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=Welcome to the Chesonis Commons Steering Committee Wiki=


 * Commons** are the things upon which we all depend and for which we are all responsible (i.e., air, trust, our collective future, water, libraries, public health, heritage sites, public safety, top soil, etc.). They are the things we share and must work to preserve for future generations.

//“The curriculum embedded in any building instructs as fully and as powerfully as any course taught in it.”// //- David Orr// //“The sustainable transition is the process of coming to terms with sustainability in all its deeply rich ecological, social, ethical and economic dimensions.”- T.O. Riordan and H.Voisey// //“make each of our schools an embryonic community...with types of occupations that reflect the life of the larger society.” - John Dewey// //“There are no passengers on Spaceship Earth. We are all crew.”- Marshall McLuhan, 1964//
 * Chesonis Commons will be a “living building”** dedicated to education for a sustainable future—an authentic and evolving environment that puts students in the position to lead and link personal responsibility to the resource challenges of our times. The operation of all the systems of The Commons—energy, water and atmosphere—will be part of a social curriculum where students strive to achieve a net-zero balance in these resources. This will be a place of student debate and problem solving, where year-by-year new ideas are implemented and tested as the authentic challenges of sustainable living unfold for the student body. Building on our already extensive programs in local food production and food security, two large vertical gardens will be used to produce food and sequester carbon dioxide. Harley will serve our nation’s community of schools as a leading example of a 21st century education.