New and Upcoming
January 5, 2009
2009 SCHEDULE PREVIEW
Hello to all our Earth Skills friends and friends to be. We're excited about 2009; here are some highlights:
- Because the deep intuitive connection with nature has been so important to our students, we've scheduled the full series of "Earth Philosophy" classes, one through four, in sequence for 2009, beginning with a one-day Intuitive Skills workshop so you can see how it can foster a richer connection with the outdoors.
- New classes for 2009:
Archeology Tour of the Southern Sierras
Coastal & Inland Lifestyles of Native CA
One-day Survival class
Deer Tracking Workshop
Personal Coaching in Tracking
Bone Tool workshop
- Revival of popular classes from the past:
Moccasin Manufacture
Track Interpretation Workshop
Plant Gathering & Cooking
Bighorn & Badger Tracking in the East Mojave
Animal Movement Workshop
- The Essentials as usual:
Basic & Advanced Tracking
Wilderness Skills
Plant Uses
Earth Philosophy 1-4
Solo Spiritual Quest
Here's the schedule; class details and prices are posted on the "class descriptions" and "class schedules" pages.
Feb 7 Basic Tracking, Malibu Creek
Feb 8 Intuitive Skills Workshop (Earth Philosophy 1), Malibu Creek
Mar 14 Plant Uses, Malibu Creek
Mar 15 Edible Plant Gathering and Cooking, Frazier Park
Mar 27-29 Basic and Advanced Tracking, location TBA
Apr 4 Interpretive Skills for Teachers and Naturalists
Apr 25-26 Archeology Tour of the Southern Sierras
May 16-17 Animal Movement Workshop
Jun 11 Plant Uses, Frazier Park area
Jun 12-14 Wilderness Skills, Frazier Park area
Jun 26 Intuitive Skills Workshop (Earth Philosophy 1)
Jun 27-28 Personal Skills Workshop (Earth Philosophy 2)
Jul 10-12 Basic and Advanced Tracking, So. Sierras
Jul 18 Track Interpretation workshop
Jul 19 Personal Coaching in Tracking
Aug 1-8 Solo Spiritual Quest
Aug 22 Moccasin Manufacture
Aug 23 Bone Tool Workshop
Sep 12-13 Community Skills workshop (Earth Philosophy 3)
Sep 26-27 California Coastal & Inland Lifestyles
Oct 3-4 Razor's Edge Workshop (Earth Philosophy 4)
Oct 10 One-day Wilderness Survival
Oct 11 Plant Uses
Oct 31-Nov 1 Bighorn and Badger Tracking in the East Mojave
Nov 14 Basic Tracking
Nov 15 Deer Tracking one-day clinic
Book notes:
The Tracker's Field Guide has gone to its third printing! I have ample copies that you can order directly from the website. See the Products page to order copies.
Upcoming talks & events:
Jim has written a series of articles about track identification and interpretation for the magazine Wilderness Way. The fourth article appeared in the fall 08 issue. Go to www.wwmag.net to subscribe.
Special trainings:
Right now is the time to contact us about special trainings for 2009; we do have dates available. We can also schedule a PowerPoint presentation for your group about tracking & awareness, at no charge.
Field Biology Consulting:
We have done some more tracking research at Edwards Air Force Base. Please contact us if your field biology consulting firm would like help in survey work that involves tracking.
We hope to see you in a class.
