Wild Earth Programs

2010 Slideshow Now Online!

simon — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:59:11 +0000

Take a look for yourself.

2010 Summer Camp Handbook Now Online

simon — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 21:35:30 +0000

Wild Earth’s 2010 Summer Camp Handbook is now available as a PDF for you to download.

Download the 2010 Wild Earth Summer Camp Handbook here [PDF].

Take a look inside:

Who W.E. Are
Core Practices, Foundational Values, and Communication
Parent Communication Protocol
Suggested Reading
2010 Wild Earth Safety Plan

Herbal Intensive with Dina Falconi

david — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:41:42 +0000

Come explore the beauty and the bounty of the gardens, fields and woods in this six month comprehensive course. We will cover a vast amount of information encouraging the daily use of herbs for food, medicine and pleasure. This course is designed to provide inspiring, practical and thorough “hands on” herbal information that can easily be incorporated into one’s life.

Topics include:

Herbal Therapeutics
Wild Plant Identification and Application
Wild Food Foraging and Culinary Preparations
Medicine Making
Herbal Skin Care
Nutritional Healing… and More

A significant amount of class time will be spent outdoors studying wild and cultivated plants. We will then bring these plants into our kitchen-classroom and transform them into food, medicine and various other preparations. As part of our learning experience, we will prepare and enjoy a primarily “wild” delicious meal influenced by the plants that are in season. Everyone will make an abundance of preparations to bring home and begin to create their own medicine chests. In the last part of each class we will focus on a particular organ system, health topic or special project.

Program Information

Dates: One Saturday every month, May thru October 2010 (May 8, June 5, July 10, Aug 7, Sept 11 & Oct 16)

Time: Saturdays, 10:00AM to 4:00 PM

Location: The lovely hamlet of Lyonsville, Stone Ridge, NY

Cost: $595, includes material fee, $150 deposit due with registration, final balance due by April 1 (Note: All payments are non-refundable and non-transferable for this program).

This Program is Full – No More Registration Please

Dina Falconi, is a practicing herbalist with a strong focus on food activism and nutritional healing. She produces Falcon Formulations natural bodycare products and Earthly Extracts medicinal tinctures. She is a founding member of the Northeast Herbal Association, a chapter leader of the Weston A. Price Foundation & on the board of Slow Food-Hudson Valley. An avid gardener and wildcrafter, Dina is passionate aboutpermaculture and has completed the Permaculture Design Certificate course 2 1/5 times. She is author of Earthy Bodies & Heavenly Hair: Natural and Healthy Personal Care for Everybody.

Still have a question? Please call Dina Falconi at 845-687-8938 with questions about the content of this program, or contact David Brownstein at info (at) wildearthprograms (dot) org or call 845-256-9830 with questions about registration.

Cedar Heart Homeschool Program

david — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:56:18 +0000

Children ages 7 – 13 are invited to join together in uncovering the natural mysteries of the beautiful Shawangunk Ridge and its surrounding rivers and valleys.

For each child, the learning journey begins with a spark of curiosity and passion, which is gently held and fostered through our supportive community of peers and instructors.

Using traditional and modern mentoring techniques, our inspiring instructors will endeavor to guide your children towards greater awareness and self-confidence.

While enjoying and exploring, singing and storytelling together, we will build deeper knowledge and awareness through:

Practicing skills that serve our basic human needs of fire, shelter, water and food.

Hands-on learning of native, earth-based crafts using natural materials and ancient techniques.

Curiosity led exploring and building knowledge of place through full immersion in our local ecology, geology, geography and topography, and by identifying and understanding local plants and animals.

Honing our awareness skills using games, tracking, silence, invisibility and journaling.

Continuously encouraging gratitude and reverence for the earth, with a vision of community based on mutual respect and acknowledgment.

It is with gratitude for the songs, stories, and experience that guided our ancestors and the caretakers of this land, that we joyfully offer Wild Earth’s Cedar Heart Home School Program.

Program Information

For: Boys and Girls ages 7 to 13

Dates: Twelve thursdays and one overnight: 9/16, 9/30, 10/7, 10/14, 10/21, 10/28-29 (overnight), 11/4, 11/11, 11/18, 12/2, 12/9, 12/16

Time: 9:00am to 3:00pm

Instructors: to be determined

Location: Regeneration Farm (Toby Stover’s land) in Clove Valley, High Falls, NY

Cost: $780 (includes $100 land use and materials fee). Sibling discounts apply and limited scholarships available depending on enrollment.

Register Now for Cedar Heart

Additional Questions and Information

Please call David Brownstein at 845-256-9830 or email him at david (at) wildearthprograms (dot) org with questions.