Tristan Jackson
Tristan Jackson
ARC Director
Tristan Jackson, born in 1982, moved to Green's Island (a smaller island next to Vinalhaven) at age six. After spending three years enrolled in Vinalhaven Elementary School, he homeschooled on Green's Island and Vinalhaven (plus one year in Ecuador with AFS) until age 18. Tristan entered Cornell University in 2001 and graduated with a double major in Psychology and Sociology in 2005. Upon returning to Vinalhaven, Tristan instructed an alternative learning program at Vinalhaven High School for two years and began his current position as Director of the ARC in 2008.
Tristan's main interests are alternative education, pursuing carbon neutrality, producing food locally, and developing small community self–sufficiency.
Read Tristan's Working Waterfront articles here.