Nature Connection Mentorship Training
June 25th-28th
Join us this summer for a long weekend of deep nature connection, skill building, and serious play!
In this four-day intensive we will learn the foundations of bird language, tracking, friction fire, wildcrafting, and foraging, along with core relational education and Coyote Mentoring tools such as the art of questioning, nature connection games, council practice, song leading, and storytelling. As we tune our awareness to the land alongside one another, we will strengthen our capacity for leadership that fosters belonging and mutuality amongst a community of humans and land.
Details:
Arrival will be between 4-5:00 on Thursday June 25th.
Closing will be at 2:00 on Sunday June 28th.
Our days will build on each other and so we ask all participants to arrive at the beginning and stay until the end.
Evening sessions will continue until 9pm, so if you live nearby and are traveling each day from home, plan to stay until then!
This course is for you if:
You are interested in deepening your relationship with the land in a hands-on, experiential way and cultivating skills to share it with others
You are an aspiring nature connection mentor
You are already a nature connection mentor and are seeking to deepen your skills
You are an environmental ed teacher and would like to gain curricular ideas and relational education tools
You are a parent who wants tools to support your family in nature connection
You are a parent who’s children attend nature connection programs and you want to experience it yourself!
You are yearning for a meaningful connection with others on the land
Our weekend will take place at the Center for Belonging Folk School, hosted by Liz Rog and Daniel Rotto.
Rustic camping onsite.
Some meals will be provided and some meals participants will bring themselves. Dinner will be provided on the first night, as well as lunch Fri-Sun.
Participants will bring three breakfasts, two dinners, and any snacks along with a camp stove set-up to cook it on.
Meals & Camping:
Ida Rotto: Founder and director, Red Oak Outdoor School
Zac Fittipaldi: Basket maker and craftsperson, Protect Gather Grow
Ann Hunkins: (pending) Internationally Certified Specialist Tracker
Liz Rog: Community Song Leader, cultural activist, and author of the Song Carrier Toolkit.
Elsa McCargar and Conor Murphy: foraging teachers and wildcrafters, The Wilders Way