What’s Up North Blog

By ANCA Energy Circuit Riders Shawnea Hull and Carlie Leary Incorporating sustainable practices into your holiday season doesn’t have to be difficult and can be a wonderful opportunity to create new traditions, start meaningful conversations, and reduce your impact on...

Melanie Reding, Associate Director, Adirondack Diversity Initiative Like many contemporary holidays and celebrations, Thanksgiving has become a holiday where  oversimplification, misrepresentation and myths tend to dominate the narrative. The history and significance of the day is often overshadowed by commercialism...

David Epstein-HaLevi, ScholarACTIVIST-in-Residence, Adirondack Diversity Initiative   “How are you feeling?”  It’s such a seemingly simple question — yet research by professor, lecturer and author Brené Brown has revealed that the average American adult has the ability to name only...

The Adirondack Folk School specializes in traditional crafts — and uses modern digital marketing strategies to grow their audience. by Olivia Dwyer, ANCA CPR Program Navigator A flooring factory seems an unlikely place to find a social media mastermind. But...

“For me and my family, the ability to do what we love and share it with others is a legacy we all want to be part of. Personally, it is very fulfilling to be back in operation and continue the...