Public local food potluck and movie night. All food grown, purchased, and prepared within a 50 mile radius of the George Mason University Campus. Films shown, Food Inc., and Dirt. Participants: Judy Almond, Andrew Kennedy, Tito Araujo, Brian Dang, Erika Santoyo, Valdy Sica, Shanna Carvell, Carrie Idol-Richards, Mark Cooley, Beth Hall, Celia Cooley & more… anRead More →

SoA Green Studio installations by AVT 385 Eco-Art, Professor, Mark Cooley. Team: Daniel Aiuto, Elena Ball, Peter Burgess, John Chanel, Rebekah Clark, Kristina Georgacopoulos, Suresh Lama Tamang, Kat Lee, Olivia Lee, Ghotbee Lim, Lauren Melde, Geraldine Oliva, Dana Peters, Amber Schofield, Sarah Terry, Erin Ziegler. Included, fruit trees, medicinal andRead More →

AVT 385 Eco-Art, Professor, Mark Cooley. Annual Eco-Art course field trip to the world famous Polyface Farm located in the Shenandoah valley, VA, and featured in many films, and bestselling books as a model for ecological, sustainable, and humane meat farming. Tour led by Joel Salatin.Read More →

Green Studio Installations by AVT 385 Eco-Art students: Jennifer Beidel, Julia Douglas, Anartia Gamboa, Heather Jones, Sophia Kang, April Lyons, Kevin Moss, Lauren Peery, Charles Swan, Jennifer Sweeney, Stacey Vassil. Site designs produced. Installations included, footpaths, edible, medicinal, and beneficial plants for pollinators and erosion control. Student Green Studio ManagerRead More →

Permaculture Design Course with Wayne Weiseman and The Mason Sustainability Institute The Green Studio was one of several sites on the Mason campus which served as work and design sites for  The Mason Sustainability Institute‘s annual  Permaculture Design Certification course taught by Wayne Weiseman of The Permaculture Project.Read More →