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  • Tour Walden pond and explore how Henry chose his project
  • Identify a stewardship project in your community
  • Create a plan for your project

There is a Walden in every community. This is your opportunity to discover a project where you can make a difference. In this unit, you will learn how Thoreau found his Walden while you identify and plan your own environmental stewardship project.

  • Learn about Walden Pond and its significance
  • Select your Walden - pick your stewardship project
    		 Henry Finds His Walden
    What made Concord a special place?
    How did Henry choose Walden Pond?
    How did Henry select the site for his house?
    Why does Henry write about "wildness"?
    Ask Jeff Cramer. Curator at the Thoreau Institute, your questions





    "I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived."

    Henry David Thoreau, Walden