreach and Student Services Manager
New in January 2023! At Yestermorrow, we value spaces. We think critically about how we want them to look and feel, what we need them to do, and what we want to do within those spaces. The slower winter months have seen a flurry of activity on our Vermont campus, focused on a much-needed kitchen update and expanding our indoor building capacity...

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