Episode #67: Ezra Sullivan - Threefold Educational Foundation Youth Co-Lab

For this episode of the Microcollege podcast we welcome Ezra Sullivan, of the Threefold Education Foundation in Chestnut Ridge, New York, one of the major centers of anthroposophical work and study in North America. This fall, Ezra will be leading an innovative new semi-individualized learning program called the Youth Co-Lab. This program aims to "rethink how society could reflect the nobility of the human soul" and is structured around three interconnected pillars:Study: Developing an inner capacity for meaningInitiative: Creating projects that address contemporary challengesService: Grounding wisdom in practical community engagementBorn in Los Angeles, Ezra Sullivan moved to South America after high school to initiate an inquiry into the life and being of man and nature with meditation and agriculture. In Latin America, Rudolf Steiner’s ideas quickly reached Ezra through work with biodynamic agriculture. He returned to the US three years later and the following nine years were focused mainly in the Pacific Northwest on biodynamic agriculture, nonprofit leadership, the intentional communities movement, and non-violent activism. In 2022, Ezra studied at the Goetheanum in Switzerland. His focus now lies primarily in the social realm including adult engagement in Anthroposophy and renewing organizations. In 2024, Ezra moved to Threefold Community in New York.Links:Youth Co-Lab: https://threefold.org/youth/Beginning Anthroposophy Intro Course: https://threefold.org/introcourse/Threefold Education Foundation: https://threefold.org/Thoreau College: www.thoreaucollege.orgDriftless Folk School: www.driftlessfolkschool.org