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Local Eats: The Importance of Healthy Food

“The healthiest food” argued writer Wendell Berry “is the shortest distance from the Earth to your mouth.” In this program, children will learn where their food comes from through interactive and educational activities. They’ll visit our organic garden and solar straw...

High Ropes

Our two high ropes courses help students to learn about the importance of setting goals. By being involved in a perceived “high risk” activity (actual risk is very low), students come to understand the various roles team members play in a group environment. These...

Honing in on Homes

That might look like a plain hole in a tree to you, but to a black-capped chickadee or to a red squirrel, it is an important refuge from danger and cold. And a home is every bit as important to them as yours is to you. In this program, students become familiar with...

Initiative Tasks

Initiative Tasks are a series of creative problems which the group, as a team, must solve. They become more difficult as the program progresses. Tasks may involve creating the highest free standing tube tower, walking on land skis 6 students at a time, or moving a...

Instincts for Survival: The Survival Game

Ever wonder why a squirrel is constantly on the lookout, head darting from side to side, nose twitching and ears scanning for sounds? All it takes is one moment of carelessness and a squirrel could find itself caught in the claws of a hungry red-tailed hawk. To...

Lost in the Woods

Ever wonder what to do if you are lost? In this engaging, hands-on program, students learn about lost-proofing (how not to get lost), shelter building, using natural materials to keep warm, edible wild, cordage and other survival skills. This program teaches an...