addison tate

Teacher at Pond Brook

Pronouns: he/him

Addison’s work with youth in ecology, agriculture, and social systems took him from the lakes and forests of the Champlain Valley and the Adirondacks, to the Hudson Valley, to the rocky coast of Northern California, and back home to Addison County. He graduated Vassar College with a degree in Environmental Studies, which grounds his work in global intersectional environmentalism. He loves scale-surfing from everyday micro-moments to broader contexts in order to find the emergent patterns that connect us to our world. He brings lenses of Nonviolent Communication and Emergent Strategy to his work in community in the hopes that trust, healing, and intention at internal and interpersonal levels will radiate out into our social-ecosystems. Addison got his start at Willowell in 2020 at the Walden Project as an AmeriCorps member.  He has made the rounds through New Roots, Summer Camps, and Pond Brook. His work at Willowell is multi-sensory, musical, somatic, student-centered, and driven by curiosity, play, and humor. He enjoyed coordinating the planting of Willowell’s Edible Forest Pathway, and continues to engage youth in its stewardship and culinary bounties.