Fox Walkers Earth Skills for Adults
Weekly on SATURDAYS, 10am-4pm.
November 6 - December 18 (no class November 27!)
Location: Burton Educational Preserve (click for map)
16200 Lake Vera Purdon Rd, Nevada City, CA 95959
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Step into nature, develop deeper levels of self-confidence and awareness with our Adult Fox Walkers program. All experience levels are invited to join us for this all-day course on Saturdays, from 10am-4pm.
Participants will learn about the Sacred Order of Survival, the basic skills necessary to create a comfortable home in nature. Through the skills of awareness, tracking, shelter, water, fire and food, a deep relationship with the Earth can be rekindled—a relationship where 'survival' becomes a dirty word, because there is no need to 'survive' our Earth Mother.
Weekly classes will present these ancient human skills through hands-on experience, stories, and games. Each day of class will be dictated by the environment and the story of the day.
Participants will learn about the Sacred Order of Survival, the basic skills necessary to create a comfortable home in nature. Through the skills of awareness, tracking, shelter, water, fire and food, a deep relationship with the Earth can be rekindled—a relationship where 'survival' becomes a dirty word, because there is no need to 'survive' our Earth Mother.
Weekly classes will present these ancient human skills through hands-on experience, stories, and games. Each day of class will be dictated by the environment and the story of the day.
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Earth Skills for Educators: Teacher Training Weekends
All registrants attend BOTH weekend overnights.
This is a great option for folks who aren't local and don't want to drive the roundtrip every weekend.
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For folks who have prior knowledge of earth skills and some experience teaching youth, we are hosting a Teacher Training program that consists of two full weekends at our land in Nevada City. Participants come together November 13-14 and December 17-19 to share their experiences with and learn from fellow educators. Rick Berry leads this course and looks forward to sharing lessons from his 30 years of teaching about how to create an optimal space for children to learn directly from Nature.
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Track and Sign Certification
Feb 5,6,7 2022
Nevada City, Sierra Foothills
With Nate Harvey and
CyberTracker North America
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4 Elements Earth Education is hosting our 5th "Cyber Tracker" certification in the Sierra Foothills on Feb 6-7, 2019.
limited to 10 students
$275 per person
Feb 6-7 2022:
Track and Sign Certification is a two-day practical field test and learning opportunity that emphasizes open, honest dialogue and real learning. The track and sign of any and all species encountered in the field may be asked, whether big or small, clear or obscure. After participants give their answers, a dialogue ensues between the evaluator and participants to provide the opportunity for everyone involved to learn and to internalize the field marks used for identification. Answers are collected and scored to evaluate each participant’s level of track and sign knowledge.
Tracker Certification emphasizes practical tracking and the development of reliable field skills, and is unassociated with any particular philosophy or tracking school. No prior training is required to participate. For more information on the evaluation process visit: http://trackercertification.com/track-and-signcertifications/ The evaluation is run under the auspices of CyberTracker Conservation, and is administered by a qualified evaluator. If you score well enough on the evaluation, you will be added to CyberTracker’s roster of Certified Trackers.
Saturday Feb 5th, One Day Tracking Training for Beginners and Youth; with Nate Harvey
contact us if you are interested.
CyberTracker Conservation is a non-profit organization whose vision is to promote a worldwide environmental monitoring network. For more information visit: http://trackercertification.com/
Evaluator: Nate Harvey evaluates trackers for CyberTracker Conservation in both Trailing and Track & Sign Identification. Additionally, he teaches Trailing in workshops near his home in southern Vermont and around the country. He is one of nine evaluators in North America qualified by CyberTracker to conduct tracking evaluations.
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
This is a two-day workshop, requiring a full day commitment both days. We will be outside all day, visiting multiple sites, traveling by foot and/or carpooling. Be prepared for moderate activity walking between sites, then standing around to observe and discuss track and sign. You may want to get down in the dirt/mud to observe tracks closely. Clothing appropriate for a day in the field under winter conditions is essential. Wear & bring layers, proper footwear is an absolute must. Bring a lunch and snacks we will go all day 9-5.
COVID Protocols:
Across the country, CyberTracker evaluators do our best to ensure that evaluations are carried out in a safe and inclusive manner, recognizing the ongoing risks of transmission of the COVID-19 virus in North America. We strive to carry out all functions in alignment with best risk-management practices for outdoor educational programs.
We do not expect that everyone we work with, including our own evaluators, will be fully vaccinated when we meet. "Fully vaccinated" means that vaccination has been completed at least two weeks prior to our gathering.
We do expect that everyone present will follow the guidelines of the CDC or the local jurisdiction where we are working, whichever are more strict. We may be at sites in Vermont, New Hampshire and Massachusetts.
We will not require disclosure of vaccination status. We will rely on you to observe the protocols.
If the evaluation were held today, we would ask those who are not fully vaccinated to:
· Be masked at all times in gathered group settings
· Avoid traveling in a vehicle with other people (short distances + mask on + windows down is acceptable)
Regardless of vaccination status, we ask you to:
· Be tested within 3-5 days of contact with someone who is suspected or confirmed as a carrier of Covid-19, and that you be masked at the evaluation until there is a negative test result
· Withdraw from the evaluation if you have tested positive for COVID-19 in the prior 10 days or are experiencing COVID-19 symptoms
We will refund you for the evaluation if you must withdraw or if you choose not to participate because of these protocols. In this email notification, we are including people who may be present as clipboard holders as well as those currently on the waiting list.
Please be prepared to hand written answers to the clipboarders and stepping away as they record them rather than standing close at hand.
We do plan to avoid extended time in any indoor group setting. It may acceptable to be a short time in a well ventilated space, provided that everyone is masked.
For those who are fully vaccinated, as you consider your own approach to masking and social distancing, please be aware that people are traveling from around the country to attend this Specialist Evaluation.
Please understand as well that these guidelines may be re-evaluated and updated based on changes to public health guidelines and as best practices in the field dictate.
I will be in touch again as soon as there is a change in protocols.
Thank you for your attention to these guidelines. May we all remain safe and healthy. Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions, concerns comments.
I look forward to seeing you!
Best, Nate
limited to 10 students
$275 per person
Feb 6-7 2022:
Track and Sign Certification is a two-day practical field test and learning opportunity that emphasizes open, honest dialogue and real learning. The track and sign of any and all species encountered in the field may be asked, whether big or small, clear or obscure. After participants give their answers, a dialogue ensues between the evaluator and participants to provide the opportunity for everyone involved to learn and to internalize the field marks used for identification. Answers are collected and scored to evaluate each participant’s level of track and sign knowledge.
Tracker Certification emphasizes practical tracking and the development of reliable field skills, and is unassociated with any particular philosophy or tracking school. No prior training is required to participate. For more information on the evaluation process visit: http://trackercertification.com/track-and-signcertifications/ The evaluation is run under the auspices of CyberTracker Conservation, and is administered by a qualified evaluator. If you score well enough on the evaluation, you will be added to CyberTracker’s roster of Certified Trackers.
Saturday Feb 5th, One Day Tracking Training for Beginners and Youth; with Nate Harvey
contact us if you are interested.
CyberTracker Conservation is a non-profit organization whose vision is to promote a worldwide environmental monitoring network. For more information visit: http://trackercertification.com/
Evaluator: Nate Harvey evaluates trackers for CyberTracker Conservation in both Trailing and Track & Sign Identification. Additionally, he teaches Trailing in workshops near his home in southern Vermont and around the country. He is one of nine evaluators in North America qualified by CyberTracker to conduct tracking evaluations.
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
This is a two-day workshop, requiring a full day commitment both days. We will be outside all day, visiting multiple sites, traveling by foot and/or carpooling. Be prepared for moderate activity walking between sites, then standing around to observe and discuss track and sign. You may want to get down in the dirt/mud to observe tracks closely. Clothing appropriate for a day in the field under winter conditions is essential. Wear & bring layers, proper footwear is an absolute must. Bring a lunch and snacks we will go all day 9-5.
COVID Protocols:
Across the country, CyberTracker evaluators do our best to ensure that evaluations are carried out in a safe and inclusive manner, recognizing the ongoing risks of transmission of the COVID-19 virus in North America. We strive to carry out all functions in alignment with best risk-management practices for outdoor educational programs.
We do not expect that everyone we work with, including our own evaluators, will be fully vaccinated when we meet. "Fully vaccinated" means that vaccination has been completed at least two weeks prior to our gathering.
We do expect that everyone present will follow the guidelines of the CDC or the local jurisdiction where we are working, whichever are more strict. We may be at sites in Vermont, New Hampshire and Massachusetts.
We will not require disclosure of vaccination status. We will rely on you to observe the protocols.
If the evaluation were held today, we would ask those who are not fully vaccinated to:
· Be masked at all times in gathered group settings
· Avoid traveling in a vehicle with other people (short distances + mask on + windows down is acceptable)
Regardless of vaccination status, we ask you to:
· Be tested within 3-5 days of contact with someone who is suspected or confirmed as a carrier of Covid-19, and that you be masked at the evaluation until there is a negative test result
· Withdraw from the evaluation if you have tested positive for COVID-19 in the prior 10 days or are experiencing COVID-19 symptoms
We will refund you for the evaluation if you must withdraw or if you choose not to participate because of these protocols. In this email notification, we are including people who may be present as clipboard holders as well as those currently on the waiting list.
Please be prepared to hand written answers to the clipboarders and stepping away as they record them rather than standing close at hand.
We do plan to avoid extended time in any indoor group setting. It may acceptable to be a short time in a well ventilated space, provided that everyone is masked.
For those who are fully vaccinated, as you consider your own approach to masking and social distancing, please be aware that people are traveling from around the country to attend this Specialist Evaluation.
Please understand as well that these guidelines may be re-evaluated and updated based on changes to public health guidelines and as best practices in the field dictate.
I will be in touch again as soon as there is a change in protocols.
Thank you for your attention to these guidelines. May we all remain safe and healthy. Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions, concerns comments.
I look forward to seeing you!
Best, Nate