The Seed Pod
Small-Group Online Learning
for a Time of Tectonic Change
Our children need a new kind of guidance
The world is changing at unprecedented speeds, but most classrooms remain frozen in the past.
We offer a powerful alternative: online enrichment courses that help teens meet a wildly uncertain future with clarity and resilience.
Our approach cultivates wisdom, wonder, and belonging—capacities that will remain relevant no matter what the future brings.
Deeply Human Education
We focus on developing deeply human capacities: compassion, self-awareness, and the ability to see how our choices ripple across nested systems—from self to family to planet.
Students are accompanied by steady, caring adults who see them, track their growth, and celebrate their gifts.
We never hand students ready-made answers or push them towards particular conclusions. Instead, we create space for them to explore different beliefs and forge their own truths.
We gather in circles of just six students, so every voice can be heard and valued.
What Students and Parents Say
How We Cultivate Wisdom & Resilience
The Seed Pod is an online ecosystem of learning and belonging that complements any education—public, private, or nontraditional. In our weekly classes, students encounter what schooling often lacks: deep questions, meaningful connection, and space to discover who they really are.
We offer semester-long courses in fall and spring, and 2-week intensives in the summer
Each learning pod is capped at six students to maximize depth and intimacy
Weekly community events—open mics, mindfulness practices, support groups—knit students into a worldwide network of visionaries
Each week includes a short pre-class video, a 60-minute live online circle, and an embodied practice to ground learning in lived experience
$240/month per course. Need-based scholarships ensure accessibility for all families
Monthly check-ins provide personalized guidance, care, and accountability
Explore Our Awe-Inspiring Courses
Spring 2026 Offerings
Finding Your Place in the Cosmos
How did a cloud of light turn itself into you and me? Why does this story matter?
The Human Mind: A User’s Guide
Where do your beliefs, desires, and choices come from? Explore the hidden forces within.
WTFuture?!
How did we get here? Where are we headed? A teen's guide to this planetary moment.
Summer 2026 Offerings
Protecting Our Precious Attention
How do you stay sane in a world of boundless distraction and algorithmic manipulation?
Learning from Natural Systems
What principles link stars, cells, & societies? Explore the universe's creative patterns.
Finding Your Own Truth
How do you discover what's true (for you) in such a noisy, fragmented world?
Fall 2026 Offerings
What Will AI Mean for You?
What are the deep implications of AI and robots for you, your species, and your planet?
The Cutting Edges of Science
Journey to the frontiers of relativity, quantum theory, complexity, and synthetic biology.
A Culture of Real Belonging
The Seed Pod is not just a set of online courses. It’s a global village of young visionaries making sense of the world and bringing forth their authentic gifts. As members of our village, students are invited to join as many of our community offerings as they like:
• Weekly Mindfulness Practices
• Weekly Dream Work Circle
• Bi-Monthly Support Group for Parents
• Weekly Support Group for Teens
• Bi-Monthly Student-Led Councils
• Bi-Monthly Open Mics
Join Our Free Learning Events
This fall, we’re opening The Seed Pod to the community with a series of free learning events..
In these 90-minute gatherings, parents and students can:
Wednesday 10.15.25
7:00-8:30pm EST
For too long, schools have trained students to think – and act – like machines. In a future flooded with bots and robots, this strategy is sure to fail. Instead, young people must cultivate their deeply human gifts: wisdom, care, courage, imagination.
Why The Seed Pod?
For billions of years, plants have relied on seed pods to carry what matters most into the future—protecting fragile beginnings until the time is right for them to take root. At The Seed Pod, our mission is to do the same: not with grains or beans, but with seeds of wisdom, wonder, and resilience.
We hope you’ll join us in passing these seeds forward, so that our children can flourish in a vibrant world.
