UPDATE: NOVEMBER 22, 2022
GIVING TUESDAY 2022

Hello Friends of 4E,
Giving Tuesday is next week (11/29/22) and Indigenous Giving Tuesday starts TODAY!
4 Elements Earth Education is a 501(c)(3) educational nonprofit on a mission to guide children, families and teens toward a pure connection to the Earth through direct experiences in Nature. Our team of passionate and experienced Instructors, on both East and West Coasts, provide hands-on instruction in the ancient arts of wilderness survival, animal tracking, and nature awareness.
For over 20 years we have been sharing these skills and weaving in the Old Ways of Ancestors through cultivating a solid relationship with Earth Mother. With the teachings passed down from Grandfather Stalking Wolf of the Southern Lipan Apache, the Tracker School and our collaborations with The Tsi Akim Tribe, we continue to evolve our organization to be accountable to the Indigenous Trible Peoples of Turtle Island.
Giving Tuesday is next week (11/29/22) and Indigenous Giving Tuesday starts TODAY!
4 Elements Earth Education is a 501(c)(3) educational nonprofit on a mission to guide children, families and teens toward a pure connection to the Earth through direct experiences in Nature. Our team of passionate and experienced Instructors, on both East and West Coasts, provide hands-on instruction in the ancient arts of wilderness survival, animal tracking, and nature awareness.
For over 20 years we have been sharing these skills and weaving in the Old Ways of Ancestors through cultivating a solid relationship with Earth Mother. With the teachings passed down from Grandfather Stalking Wolf of the Southern Lipan Apache, the Tracker School and our collaborations with The Tsi Akim Tribe, we continue to evolve our organization to be accountable to the Indigenous Trible Peoples of Turtle Island.
Scholarships and Sliding scale Tuition:
4E offers a sliding scale tuition as well as scholarships and no one is ever turned away due to lack of funds. So far in 2022 we have given $90,000 in scholarships and subsidized tuition. This is not possible without donations from the general public and folks like you.
West Coast Programs:
4E offers a sliding scale tuition as well as scholarships and no one is ever turned away due to lack of funds. So far in 2022 we have given $90,000 in scholarships and subsidized tuition. This is not possible without donations from the general public and folks like you.
West Coast Programs:
- 4E’s Fox Walkers Programs have been going for 13 years at the Burton Educational Preserve and Pata Panaka Village with the Tsi Akim MaiduTribe in Northern California. Our non-profit corporation is accountable to the Original Indigenous Peoples; 4E is sanctioned by the Tribe as part of our Land Use Agreement to carry out their Traditional Ecological Knowledge through our youth programs.
- 4E on the west coast has contributed much to Land Stewardship, including wildfire suppression, fire ecology, and re-building the ancient village site, Pata Panaka (“Baby Woodpecker”). We hope this site will be a destination for school groups to experience being in a Bark House, listening to stories of our Ancestors, participating in land stewardship projects and invited to ceremonies.
- 4E runs year-round programs in Philadelphia and New Jersey, connecting youth from large urban areas to the inspiring magic of true nature, both in forested city parks and their own concrete-ruled neighborhoods.
- Coyote Tracks Youth Programs are now entirely donation-based! Families unable to make a financial contribution are welcome to participate - no questions asked! This is an imperative step for our organization, opening the door to nature for youth in highly urban and densely populated regions that don't have access to wild spaces.
- Life in the big city is hard; but our programs show the youth of today how to live in harmony with the Earth, so that when it is soon their turn, they won't repeat the mistakes of the past. Help us continue NO COST programming with your tax-deductible donation this Giving Tuesday!
Ways to Give
Make a tax-deductible donation to 4E, a 501(c)(3) organization, TODAY! Thank you for your support!
PayPal
Mail
Please make checks payable to 4EEE and mail to: 4 Elements Earth Education PO Box 1823 Nevada City, CA 95959 |
Facebook Payments
Facebook assesses ZERO FEES on donations - so 100% of your contribution goes to support our mission and programs! Volunteering Your Time
If you are interested in donating your time or services, please fill out a contact form or send an email to info@4eee.org, indicating how you want to help! |
Thank you for helping 4E share Earth-based education with youth, families, adults & communities.
UPDATE: SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
4 Elements Earth Education needs your support to keep our mission going!
Over the past few years, 4 Elements Earth Education (4E) has been growing programming efforts on both the East and West Coasts; now providing nature connection and wilderness skills programming all year long to hundreds of children, teens, and families. To continue this meaningful work, and much more, your support is needed!
4E is actively using many avenues to fulfill our mission, including:
4E is actively using many avenues to fulfill our mission, including:
- A strong Scholarship Program that allows for all who are interested to join our programming, regardless of financial situation
- Land Stewardship projects, including maintaining and expanding Pata Panaka Village in Nevada City, CA for our Educational programs
- Cross Cultural/Ceremonial collaborations with the Siakumne Tribe (Tsi Akim Maidu Tribe).
- Sponsoring and supporting the 24th Annual Indigenous Peoples Days 2022 event in collaboration with Siakumne Tribe (Tsi Akim Maidu Tribe) at Pata Panaka Village, Northern CA
- East Coast Program offerings:
- Teen and Family specific programs in The Magical Pine Barrens Camp, where the foundation of Earth Skills and Coyote Teaching are embedded
- Coyote Tracks programs, which include:
- weekly homeschool programs in Philadelphia designed to serve Urban Youth
- week long summer camps in Philadelphia offered in an effort to connect Urban Youth with the magic of nature right in their own small city backyards and urban parks
- West Coast Program offerings and efforts:
- Year round Fox Walkers programs
- Expanding the ancient and active Village Site on the property with the Siakumne Tribe (Tsi Akim Maidu Tribe)
- continuing a beautiful collaboration between the Siakumne Tribe and the community of youth and families we serve in the Foothills of Northern CA.
- Developing the cutting edge of a new way of “Land Back” that supports the original people of the area, and simultaneously educates the youth to become caretakers of Earth Mother.