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The Narrow Ridge Center is a nonprofit organization established to study, teach and demonstrate sustainability with solar powered rental facilities and homes that have been “off the grid” since 1991. Narrow Ridge is dedicated to providing experiential learning of Earth Literacy based on the cornerstones of spirituality, sustainability, and community.   We are located on the […]

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What is Earth Literacy?

We are all teachers and we are all learners We are all part of just one community We are aware of our relationship with others, nature and the divine We seek to look closer & deeper so as to see farther & wider

Narrow Ridge and Earth Literacy

“Narrow Ridge” does not refer to a geographical location or a geological structure. Rather, it is a place in the heart. “Narrow Ridge” is a phrase that originated with Jewish philosopher, Martin Buber. For Buber, the Narrow Ridge was the place between the “I and the Thou,” as opposed to the “I and the it.” […]