Sites related to Rudolf Steiner and Waldorf education. Please send e-mail to Bob Hale if you would like me to link to your site or if you find a broken link. The Rudolf Steiner Schools Association has a web site with a list of member schools, vacancies, etc. There are several sections on this page that you can jump to: Small Business, Shops Anthroposophy Books and fonts Home schooling Discussion Groups Articles and Information Teacher Training and Development School Support Lists of Steiner and Waldorf Schools Individual Schools Students Other links

 
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Small business, Shops
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Australian:

List of Australian book shops selling Steiner-related books

• All About Face - distributor for Kryolan professional face paints and stage makeup, professional makeup artist available for email consultations for school stage productions.  Also stocking beginner and professional Unicycles, Orders and enquiries: karin.adamsgill@gmail.com or phone Karin Adams 0409 937 705, Shop 1a / 179 Liverpool Street Hobart, 7000, Tasmania

• Alphacraft: Quality hand-made arts and crafts. Email: sales@alphacrafts.com
• Australian Organic Wool: We produce hand knitting yarns, WOOLganic Knitters yarn,  spun from certified organic Australian Merino wool. Available at wholesale prices to schools, craft groups and retail outlets
• Bentsticks - Timeless toys that grow on trees
• Blessed Earth - We make and sell underwear and babywear from Bio-Dynamic cotton. We buy the cotton from SEKEM in Egypt and make in Melbourne.
• Carla de Jong - toys. Wooden toys and soft dolls, classes in doll making and doll making materials for sale.

• Craft Circle: Home based business located in the inner west of Melbourne supplying Waldorf inspired dolls, toys, Pure wool felt, craft kits, wet and dry felting materisls, parenting and craft books. Felt and Doll making workshops can be run at your location or ours. Discounts for schools and preschools. Phone Juliette on 0425 70 2001 or email thecraftcircle@optusnet.com.au with any enquiries.

• dragonfly toys - Keeping the Magic of Childhood Alive.. we stock a unique range of beautiful, natural, environmentally friendly toys & games (including co-operative games), art & craft materials, music CD's and Instruments, beautiful children's books and informative parenting books, natural family health products and other wonderful treasures. Our toys will inspire wonder in your children and are sturdy and safe; able to be passed down through the family.
• Epoche - a Steiner-inspired gift store that specialises in traditional wooden and natural fibre toys, beautiful children's books, Anthroposophical and inspirational texts, handmade dolls and felted gifts, premium art and craft supplies, organic cotton and 100% wool clothing. 77 Monbulk Road, Kallista, 3791, behind Kallista Biodynamic Market, (03) 9755 1952, info@epoche.com.au.
• Fairground Child We retail fair trade toys and clothing all made from natural materials. Lyra and Stockmar art materials, Weleda products, Lindy Clarke sculptures, Kraul, Debresk and much much more for imaginative and multicultural play. Huge range of organic cotton clothing for birth-size 8.
• The Fairy Ring Welcome to the Fairy Ring, a custom toy shop where the possibilities are endless. We are very proud and excited to offer a wide range of dolls, soft toys, play sets and dress-up accessories all hand cut, hand sewn and made from beautifully hand dyed, 100% pure wool felt. In addition to the toys, we offer a selection of hand dyed felt.
• Friendship Tree: natural toys handcrafted wooden and felt toys, faeries, gnomes and art.
• Graphic Design, Book covers, brochures, business cards, flyers, logos, stationery. Experienced graphic designer with training in Anthroposophy and Steiner Education. E-portfolio available on request.
  Matthew - Ph 0437 070 681 Email: mail@gnosis.org.au
• Head Heart and Hands Imaginative Play, 100% Natural fibre toys and crafts and workshops to create many Steiner-inspired toys. Shopfront in the Adelaide Hills, 81A Main Rd Nairne, South Australia 5252. Ph.(08)83880075 email stargold@internode.net.au
• Healing Through Stories (book) - The author is an ex-Steiner teacher who now travels nationally and internationally to run teacher and parent education workshops.
• Honeybee Toys – Australia’s largest range of Steiner-inspired toys including natural baby rattles, wooden castles, dolls houses, vehicles, blocks & boats, Ostheimer figures and animals, handmade dolls, children’s art and craft materials, musical instruments, co-operative boardgames.  Everything you need for imaginative play – made from ethical and renewable resources. 264 Glenferrie Rd, Malvern including a baby eco store. School, Kinder and Playgroup supplies contact melissa@honeybeetoys.com.au
• Indigo Goose: Making clothes for kids from organic and fair trade cotton.  Our clothes are earth friendly and child friendly.
• Indigo Inspirations - We are in Northern NSW and sell quality Steiner Crafts (specialising in hand dyed wool felt, wool & fleece products which we put together into beautiful kits for the beginner through to the experienced). We also have in our shop wooden toys, Bioviva environmental board & card games, stunning hand made felt toys including unicorns, horses & other animals, blossom fairies & hand dolls. Contact us at sales@indigoinspirations.net.au
• Inner Sophia - Soul nourishment including counselling and grief management
• John Allison Consulting - John is available to work both with individuals and organisations, in all aspects of Steiner Education. He offers support and advice for teachers and parents, and has extensive experience in pastoral care and support of adolescents. John is also producing a free quarterly email journal { parent-theses } for anyone interested in the challenges of parenting
• Kim Bowman - music and music compositions
• Lifeways - Anthroposophically based counselling and psychotherapy
• Little Chips Handcrafts email - annie.angle@gmail.com, phone: 03 93916596. Welcome to my store aimed at sparking children's lovely imaginations through Story Telling, Fairytales and Play. Natural handmade Peruvian finger puppets, Wooden crafts made by my very special Dad, Felt items, Wool+Waldorf Steiner DOLLS+LOTS of wonderful BOOKS. My overseas suppliers practice FAIR TRADE. I have recently been made one of two Australian distributors for Waldorf dolls made under the Q'ewar project.  These dolls are so gorgeous and I am so excited about promoting and supporting such a fantastic project.
• Little Jenny Wren - I have been a Steiner dollmaker for 12 years. I live in Tasmania and sell my dolls to people all over the world. You can contact me through my online shop or by email  littlejennywrendolls@live.com.au You can see examples of my dolls by visiting my gallery  at  www.dollgallerylittlejennywren.blogspot.com

• Lyrebird - Steiner products Tasmania - Distributor for all major Steiner related products. Importer of quality Dutch 100% wool felt (79 colours), Handmade slippers, mercurius art products, large range of Steiner publishers books, local Tassie made products including: handmade wooden toys, Steiner dolls Tas beeswax candles and kits email: karin@allaboutface.com.au or 03 6231 1433

  Shop 1/179 Liverpool street, Hobart (opp Spotlight) open Mon – Fri  11am – 4pm / Saturday 11.30am – 3.30pm  

• Made With Love - Steiner Based / Inspired Dolls / Toys - Donations of goods made to Steiner Schools upon request.
• Magic Starfish - Our bright and colourful range of Australian made, organic and sweat shop free tie dyes/hand dyes make the best choice for both your family and your environment. Each piece has been lovingly hand dyed in the Hunter Valley, Australia. Please visit our website or give us a call Jacqueline on (02) 4938 5555 or Kimberlie on 0415 065 909
• Melimoomoo: We stock unique toys and gifts for children that are all ethically made and inspired by our own search for natural, safe toys for our baby.
• Mercurius - We supply Stockmar, Lyra, Choroi etc to schools/kinders/homeschoolers etc.
• Miessence, Certified Organic Skin Care & Cosmetics. Miessence is the world’s first comprehensive range of products to be certified organic to food industry standards. Order online; use it to fundraise for your school; or use it to build a green & ethical home business
• Morning Star Crafts - Parenting, early childhood and craft books, art materials, Weleda, organic babywear, beautiful toys.  All natural handcrafts and materials, specializing in plant dyes.  For Australia wide mail order visit www.morningstarcrafts.com.au or phone Elizabeth on 03 5985 6797. Visitors to Rye welcome by appointment.
• Movement for Childhood: A resource – inspired by Waldorf Education – for teachers and parents who want to provide children a path to healthy development through age-appropriate movement activities
• My Wooden Toys - Wooden Toys, Educational Toys, Fun Toys. For Little People with Big Imaginations
• Natural Childhood - Natural Childhood -Specialising in plant dyed craft products. We stock wool fleece, felt, handspun Merino yarn, handspun silk & wool threads as well as felting needles, knitting needles, etc. Also available are hand felted pure fleece dolls made by Marla Beddome
• Nature Play - “For toys that foster the imagination”. We are Queensland’s largest retailer of Anthroposophical Books and are proudly Australian family owned and operated. We have a wonderful selection of books for both adults and children and a large range of Steiner inspired natural products and  beautiful timber toys. www.natureplay.com.au We now have a retail outlet at Shop 3 / 48 Main Street, Samford Village (down The Lane) between the Samford hotel and Poolwerx in Brisbane, Queensland, and we are open Tues-Fri 9.30-4.00pm and Sat 9.00-1.00. Please come and visit us, otherwise you can place and order by phoning Irene on 07 3298 5167 or 0437 329 851 or check out our website on www.natureplay.com.au or email enquiries@natureplay.com.au
• Nature's Child - We sell Steiner Playthings and mostly organic baby products. See our children's shop to see what we have.
• OVER THE RAINBOW-Waldorf inspired toys  - Offering a beautiful range of hand dyed silks and playcloths, Waldorf inspired dolls, fairies, baby gift packs and more. Visit my NEW ebay store to view some of my collection for sale or contact me, Robyn Clarkson at ovrainbow@bigpond.com
• Parenting Express - Being a parent is a bit like riding an express train, don't you think? That’s why we all need to express ourselves.
• Rainbow Wools We are a home based business supplying craft wool to schools - 20 ply, 12 ply and Rug wool, and 8 ply is available NOW". As our name implies - we have 12 rainbow colours - and the wool is nice and soft for little knitting fingers.
• Rosies doll clothes for Waldorf dolls
• Sally Martin, Artist - View some examples of Sally Martin's art work. Please contact her by e-mail or on +61 7 5478 6260 if you are interested in purchasing the prints.
• SAMS Handcrafts - Based in Croydon, Victoria, we make a range of wooden toys for preschoolers, from wheeled vehicles through building blocks to rocking horses and wooden animals. Full details on our website. E-mail mike@samscrafts.com.au,  Tel: 61 3 9723 5153, Fax 61 3 9723 9313, Mob. 0417 381 357
• Sarah's Dolls -  Waldorf Dolls Australia, natural material, minimal detail, buy ready-made or make your own, DVD now available. E-mail sarahsd@sarahs-dolls.com
• Sewn Together - Australian small business inspired by Steiner's theories about open ended play resources and dolls
• Sienna Academy - Painting therapy and artistic painting according to Liane Collot d'Herbois
• Silk Bazaar - We sell beautifully hand dyed silk products.
• Silk Playground Hand dyed playsilks at affordable prices, and ideas for creative play
• Small Dreams – the home of wooden toys and other treasures
• Sophia College is an initiative to promote training in holistic counselling, Buddhist psychotherapy and artistic therapies designed to encourage mental health and well being.
• Southern Aurora Books and Gifts – located in Perth, supplier of Waldorf art materials,  wooden toys, gifts, books, cards, Dr Hauschka Skin Care, Sonett Soaps and Detergents.   Contact 08 9434 1944 or saurora@bigpond.net.au
• Special Friends Waldorf Dolls - Soft and warm, sweet and cuddly, this range of custom made dolls and accessories are presented to you with attention to detail and fine quality. All my dolls are made by hand, with love and inspiration from the dolls developed by parents of children in Steiner schools worldwide, using the highest quality natural Australian fibre, pure cotton and pure wool. Shop hours by appointment  Monday to Friday, please call Shelley on 0412 260897 to arrange a time to suit you! or shop online
• Spiral Garden - Spiral Garden is an online retail business specialising in wooden toys, fabric dolls, quality art supplies, Steiner-inspired and homeschooling books, magazine subscriptions, co-operative games, natural craft materials and other gift items.  Email bel@spiralgarden.com.au.  Phone (07) 40966972. http://spiralgarden.com.au - shop online!
• Stargold Puppets; a Steiner inspired Puppetry company which tours to schools around Australia and offers Puppetry Workshops. Contact Luci or William (08) 8388 0075 or email stargold@internode.net.au
• Sunshadow Etsy - hand made indoor shoes for truly nurtured feet
• Tom Thumb Creative Craft - Steiner orientated craft business.
• Waldorf Dolls and Toys - I offer quality handmade Steiner dolls for all ages, hand-dyed silks, muslins and dress-ups, as well as storytelling puppets and marionettes.
• Weleda - Ethical health and beauty products, inspired by nature and holistic science.
• Winterwood - Steiner Inspired Toys: Supplier of Steiner Inspired craft books, Natural fibre doll and craft making supplies,  we are open Monday to Friday 9.30am to 2.30pm and Sat 9.30am to 12.30pm. Shop 5, 1-15 Hopetoun Road, Park Orchards Vic 3114. Phone 03 9879 0426 Fax: 03 9879 0427, E-mail: winterwood@bigpond.com 
• Yalolowa - Nurturing with Nature - Beautiful natural toys for children, including the gorgeous anamalz range made from organic maple, Keptin Jnr organic dolls and comforters (Steiner inspired)

Overseas:

• A Child's Dream Come True - Natural toys, co-operative games and inspiring imaginative materials and kits for making natural toys and dolls. Plant dyed silk, wool felt and fleece! Homeschooling supplies and more
• Bear Dance Crafts - A web store offering natural toys, craft supplies and books. The business is located in Canada and ships worldwide (Australia included!).
• Bella Luna Toys, family-owned, home-based business offering a wide range of natural, Waldorf-inspired playthings, e-mail info@bellalunatoys.com
• Bob & Nancy's Bookshop
• Dancing Rain Dolls - Unique Hand Crafted Waldorf Dolls and Clothes
• Fairy Cove - Silk for the Whole Family, Children's Playsilks & Playable Art, Hand-dyed and Wearable Scarves  &  Beautiful Healing Silks, Custom Sewn Silk, Wool, & Organic Quilts.
• Fairycrafts: Be careful: You might fall in love with our beautiful Waldorf dolls, toys and musicals and the unique koru-chair from solid timber.
• Fine Wooden Toys Beautiful selection of top quality educational & developmental wooden puzzles, toys and blocks for young children. German Waldorf toys by Spiel & Holz Design, Melissa & Doug, Plan Preschool, handcrafted puzzles and more!
• Gonaturalbaby - organic cotton, low impact dyes, and fair trade clothing line for children
• Handbound Fairy Story Books and Letters from Appletta - created with handmade paper
• Joy's Waldorf Dolls - We offer beautifully designed custom Waldorf dolls, Waldorf doll making kits and patterns, the best Waldorf doll making supplies available, and so much more!
• Kinder Dolls  is a collection of Waldorf friendly miniature dolls. They are a great addition to nature tables, seasonal scenes or creative play.  A visit to Kinder Dolls will charm and delight you. Meet the most delightful elves, story dolls, fairies and animal friends for your nature table, dollhouse or just to love. E-mail address.
• Kunath Recorders - Unique school and pentatonic recorders, made with passion by a master craftsman
• Leon & Lucy's Garden of Wonders - Stories that enliven the imagination & awaken a sense of wonderment, Crafts that teach skills & result in delightful toys & activities
• Lyre of Abraham - Made from the finest part of Langka (jackfruit) wood, it produces a brilliant and resonating sound, e-mail lyreofabraham@yahoo.com, mobile phone: +63 9053 168 029
• Middle Kingdom Creations specializes in NATURAL ART MATERIALS AND WALDORF TOYS AND DOLLS
• Natural Pod: Natural items for play and daily living that are mindful, creative and inviting for your family
• Natural World Arts: Handcrafted items inspired by the beauty and wonder of Nature. Seasonal nature table display, puppets, and children's play dolls.
• Playful Pixie - Toys from Nature: Natural, family-made toys. Waldorf-inspired and traditional toys made from wood and natural materials. Handmade Waldorf playstands, rocking horses, wooden riding toys, wooden animals, playsilks and wooden scoops.
• PlaystandPlans: We are selling plans for building playstands & canopies. One set of plans includes copyrighted instructions, material and cut lists and FULL-SIZED patterns to trace and cut.
• Rowan Tree Toys - Gorgeous hand-made playsilks and dress up silks. Just looking at them will make you feel good.
• Rudolf Steiner College Bookshop, California, USA Offers an extensive collection of Waldorf resources for teachers, homeschoolers, parents, homeschool families, and children on topics spanning birth through high school. Our store offers over two thousand different titles, handwork supplies, gifts, toys, art prints, children’s books, health and healing supplies. Browse our catalog on-line or contact us for a free copy at 1-916-961-8729 or bookstore@steinercollege.edu
• Silken Sky - Creative Gifts Inspired by Nature - flower dolls made from natural materials like felt, wool, and wood
• Spindlewood - We are a small NZ retailer/ manufacturer of Steiner related toys, crafts, books and giftware. We offer also dollmaking classes  Our shop is located at 4 Beckford Rd, St. Martins, Christchurch, Ph/fax: 64-03-331 8510, Email: spindlewood@clear.net.nz
• Three Sisters Toys - Good, Beautiful, True. Founded in the spirit of keeping creative play alive in
  childhood. Owned by children's play therapist turned work at home mom, we are committed to increasing awareness on the importance of imagination and creative play. We are pleased to offer natural and Waldorf-inspired toys with endless possibilities for creative play.
• Toy Spectrum - an online shop based Germany with natural wooden toys & gifts with beautiful forms & colours
• WaldorfShop Network - A secure shopping spot.
• WheresWaldorf.com We offer handmade Waldorf nursing and weighted dolls, books, wooden toys, art supplies, puzzles, wool play food,  musical instruments, and many other handcrafted items to stimulate imaginations naturally.
• Willow Tree Toys - Where the Dreams of Childhood Grow
• Wooden Wagon. We sell many items including handmade dolls, organic crafts materials, and natural wooden toys by companies such as Ostheimer, Kinderkram Konrad Keller, Kraul and Nic. We are happy to ship to Australia.

Anthroposophy
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• Anthroposophic Webguide - the largest web guide for anthroposophy worldwide
• Anthroposophy in Australia: Welcome to the Anthroposophical Society in Australia
• Anthroposophy in Sydney
• The Anthroposophy Network - present a worldwide overview on anthroposophic activities represented on the Worldwide Web;
• The Anthroposophical Society - Goetheanum (in German)
• The Anthroposophical Society in America
• The Christian Community It is a movement for the renewal of Christian religious practice, with no dogma.  Priests speak out of their own freedom and responsibility and encourage participants to question and find their own truth.
• DigitalSymbiosis: Exploring the boundaries between art, science, anthroposophy and applied digital technology.
• A general practitioner working in an Anthroposophical practice in Stroud, England has a book on the internet.
• Institute for Social Renewal - dedicated to fostering educational and cultural freedom, equal rights and dignity for all people, and a socially responsible economy;
• International Youth Initiative Program: The International Youth Initiative Program (YIP) is a new social entrepreneur training in Järna, Sweden, for youth aged 18 to 25 who want to create a positive social change in the world. – A course in how to bring your own initiative into being.
• rudolfsteiner.com.au - 89 Stuchbree Road, YAPEEN, Vic 3451, 03 5473 4471, info@rudolfsteiner.com.au
• Spirit Working, inspiring connection. Sponsored by Council of Anthroposophical Organizations (US)
• The Steiner and Waldorf Resource Page (Bob and Nancy's page)
• Waldorfanswers - The site describes what Waldorf education is and its relation to anthroposophy as its philosophical basis. It also addresses in some detail a number of the myths about Anthroposophy and Waldorf education that have been cultivated during the last few years on the internet.
• The Wander-Light Eurythmy Company - they hold regular courses and workshops for those wishing to learn this art form and participate in their shows.

Books and fonts
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• List of Australian book shops selling Steiner-related books
   
• Anthroposophical Press - You can order books a bit cheaper, but they'll take a while.
• Hawthorn Press - Mission: To publish books based on the research work of individuals, networks and groups addressing contemporary questions from a holistic, spiritual perspective, to the point at which this becomes of interest to a wider audience.
• Rudolf Steiner Archive. Summaries of Rudolf Steiner's books translated from the original German to English, a catalogue of Steiner's holdings, a chronological listing of Steiner's lectures (over 6000), and most of his books, in German and English, and hundreds of lectures, articles and essays for interested readers to contemplate;
• Rudolf Steiner College Bookshop, California, USA Offers an extensive collection of Waldorf resources for teachers, homeschoolers, parents, homeschool families, and children on topics spanning birth through high school. Our store offers over two thousand different titles, handwork supplies, gifts, toys, art prints, children’s books, health and healing supplies. Browse our catalog on-line or contact us for a free copy at 1-916-961-8729 or bookstore@steinercollege.edu

Fonts:

• A set of Waldorf Inspired True Type Fonts - these are the ones I have used on this site.
• Two Anthroposophical "Structural typefaces"

Home schooling
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• Christopherus Homeschool Resources, PO Box 231 * Viroqua * WI 54665 * USA (608) 637-8031,  enquiries@christopherushomeschool.org Homeschool Consulting  Service * Publications  for Waldorf-inspired Homeschooling * Talks and Workshops * Web Resources * Free e-mail Newsletter: The Homeschool Journey * Waldorf at Home e-mail discussion group: http://www.waldorf-at-home.com/forums/
• Golden Beetle Books: The most comprehensive Rudolf Steiner curriculum for homeschooling ever published. Over 400 major units detailed, all subjects for all ages Class 1-12 by Alan Whitehead
• Live Education! produces homeschooling supplies for families inspired by a Waldorf perspective.
• Steiner Home Educators: We have formed a group of home educators in Melbourne using Steiner's educational approach - so we can share resources and support each other, and perhaps celebrate festivals and do craft together. We meet in the Otway area, contact Julie juliemc9@gmail.com
• Waldorf Homeschoolers If you are looking for support and information on home and/or un-schooling based on a Waldorf Inspired Curriculum, you have come to the right place!
• Waldorf Home Schooling
• Waldorf Inspired Home school Support has a web page, and an e-mail discussion list at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Waldorfhomeschool
• Waldorf Without Walls: Individualized  Homeschool Curriculum Planning and Support

Discussion Groups
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• Anthroposophy discussion group may be the biggest English speaking online discussion group
• Discussion group for parents and friends of Australian Steiner schools, Group home page, Group email address. Our aim is to provide a forum for discussions of anything which supports our children and Steiner education in Australia. We hope to develop connections between the P&F bodies of different schools for the benefit of all. For example, we may share ideas for school fair activities, craft group projects, successful fundraisers, parent education programmes, ........the list is endless. Let's work together, rather than the P&F group at each school "reinventing the wheel" in isolation
• Mama Moontime: Amber Greene has a blog based on all things Steiner/Steiner kindergarten resources -games, songs, recipes, ideas, festival meanings etc as well as general creativity ideas.  It is a wonderful resource for teachers who may be a bit isolated, or anyone just wanting some inspiration;
• Rudolf Steiner yahoo club

• The Homeschool Journey * Waldorf at Home e-mail discussion group: http://www.waldorf-at-home.com/forums/

Articles and Information
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• WaldorfAnswers - fantastic site on Waldorf education and its relationship to anthroposophy as its philosophical basis
• Creating Avenues for Change: expresses the relevance of the philosophies of Rudolf Steiner in our current world.
  Book project: This beautiful "coffee table style" book is a visual representation of Steiner's philosophies
  Article archive: Access to an archive of articles on the practical application of Steiner's philosophies
  E-cards: Send your friends an electronic gift card using some of the beautiful images collected for our book project. Its fast, easy and at no charge.
• Children of the New Earth magazine Providing information about Montessori Schools, Waldorf Steiner Schools, Indigo Schools, Rainbow Bridge Schools, homeschooling, and all other kinds of independent and alternative schools throughout the world in a magazine
• Education Futures Australia - provides information and links on Alternatives in Education
  To introduce Anthroposophy from a scientific point of view. Our site is only in German at the moment.
• Online Humanities - we offer Anthroposophically based distance learning courses on Steiner, Goethe, Emerson, Plato, Da Vinci, and others. The school has existed since 1981.
• Online Waldorf Library: A project of the Research Institute for Waldorf Education
  This site has been created to provide useful information to English speaking Waldorf teachers, parents, home schoolers, and anyone interested in Waldorf education. Our aim is to make visible all the appropriate resources on Waldorf education that are currently available and to provide information about where these resources can be purchased or obtained.
• { parent-theses } is a free quarterly email journal published by John Allison on wide-ranging issues faced by parents. Subscribe by emailing John at jmallison2006@yahoo.com.au or download the latest issue from his website www.johnallison.com.au.
• The threefold nature of the world - you can download a copy of Steiner's book "Towards Social Renewal" also entitled "The Threefold Social Order".
• A new site called www.quolkids.com focusing on the issues effecting the "quality of life" for kids.
• Steiner e.lib - A wonderful resource of Steiner's books, lectures, etc. as well as discussion groups.
• http://www.anth.org.uk/NCT Nick Thomas' very informative site on Projective Geometry
• http://www.anth.org/ IFGene web-site
• http://spanky.triumf.ca/www/fractint/fractint.html about fractals
• Norwegian Steiner information (in Norwegian)

Teacher Training and Development
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• There are several Teacher Training venues in Australia
• Aurora Australis Anthroposophical College of the Arts: Four year Eurythmy diploma course, which is recognised by the Section for the Arts of Eurythmy, Speech and Music at the Goetheanum.
  One year part time Orientation Course, as a foundation of Anthroposophy through the Arts.
  Contact Birgith Lugosi, Ph: 03 9852 8751, Fax: 03 9852 8344, Email: g.lugosi@hfi.unimelb.edu.au, address P.O. Box 18, Kew Vic. 3101
• Centre of Creative Education (South Africa) - offers training courses and develops projects from the perspective of Waldorf Education - e-mail: fedwald@mweb.co.za
• The Essential Waldorf Conferences - For the First Time, a Complete Waldorf Teachers' Conference is ONLINE  The Essential Grade Four Online Conference with Eugene Schwartz
• The European Council of Steiner Waldorf Education lists many adult education centres in Europe and the US

• Kolisko Conference - The Second conference will be held in Sydney in July 2006.

• The Novalis Centre (Africa) - a resource center for innovative development programmes in education and culture.

• Teaching English to Teens and Pre-teens - A guide for Language Teachers, with Techniques and Materials for Grades 4-9

• TOPS and HELP courses, New Zealand - Teacher Orientation Programmes designed for parents and educators new to the Waldorf system and for experienced teachers wishing to gain a contemporary perspective on Steiner School practices. It emphasises primary school work but is also useful for those interested in the preschool and upper school.
  Holistic Education Leadership Programme - Five days of challenging processes, inspiration and new ideas for existing and experienced Waldorf teachers.

• Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America (WECAN)! Listings of Waldorf early childhood and training programs in North America, order forms for our Publications, resources on Waldorf early childhood education, general information on Waldorf early childhood education.

School Support
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• Rudolf Steiner Disability Services, Curative Education and Social Therapy, Programs for Children and Adults with Intellectual Disabilities, Bio-Dynamic Farm
• Rudolf Steiner Foundation has, since 1984 been a progressive financial service organization supporting social and environmental change — particularly the kinds of change inspired by Rudolf Steiner. Our basic work is to connect philanthropists and investors with worthy projects in need of grants or loans.
  The Rudolf Steiner Foundation is committed to incorporating values and spirit into our work with money. Our ideals stand behind every financial transaction. We believe services provided in this way support the social transformation that is at the very root of the schools, farms, curative communities and other organizations we support.
• The 'Freunde der Erziehungskunst' is a non-profit organisation which provides support to Waldorf schools, kindergartens and other independent educational initiatives as well as therapeutic centers throughout the world. Beneficiaries can be of the most diverse origins. Among them have been projects like the Waldorf School in Zagreb/Croatia as well as the 'Extra Muros' project in Bogota, an initiative for street children.

Lists of Steiner and Waldorf Schools
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• Green School, Bali Indonesia
• Japanese Steiner Daycare and Kindergartens (in Japanese) - there are about 80
• Waldorf Steiner Education Association (Singapore), a registered non-profit organization aiming to promote and develop Waldorf Steiner Education in Singapore.
• Chengdu Waldorf School, China
  Introduction to the Chengdu Waldorf School
• Tashi Waldorf School - Children of Nepal - Children of Nepal firmly believes that culturally-appropriate education holds the key to the eradication of poverty, conflict, and disease

Europe

• The European Council of Steiner Waldorf Education representing 570 European schools and another 140 in North America
• Steiner / Waldorf school sin the UK and Ireland

Americas

• The Association of Waldorf Schools of North America (US, Canada and Mexico)
• Waldorf Education Directory for Latin America
• Waldorf School Association of Ontario

Africa

• Federation of Waldorf Schools in Southern Africa (Waldorf Education in Africa)

Individual Schools
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• La Mhotte Intensive French language courses run in a rural Steiner School in central France
• Rudolf Steiner College (Fair Oaks, California, USA)
• Korowal School (Western suburbs of Sydney, NSW) Not a Steiner school, but similar principals.
• Raphael House Rudolf Steiner School (Lower Hutt New Zealand), a beautiful and very informative site.
• Christchurch Rudolf Steiner School (NZ)
• Titirangi Rudolf Steiner School (in Auckland, NZ)
• Vancouver Waldorf School (Canada)
• Ubuntu Centre, Mooiplaats, 25km east of Pretoria, South Africa
• Max Stibbe Waldorf School, Pretoria, South Africa
• Michael Oak Waldorf School - Cape Town, South Africa.
• Lancaster Steiner School - a small Steiner school based in the northwest of UK
• York Steiner School (UK)

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• Art processwork: I am seeking to help people connect with their deepest spiritual intentions and to gather the courage to work where they can best contribute. I offer a series of workshops on biography, individual and couple sessions and a number of courses, and an 8 weekend introductory Art Therapy Training course for professionals and those who may be considering Art Therapy as a career.
• Biodynamic Agriculture Australia
• The Bursars Forum - online community of nearly 800 school Bursars and Business Managers
• City Food Growers  Localised knowledge for home gardeners and schools on growing food with organic and Biodynamic methods. Also Biodynamic gardening workshops monthly in Brisbane

• The Green Line: an organic and bio-dynamic grocery (including fresh produce and fruit & vegetables) home delivery business. We deliver our groceries to customers in metro Melbourne and major country Victoria destinations.

• The Hahnemann Center for Heilkunst The only homeopathy course for practitioners that has a
  mandatory basis in anthroposophy.
• The Melbourne Therapy Centre - Integrates complementary medicine and therapies that promote healing of the body, mind and soul, founded in 1986. Based on the Anthroposophical medicine model proposed by Rudolf Steiner and pioneered by Dr. Ita Wegman (Dutch Physician 1876 – 1943) in Switzerland.
• Natural Parenting Melbourne is a new city-wide network of families and professionals aiming to support, educate and celebrate the diversity of “natural choices” available to families as they journey their way through pregnancy, birth and ongoing parenthood.
• Philosophy Resources - philosophy related news, books and web resources
• Sophia College: we offer Anthroposophically based, nationally accredited qualifications in Holistic Counselling
• Willing Workers On Organic Farms (WWOOF) - a form of cultural exchange in which WWOOFers live and work as family with host farms instead of paying board

Last updated on 15 August, 2010