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Doing Good in the Dominican Republic

By Kate Stephenson, Executive Director
This 17-day design/build adventure is focusing on a rural community project for the Women's Club of the Future of El Rincon. The Women's Club is dedicated to strengthening their community by creating opportunities for their residents, especially their young adults. Their projects include utilizing the nearby Laguna Del Diablo as a guided tourist...

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Moving forward

By Kate Stephenson, Executive Director
As planet earth begins a new rotation, and the calendar signifies a new year, my thoughts naturally turn to the lengthening days ahead, despite the bitter cold temperatures that seem to have frozen everything, including time, in place.A new year means many things. Resolutions. Tax time. Time for change. Fresh starts. Personal reflection....

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Yestermorrow Instructor Bert Yankielun's Book Hits the Streets

By Kate Stephenson, Executive Director
Yestermorrow is excited to announce that instructor Bert Yankielun's book, How to Build an Igloo, and Other Snow Shelters is hot off the presses. Bert has been teaching the Igloo Design/Build course at Yestermorrow since 2004. He's been featured in a recent issue of Architecture Week with an excerpt from the book, and in 2005 his Yestermorrow...

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Friend of Yestermorrow offers Internship in Ghana

By Kate Stephenson, Executive Director
This from Anthony Broese, a Yestermorrow grad from Australia who is doing some great community development work in Africa."I'm writing to inform you of the project commencing in January 2008 in Ghana. Basically the project is about peace building through food security. This means that it has many faces. Landscape design and restoration will be...

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3rd Annual Exhibition and Sale

By Kate Stephenson, Executive Director
We are busy this week getting ready for the 3rd Annual Yestermorrow Exhibition and Sale: Art from the Yestermorrow Community. Once again we will feature an amazing lineup of artists from Yestermorrow's talented crew of instructors, interns, staff and board. Our Main Studio will be magically transformed next Saturday into an art gallery and we...

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