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California
- Bay Area Tracking Club: meetings 2nd Sunday of the month, Brenda Curtis, 650-322-4470;
(AEOE revew: A few AEOE members have attended someof these tracking meetings & say they're excellent. The people running it are high quality & really know their stuff.)
- Earth - Heart: offers an excellent vision quest program and more, Malcolm Ringwalt, 310-967-1336; http://www.earth-heart.net/
- Esalen 2000 Catalog, 831-667-3000
- Footloose Forays, Michael Ellis 707-570-2187;
- Headwaters Outdoor School: offers excellent classes on earth based topics, Tim Corcoran, 831-423-3830; http://www.hwos.com/
- Miwok Archaeological Preserve of Marin: classes on native american skills, Sylvia Thalman, 415-479-3281;
- Northern California Tracker's Guild, Del Morris - Search & Rescue Classes, 707-763-1858; http://www.brainprod.com/
- Riekes Center for Human Enhancement: primitive skills, hikes, retreats, expeditions, nature studies, Nature office (650) 364-2509
- Tender Tracks: outdoor preschool, Wendolyn Byrd, 650-324-9355,
- VisionYouthz: programs for troubled youth, Bob & Anita Dollins, Jennifer Danek, Krya Bobinet; 650-747-9347;
Passport in Time
The USFS has free workshops that are great! They are called Passport In Time (PIT) The one we did last summer was called "Following the Smoke" It was a week of camping with the Karuk indigenous people of Northern Calif. During the week they taught us basketry, medicinal plant usage, showed us ceremonial spots, shared meals with us, performed their "brush dance" and much more. In return, those who wanted to helped them prepare materials for making baskets and got an area ready for the traditional fall burn to help the basketry plants grow straight.
This free class is held one time each summer. A limited number of applicants are accepted. Deadline to apply is sometime in the spring. They love it when teachers apply because they know we'll go back and share this information with our students. Two AEOE members attended: Lisa Curnett of Camp Campbell & Steffani La Zier of Sly Park. Feel free to contact us with questions. We both recommend it.
To apply contact:
Ken Wilson, Heritage Resources Program Manager, Six Rivers National Forest
707-441-3529 / 707-442-9242 (FAX),
National
- A Naturalist’s World, Jim Halfpenny 406-848-9458; http://www.tracknature.com/
- Backtracks LLC, Dave Wescot 208-359-2400;
- Earth Mentoring Institute Vision: programs are held back east, Ricardo Sierra, 607-264-3396; http://www.hawkcircle.com/
- Earthwalk Northwest: classes on primitive skills, edible plants…, 425-746-7267; http://www.earthwalknorthwest.com/
- Friends of the Society of Primitive Technology, Norm Kidder, 925-862-2600
- Hollowtop Outdoor Primitive School, Tom Elpel 406-685-322; http://www.hollowtop.com
- International Society of Professional Tracking, Linda Hunt, 541-490-1940; http://www.gorge.net/tracker/
- Tom Brown Jr.'s Tracker School: primitive skills, earth philosopy…: 908-479-4681; http://members.aol.com/trackerinc/
- Wilderness Awareness School: Jon Young, 425-788-1301; http://www.natureoutlet.com/
- Hawk Circle Wilderness Programs & Earth Mentoring Institute, Cherry Valley NY:
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