Two staff families will soon be inhabiting our new staff housing duplex, Fenwood. Camp Friedenswald entered this building project with a commitment to sustainable and green building practices and we…
Solar and More at Lakeview Lodge
This past week we had an exciting development at Lakeview Lodge — the installation of 46 solar panels! The panels should produce nearly 100% of the electricity needs for the lodge in the coming years. While these changes are worth celebrating, a look back at improvements to Lakeview Lodge tells a larger story of energy conservation and progress over the last 10 years.
A Climate Action Plan for Camp Friedenswald
At Camp Friedenswald, we have been working on environmental, social, and financial resilience and sustainability for a number of years. In 2023, to help focus our goals and be explicitly part of the collective effort to limit climate change, we began writing our “Camp Friedenswald Climate Action Plan”. The summary of this plan follows.
Camp Friedenswald Works Towards Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Camp Friedenswald has been taking steps over the past six years to make camp a place where all who come to the peaceful woods feel welcomed and experience belonging, particularly those who have experienced social and systemic barriers in the past.
Our work has been multi-faceted, including adopting an inclusive hiring policy and welcome statement, training and education for staff, and renovating buildings and outdoor spaces with an eye to physical accessibility…