EARTH WALKERS TEEN PROGRAM

Join a group of teens who seek adventure, skills, and want to explore their own wildness with like-minded people!

Earth Walkers teens are guided by experienced and passionate mentors in nature connection, wilderness survival, and expedition quests.  These mentors support the teens in co-creating a community of deep connection and belonging.  Earth Walkers is where teens can develop deep friendships and co-create unforgettable experiences that anchor them into their fullest selves.

Students will learn or deepen their skills in:

• The art of tracking animals

• Wilderness living and survival skills like primitive fire making, navigation, tool use & crafting, and shelter building

• Knowledge of and relationship to the local mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians, plants and trees of the Four Corners Region

• How to understand and interpret the language of the birds

• Medicinal and edible qualities of wild plants

• How to explore safely on- and off-trail in the woods

• Leadership, self-awareness, self-confidence, self-sufficiency, community-building  and peacemaking skills

Each weekend will focus on a different aspect of this learning journey based on season, location, knowledge and interest of the group.  Instructors work to provide opportunities for in-depth learning in the passion-areas of the group and individuals, while holding a cultural basket that allows the teens to try out ways of being apart from the norms of public school, growing resilience of self and an increased capacity for critical decision-making.