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Wilderness Survival Basics
The Wilderness Survival Basics is much more than a 'basic' course: You will be learning the fundamentals of outdoor camping and hiking, and gain competence in your ability to go 'out there' and be comfortable in the wild.
Lessons include: Fire-making in difficult conditions; proper shelter construction & placement (including emergency shelters); mapping & aidless navigation; knife safety and usage; back-country hygiene; thermoregulation of the human body; positive impact camping & ethical material harvesting, night hiking, and much more.
This course is designed to increase your skill level and expand your comfort zone in the wilderness while enjoying the beautiful canyonlands and mountains of southern Utah.
Lessons include: Fire-making in difficult conditions; proper shelter construction & placement (including emergency shelters); mapping & aidless navigation; knife safety and usage; back-country hygiene; thermoregulation of the human body; positive impact camping & ethical material harvesting, night hiking, and much more.
This course is designed to increase your skill level and expand your comfort zone in the wilderness while enjoying the beautiful canyonlands and mountains of southern Utah.
Earth Living Skills
This 7-day course offers participants a hands-on experience in wilderness living skills, primitive survival techniques, Traditional crafts and nature awareness.
some of the topics covered in the course:
traditional hide tanning, primitive trapping, foraging of wild edibles, natural cooking techniques, fashioning of stone knives, friction fire methods, hunting with primitive tools, and stalking exercises for hunting of small and large game, and more.
some of the topics covered in the course:
traditional hide tanning, primitive trapping, foraging of wild edibles, natural cooking techniques, fashioning of stone knives, friction fire methods, hunting with primitive tools, and stalking exercises for hunting of small and large game, and more.
Foraging Wild Edibles
Learn to identify and harvest wild edible plants - from the common backyard "weeds" to the wild edibles and medicinal plants in the area. In this workshop will be exploring the magnificent canyonlands in search of the many varieties of plants available for wild foraging, and teach ethical harvesting of herbs in nature.
We will prepare meals with what you gather and make poultices from native herbs you forage for a variety of healing purposes.
You will be surprised how many edible (and yummy) plants grow around your house, even if you live in the city!
We will prepare meals with what you gather and make poultices from native herbs you forage for a variety of healing purposes.
You will be surprised how many edible (and yummy) plants grow around your house, even if you live in the city!
Canyon Wild Walkabout: A Hunter-Gatherer's Journey
Join us on a wild adventure into the heart of the Utah wilderness, carrying little more than the clothes you wear.
Learn how to slow down into the heartbeat of the earth, to expand your awareness of the natural world and the gifts it has to offer, to reclaim your native ways of living with the land.
The focus of this course is to let go of some of the stereotypical survival teachings and establish a relationship with the earth through the skills of the Hunter-Gatherer. By treating the earth like our home, we can become more comfortable and let go of the conquering notions that the term “survival” sometimes has associated with it.
In the Hunter-Gatherer course, you will acquire the tools necessary for being comfortable walking the wilderness with minimal to no gear, while learning the ancient skills we all once had for living off the land. We will be foraging, trapping and hunting our food with the tools the land offers us, and expanding our awareness of the natural world as well as the Wild Within.
Learn how to slow down into the heartbeat of the earth, to expand your awareness of the natural world and the gifts it has to offer, to reclaim your native ways of living with the land.
The focus of this course is to let go of some of the stereotypical survival teachings and establish a relationship with the earth through the skills of the Hunter-Gatherer. By treating the earth like our home, we can become more comfortable and let go of the conquering notions that the term “survival” sometimes has associated with it.
In the Hunter-Gatherer course, you will acquire the tools necessary for being comfortable walking the wilderness with minimal to no gear, while learning the ancient skills we all once had for living off the land. We will be foraging, trapping and hunting our food with the tools the land offers us, and expanding our awareness of the natural world as well as the Wild Within.
Mountain Wild Walkabout - A Hunter-Gatherer's Journey
Join us on a wild adventure into the heart of the Utah wilderness, carrying little more than the clothes you wear.
Learn how to slow down into the heartbeat of the earth, to expand your awareness of the natural world and the gifts it has to offer, to reclaim your native ways of living with the land.
The focus of this course is to let go of some of the stereotypical survival teachings and establish a relationship with the earth through the skills of the Hunter-Gatherer. By treating the earth like our home, we can become more comfortable and let go of the conquering notions that the term “survival” sometimes has associated with it.
In the Hunter-Gatherer course, you will acquire the tools necessary for being comfortable walking the wilderness with minimal to no gear, while learning the ancient skills we all once had for living off the land. We will be foraging, trapping and hunting our food with the tools the land offers us, and expanding our awareness of the natural world as well as the Wild Within.
Learn how to slow down into the heartbeat of the earth, to expand your awareness of the natural world and the gifts it has to offer, to reclaim your native ways of living with the land.
The focus of this course is to let go of some of the stereotypical survival teachings and establish a relationship with the earth through the skills of the Hunter-Gatherer. By treating the earth like our home, we can become more comfortable and let go of the conquering notions that the term “survival” sometimes has associated with it.
In the Hunter-Gatherer course, you will acquire the tools necessary for being comfortable walking the wilderness with minimal to no gear, while learning the ancient skills we all once had for living off the land. We will be foraging, trapping and hunting our food with the tools the land offers us, and expanding our awareness of the natural world as well as the Wild Within.
Primitive Pottery Workshop - Anasazi Black-On-White Pottery (June 21-23)
The ancient Anasazi people were expert potters, creating pottery that was striking yet simple. They did not use potter's wheels or modern kilns, but only what was available in their surroundings. How did they make such elegant and practical pottery?
In this 3-day workshop, students will learn how to make their own clay pots and bowls in the traditional Anasazi style known as Anasazi Black on White. Using only tools and materials from the land, we will learn the various steps necessary to produce a primitive pot - from harvesting and processing the clay to the natural firing process.
In this 3-day workshop, students will learn how to make their own clay pots and bowls in the traditional Anasazi style known as Anasazi Black on White. Using only tools and materials from the land, we will learn the various steps necessary to produce a primitive pot - from harvesting and processing the clay to the natural firing process.
Permaculture Design Certification Course (July 14-27)
Join our hands-on Permaculture Design Course!
Our 14-day intensive Permaculture Design Certification
offers practical experience as well as theoretical knowledge
in natural farming, sustainable technologies, natural building and fostering a healthy community.
You will learn to design and apply natural principles to
create stable and resilient systems that provide food, water, shelter and energy needs while regenerating ecology, community and economy.
Permaculture Design Certification (PDC) is a world-wide recognized course, training you to become a competent Permaculture designer of sustainable living environments
& bountiful food systems.
Our 14-day intensive Permaculture Design Certification
offers practical experience as well as theoretical knowledge
in natural farming, sustainable technologies, natural building and fostering a healthy community.
You will learn to design and apply natural principles to
create stable and resilient systems that provide food, water, shelter and energy needs while regenerating ecology, community and economy.
Permaculture Design Certification (PDC) is a world-wide recognized course, training you to become a competent Permaculture designer of sustainable living environments
& bountiful food systems.
Integrated Local Harvests: A Talk by Brad Lancaster
Join Brad Lancaster, author of the award-winning books Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond (volumes 1 and 2), to celebrate the new edition of his book and to explore different ways to create an a natural abundance. Brad will share a diverse array of strategies to assess your on-site resources, maximize their potential, and empowers you with guiding principles to create an integrated, multi-functional plan specific to your site and needs.
This dynamic presentation shares patterns and strategies to harvest, integrate, and enhance free local resources - such as rainwater, greywater, and stormwaters; sun, wind, and shade; and soil fertility, wild foods, and community fun - in a way that generates far more potential than the sum of their parts. Scarcity is re-visioned into abundance simply through creative cycling and utilization of what is already at hand. Costly and consuming habits and infrastructure, disconnected from their surroundings, are reoriented and reconnected to maximize enriching opportunities.
Date: June 20, 2013
This dynamic presentation shares patterns and strategies to harvest, integrate, and enhance free local resources - such as rainwater, greywater, and stormwaters; sun, wind, and shade; and soil fertility, wild foods, and community fun - in a way that generates far more potential than the sum of their parts. Scarcity is re-visioned into abundance simply through creative cycling and utilization of what is already at hand. Costly and consuming habits and infrastructure, disconnected from their surroundings, are reoriented and reconnected to maximize enriching opportunities.
Date: June 20, 2013
Holistic Management: Planned Grazing for Increased Profit, Drought Resilience and Peak Performance
Join us for an evening talk focusing on low-cost, high-performance management of animals, forage, landscapes, finances and people.
Instructor Owen Hablutzel will introduce you to the planning process used internationally on 75 million acres that will allow you to create a land and grazing plan based on your needs.
Creating resilience to drought and establishing effective goals will also be a focus, along with use of stock density and herd effect to increase production. Discover the keys to generating more profit, while consistently improving your quality of life, using tools and practices introduced here.
Date: July, 27th, 2013.
Instructor Owen Hablutzel will introduce you to the planning process used internationally on 75 million acres that will allow you to create a land and grazing plan based on your needs.
Creating resilience to drought and establishing effective goals will also be a focus, along with use of stock density and herd effect to increase production. Discover the keys to generating more profit, while consistently improving your quality of life, using tools and practices introduced here.
Date: July, 27th, 2013.
Wilderness Pathfinder: A Moon-Cycle Walkabout
The Wilderness Pathfinder is the most comprehensive wilderness living course offered by True Nature, teaching you the skills required to develop a close and lasting connection to our home – Mother Earth.
We will embark on our journey on the new moon and spend the next month in the wilderness, following the moon's cycle to its completion. We will be roaming in the lush alpine forests and deep desert canyons of the stunning Southern Utah Wilderness.
During this comprehensive course you will develop the fundamental skills that are necessary to thrive in a wilderness setting, learn primitive survival & bushcraft methods and traditional tool-making techniques.
We will embark on our journey on the new moon and spend the next month in the wilderness, following the moon's cycle to its completion. We will be roaming in the lush alpine forests and deep desert canyons of the stunning Southern Utah Wilderness.
During this comprehensive course you will develop the fundamental skills that are necessary to thrive in a wilderness setting, learn primitive survival & bushcraft methods and traditional tool-making techniques.
