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To get more info or
to enroll please call
413 528-4262

 

 

MaryElizabeth Merritt, Ph.D.

Mary Beth is committed to education that supports the growth and development of the true greatness that lies within every human being. She is also a passionate advocate of life sustaining relationships with each other and the Earth.She has been involved in the field of education for over 35 years, with a focus on holistic education for close to 18 years..  She is a founding Director of Four Winds, Inc., a nonprofit educational organization formed about 15 years ago to bring holistic practices to the community. Currently that work is being done through the Living Learning Collaborative and as a community volunteer in the local schools.  In addition to her passion for education, MaryBeth works in the community to help evolve the ways we live using dialogue, and through her interests and training in agriculture and nutrition, serving as the Berkshire County Chapter Leader of the Weston A. Price Foundation.   She has degrees in Biochemistry (B.A.), Chemistry (Ph.D.) and extensive training in personal development, community organizing and change, dialogue, culinary arts and nutrition, gardening and the arts.  MaryBeth is a recent graduate of the The Berkshire Leadership Program, a project of the Berkshire Chamber of Commerce.  She looks forward to meeting you and collaborating for the common good!

  "The secret of Education lies in respecting the pupil.  It is not for you to choose what he shall know, what he shall do.   It is chosen and foreordained, and he only holds the key to his own secret."  - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Contact: 
MaryBeth  email:  fourwindsfarmgb@aol.com

Phone:      
413-528-4262 (please call 413-528-3079 in the winter)

Address:   
Four Winds Farm
110 Christian Hill Road
Great Barrington, MA 01230   or

229 Long Pond Road

Great Barrington, MA 01230