This quarter, Spring 2006, is Free Skool Santa Cruz's one year anniversary and the most ambitious yet. 50 different classes taught by 46 different teachers, with class sessions almost every day of the next three months.

Free Skool spring quarter runs March 1st to May 31st and offers a variety of classes in homes, community centers, and open spaces all over Santa Cruz. In spring quarter, classes include Ancient Beekeeping, Wild Foods, Religion for Radicals, Freakbikes, Nonviolent Communication, History of the Future, and Survival Gourmet. Along with classes on art, local history, music, wilderness skills, DIY medicine, movement, self-defense, cooking, and yoga.

Free Skool is a completely grassroots effort, a collection of folks acting collectively and autonomously to create a skill-sharing network, a school without institutional control. It is an opportunity to learn from others and share what you know, to help create self-reliance, vital communities, and beauty in the world. Read more