On April 23rd at 10:30 p.m. Ashley and Louise became grandparents of Asher Adams Cadwell.  Asher is a  9 pound, 12 ounce, baby boy born to son, Alden and daughter-in-law, Caroline.  What a miracle!  We feel blessed to be in Boston this week with the new family to help out and to be fully present to this new, beautiful baby who, by some amazing cycle of life, is related to us. All the genes of knowing how to be with and care for babies, and fully enjoy babies are blooming in Alden, our own first born, handed down to Alden ... read more...

Chapter 1 A few weeks ago I was getting into my car to drive out of a mall parking lot in St. Louis when I noticed a female mallard step off the curb a few car rows away from me and start across the street with several, well actually,… ten ducklings following her!  I could see that the ducklings were having a hard time getting up the curb on the other side and I sped over, making a U turn and stopping my car right in front of the scene of the duckling crossing.  Meanwhile, cars were swerving to miss ... read more...

Last week Ashley and I attended holiday concerts at three of the schools where we work in St. Louis.  Last Wednesday, we went to the Maplewood Richmond Heights Winter Market where students sold bee products from wax and honey that they had harvested from their own bees.  They researched how to and then created  tea lights, lip balm, tree ornaments, and soap.  And, of course, there was golden, local MRH honey for sale. These students are working on a triple bottom line business plan for their small non profit business.  The holiday concert which followed the Winter Market featured the MRH ... read more...

  We are thrilled about the second Seminar that Cadwell Collaborative will co-host for educators here in St. Louis in April: Myth Busters: Challenge Assumptions and Learn for the Future We are fortunate to collaborate with three schools: The College School; The Maplewood Richmond Heights School District; and The St. Michael School. Participants will  participate in student led tours of eco school yards and innovative school design observe dynamic classes and students in action learn in presentations by students and teachers join in Open Space dialogue and idea sharing challenge assumptions and learn for the future A Seminar for K-12 Educators April 19 ... read more...

Announcing: Engaging Our Grounds Conference: September 16–18, 2011, Berkeley & San Francisco, California We want to recommend an inspiring, upcoming conference, a delightful colleague and the great book that she has written.  Sharon Gamson Danks is the author of the widely acclaimed book, Asphalt to Ecosystems: Design Ideas for Schoolyard Trans­for­mation (New Village Press, 2010).  Sharon is an environmental planner and founding partner of Bay Tree Design in Berkeley, CA.  As a researcher, writer and hands-on designer and planner, she has visited and documented over 200 green schoolyard and park projects in North America, Europe, Great Britain, and Japan and ... read more...

We are lucky to be in Middlebury, Vermont in the summers.  We are especially lucky this summer as we are able to witness an amazing happening…a team of 70 Middlebury College students working around the clock to design and build a solar house on campus that will travel to Washington D.C. in the fall for a huge international competition.  We are proud Middlebury alumni and we are following the progress closely.  We have written about this event in our summer newsletter.  In our newsletter we feature exemplary student work and helpful resources.  If you would like to receive several Cadwell ... read more...

Cadwell Collaborative is excited about our new blog! ... read more...