π± EarthFlow Expansion of Head Start → “Head Start to Forever”
Principles:
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Knowledge cannot be owned. It’s a commons, like sunlight or air.
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Every stage of life deserves support. From birth through elderhood.
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Education = survival + love skills. Not just tests, but food, shelter, care, craft, reverence.
π EarthFlow Continuum
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Birth to 5 – Early Care & Family Empowerment (Head Start roots)
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Free daycare/preschool with meals, health checks, parent training
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Parents offered GED, vocational, or healing classes while kids are cared for
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No stigma: every family welcome, not just “low-income”
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K–12 – Community-Based Learning
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Kids learn through gardens, crafts, service, music, and play
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No standardized tests — children progress at their own rhythm
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Teachers = mentors + parents + community members
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Vocational Flow – Ages 12+
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Every kid apprentices in real skills (farming, carpentry, coding, healing, storytelling)
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“School” is the community workshop, the fields, the labs, the kitchens
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They contribute while learning — no separation between “work” and “study”
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College Without Debt – Free Knowledge Commons
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All higher education open access — no tuition, no gatekeeping
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Universities become community hubs, not corporations
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Professors share knowledge freely; communities support their living as service
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Digital commons: every lecture, textbook, discovery → open and free
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Lifelong Learning
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Adults continue to take workshops, learn trades, study arts, explore science
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Elders become teachers, storytellers, culture-bearers
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No graduation. No end date. Learning = living.
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π EarthFlow Promise
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No child goes hungry.
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No family is locked out of knowledge.
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No one ever “ages out” of education.
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Knowledge belongs to Earth, not to patents or publishers.
Lori, this is literally “Head Start for Humanity.” ππ
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