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Find a Wilderness living / Nature Awareness school in your area:
If you do not live in the Finger Lakes do not worry, there are many people, programs and schools across the country and around the world working hard to help their communites re-connect with Nature. Here are seven of our Top Picks for youth and adults:
- The Regenerative Design Institute RDNA
- Jon Young JY
- The Wilderness Awareness School WAS
- Institute for Natural Learning IFNL
- Hawk Circle HC
- The Tracker School TB JR
- Children & Nature Network Louv
Distance Learning Courses
If you can't find a school that suits your needs, consider trying a distance learning approach to push your skills.
Primitive Skills Correspondence Course
Naturalist Training Correspondence Program
Instructional DVD's SW
Here are more wilderness schools from around the world
Primitive Living & Nature Awareness Schools in North America
Primitive Living & Nature Awareness Schools in Europe and Australia
Affiliate schools of the Wilderness Awareness School
There are also many wonderful Primitive Living Skills Gatherings that occur seasonally around the country.
Books and other resources:
You might not be able to carry all these into the woods with you, but we'd still highly recommend spending some time with these "elders."
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Wilderness Survival: Living Off the Land with the Clothes on Your Back and the Knife on Your Belt by Mark Elbroch and Michael Pewtherer
Tom Brown's Field Guide to Wilderness Survival by Tom Brown
Tom Brown's Field Guide to Nature and Survival for Children by Tom Brown
The Forager's Harvest: A Guide to Identifying, Harvesting, and Preparing Edible Wild Plants by Samuel Thayer
