The Hawthorne Center for Innovation, started in 2001, to offer informal learning experiences to K-12
homeschoolers in the Inland Empire Area of Southern California, has over the years morphed into a
research center and innovation incubator commited to “predicting the future by inventing it”.

The Center is now working with an international group of researchers that shares our vision. The areas
we are currently supporting are: Powerful Ideas Content and How to Transmit It, and Sustainable Living
Strategies. We are particularly supporting efforts in the areas of free and open source computing, and
community-based sustainability. And we advocate for homeschooling as an educational alternative.