Remaking our world8thJuly
8th
July
Team & Collaborative Skills by Tony Deis on Jul 08, 2009
The kids camp for this week is called Welcome to Middle Earth for 4-10 year olds. Its pretty easy to guess what goes on there: a quest for the ring, donning elvin cloaks and fighting with swords. The actual results are what's really fantastic. In this camp, kids don't need to be "managed" or told where to go and what to be. In this camp they shape the story and that story reshapes them; demonstrating the fine…
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Dignity3rdJune
3rd
June
Team & Collaborative Skills by Tony Deis on Jun 03, 2009
This is not meant to make critique an individual. This blog is meant as a call to action to better care for one another. I have changed the names to protect even the non-innocent. An email Trackers recently received... Hey, Do you do anything particular to help folks connect with their spiritual awareness and responsibilities in nature and…
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Freedom27thMay
27th
May
Team & Collaborative Skills by Tony Deis on May 27, 2009
Freedom is not something that comes easy to people. Imagine saying to someone, "Do what you feel passion and responsibility for. We'll give you magnificent resources to learn, live and work from. How you use them is up to you." Sounds great, right? You'd be surprised how often people struggle with this kind of freedom. The newly liberated…
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The wild foods report20thMay
20th
May
Team & Collaborative Skills by Tony Deis on May 20, 2009
The other night we had a wild and local foods potluck and mixer. Nearly everyone dressed in their swankiest. We ate great food and had libations of tasty homemade beverages of wild fruits and plants. Some of the foods that came to the table included buffalo stew, smoked salmon, acorn bread, salad made entirely from local permaculture farms…
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Humor and sincerity13thMay
13th
May
Team & Collaborative Skills by Tony Deis on May 13, 2009
Recently a perspective student told us he was considering TrackersTEAMS over other wilderness schools for our "George Carlin sense of humor." On top of the fact that we're completely and utterly awesome at the skills yo (ahem). To be frank, that's one of the reasons why we started Trackers (NW, TEAMS, International or otherwise). Way way…
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TrackersTEAMS: Taster day schedule5thMay
5th
May
Program Info by Tony Deis on May 05, 2009
A roundup for our last month of taster days before the season ends. We would love to have both old and new friends in the community join us. May 16, 9am-5pmTaster Day Spend a day with to learn more about the TrackersTEAMS immersion program: build fires, throw swords (safely, mostly), do more primitive skills and form an unforgettable…
