| W.I.L.D. Immersion Program Wilderness Immersion & Leadership Development 10-week immersion Fall 2012 For ages 18 & up ______________________________________________________________________________ |
This is sure to be a memorable and life-moving experience as you spend 10-weeks learning
and living the skills of nature-connection, survival skills, outer & inner awareness, and
leadership. Experiential hands-on activities and projects will greatly expand your skill-set in
living close to the earth and strengthen your toolkit as a teacher and mentor of those skills. All
participants will graduate not only with a new and profound sense of self, nature, and
community but also with essential life-skills to lead yourself and others into an unknown future.
This program is unique in that it presents a dynamic and holistic blend of the topics in a way
that few have done.
_____________________________________________________________________________
Curriculum Overview:
Q: Can we actually cover all of this in just 10-weeks?
A: We can give you a solid understanding of the basics, dig into the thick of it, and direct you
towards mastery within 10-weeks. However, there is always more to do and learn. It is about
the journey, and each person walks that journey in their own way.
"In the book of nature there is no beginning as there is no end" -Jim Corbett
_____________________________________________________________________________
Details:
Cost: $2,500 covers the entire program (instructors, materials, etc.)
Early bird discount: $100 off if you register by July 1st, 2012.
Fall 2012 Dates: Class begins Monday September 10th. Last day is Thursday November 12th.
Schedule: meets 3 days per week: Monday, and Wednesday overnight to Thursday
Monday: 9am-3pm, Wednesday: Noon to Thursday at 3pm
Locations: meets near Bloomington, Indiana and occasionally at various other locations in the
area as needed
Registration: Take the next step on your journey in life! If you are interested in registering for
this program please call or email us and we will send you a registration packet. (forms,
questionnaire, and other information)
Please see our Frequently Asked Questions (F.A.Q.s) page to get the facts
____________________________________________________________________
Lead Instructors: (present throughout the entire course)
Kevin Glenn: A graduate of the Wilderness Awareness School Anake Outdoor School (2001),
Apprenticeship with Mark Morey (2002), and Hawk Circle's Instructor Training Program (2003)
Kevin has a diverse and rich background in nature and survival skills. Since childhood he has
explored his passion for nature, survival, and tracking. Today, he focuses more time on
learning the art of teaching/mentoring, cultural facilitation, and community-building. He holds
a General Studies degree with a minor in Outdoor Recreation & Resource Management from
Indiana University. He continues to work as a lead instructor/guide for teen rite of passage
programs each spring (with Mark Morey) and attends classes with Tom Brown Jr. at the Tracker
School.
Monique Philpot: Monique is an EFT practitioner, has graduated the Way of the Dreamer
Teacher Training level 1 with Robert Moss, and holds a degree in Telecommunications from
Indiana University. Growing up going on family fishing trips encouraged her passion for being
and living in nature. She has her Permaculture Design Certification through The Living Center of
Ontario and loves gardening and landscaping projects. She passionately studies and uses wild
medicinal plants and you often won't find her without a good plant book far from reach. She
works as a lead instructor/guide for teen rite of passage programs and attends classes with
Tom Brown Jr. at the Tracker School.
Guest Instructors/Speakers:
The program is enriched with the voices and experiences of several gifted guest
instructors who each embody many years of teaching and guiding others.
Rhonda Baird
Rhonda grew up close to the land gardening, preserving food, foraging, and caring for animals
from an early age. She combines experience in the academic world with practical experience
and personal passions. In 2005 she completed her initial Permaculture Design Course. That fall
she began apprenticing as a teacher with Peter Bane, publisher of the Permaculture Activist.
Besides experience teaching in multiple full design courses, she completed Permaculture
Teacher Training at Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute in September 2006. She
originated the Bloomington Permaculture Guild that same year and has taught various
introductory and specialty workshops including forest gardening, water conservation, and a
children’s permaculture design course.
Besides teaching, Rhonda runs a design consulting business, is Assistant Editor of the
Permaculture Activist, and serves on the board of directors for the Association for Regenerative
Culture (a nonprofit dedicated to promoting permaculture projects throughout the eastern
United States).
Mark Morey
Mark Morey is a creative artist, visionary educator, cultural engineer, and consultant who
designs regenerative holistic communities with timeless native principles. He founded or co-
founded three transformational organizations in the last 15 years: Deep Wilds, Vermont
Wilderness School, and the Institute for Natural Learning, sparking a nature and community
awareness movement in the Northeast impacting 5,000 adults and children today. He has
facilitated wilderness survival and spiritual passages for teens and adults since 1997,
including over 40 week-long Art of Mentoring programs for adults, and 7 years of Sacred Fire
rites of passage for teen boys. Mark feels inspired by the hero’s journey model and the oral
history of his ancestors and native people around the world. Mark’s passion for environmental
healing and consciousness has gained him wide recognition as a leader in earth centered
learning.
Evan McGown
Evan McGown is the founder and director of The Institute for Wild Intelligence. A native of
Athens, GA, Evan's passion is to weave together nature and culture for the sake of the current
and coming generations. His training began at Tom Brown's Tracker School when he was 18,
followed by 7 years in Washington and California studying and working for Wilderness
Awareness School, Power of Hope, and Regenerative Design Institute. Evan coauthored
Coyote's Guide to Connecting with Nature, which is being used by nature programs across
North America and Europe, and is endorsed by Richard Louv, chairman of the Children and
Nature Network.
Dr. Randall Eaton
Dr. Randall Eaton is the author of From Boys to Men of Heart: Hunting as Rite of Passage. He is
a gifted and inspiring storyteller who has extensively studied rites of passage, hunting, ritual,
and the relationship between humans and animals. His background includes teaching,
producing, writing, and speaking and we are always honored to host Randall.
and living the skills of nature-connection, survival skills, outer & inner awareness, and
leadership. Experiential hands-on activities and projects will greatly expand your skill-set in
living close to the earth and strengthen your toolkit as a teacher and mentor of those skills. All
participants will graduate not only with a new and profound sense of self, nature, and
community but also with essential life-skills to lead yourself and others into an unknown future.
This program is unique in that it presents a dynamic and holistic blend of the topics in a way
that few have done.
_____________________________________________________________________________
Curriculum Overview:
- The Art of Mentoring: how to connect yourself and others to nature in a profound and
meaningful way, developing your personal skills and gifts, and the role and power of real
community - Wilderness Survival Skills: primitive survival relying on what you can find in the
wilderness, understanding our connection to the earth and gaining humility, competency,
and confidence through the challenge of survival - Tracking & Awareness: the art of questioning, journaling, wildlife studies, researching
findings from the field, storytelling, mapping, and understanding ecological connections - Edible and Medicinal Wild Plants: identification, journaling, harvesting, and preparing
wild foods and medicines (tinctures, salves, poultices, oils, infusions and their uses) - Permaculture Design for Simple Living: learn techniques for living simply and
emergency preparedness including growing and storing food, seed saving, water
collection and storage, and natural building (i.e. cob and strawbale construction) - Inner-Awareness: understanding the inner landscape and the power that comes through
when we can recognize our shadows and gifts, this cultivates true leadership that comes
through in any situation - Nature-Connection and Awareness: naturalist skills, sensory awareness, camouflage,
moving silently, core routines of nature-connection, bird language - Health & Vitality: nutrition, nourishment, natural movement/fitness, and developing an
understanding, feeling, and awareness of how nature-connection and living in
community leads to health and vitality
Q: Can we actually cover all of this in just 10-weeks?
A: We can give you a solid understanding of the basics, dig into the thick of it, and direct you
towards mastery within 10-weeks. However, there is always more to do and learn. It is about
the journey, and each person walks that journey in their own way.
"In the book of nature there is no beginning as there is no end" -Jim Corbett
_____________________________________________________________________________
Details:
Cost: $2,500 covers the entire program (instructors, materials, etc.)
Early bird discount: $100 off if you register by July 1st, 2012.
Fall 2012 Dates: Class begins Monday September 10th. Last day is Thursday November 12th.
Schedule: meets 3 days per week: Monday, and Wednesday overnight to Thursday
Monday: 9am-3pm, Wednesday: Noon to Thursday at 3pm
Locations: meets near Bloomington, Indiana and occasionally at various other locations in the
area as needed
Registration: Take the next step on your journey in life! If you are interested in registering for
this program please call or email us and we will send you a registration packet. (forms,
questionnaire, and other information)
Please see our Frequently Asked Questions (F.A.Q.s) page to get the facts
____________________________________________________________________
Lead Instructors: (present throughout the entire course)
Kevin Glenn: A graduate of the Wilderness Awareness School Anake Outdoor School (2001),
Apprenticeship with Mark Morey (2002), and Hawk Circle's Instructor Training Program (2003)
Kevin has a diverse and rich background in nature and survival skills. Since childhood he has
explored his passion for nature, survival, and tracking. Today, he focuses more time on
learning the art of teaching/mentoring, cultural facilitation, and community-building. He holds
a General Studies degree with a minor in Outdoor Recreation & Resource Management from
Indiana University. He continues to work as a lead instructor/guide for teen rite of passage
programs each spring (with Mark Morey) and attends classes with Tom Brown Jr. at the Tracker
School.
Monique Philpot: Monique is an EFT practitioner, has graduated the Way of the Dreamer
Teacher Training level 1 with Robert Moss, and holds a degree in Telecommunications from
Indiana University. Growing up going on family fishing trips encouraged her passion for being
and living in nature. She has her Permaculture Design Certification through The Living Center of
Ontario and loves gardening and landscaping projects. She passionately studies and uses wild
medicinal plants and you often won't find her without a good plant book far from reach. She
works as a lead instructor/guide for teen rite of passage programs and attends classes with
Tom Brown Jr. at the Tracker School.
Guest Instructors/Speakers:
The program is enriched with the voices and experiences of several gifted guest
instructors who each embody many years of teaching and guiding others.
Rhonda Baird
Rhonda grew up close to the land gardening, preserving food, foraging, and caring for animals
from an early age. She combines experience in the academic world with practical experience
and personal passions. In 2005 she completed her initial Permaculture Design Course. That fall
she began apprenticing as a teacher with Peter Bane, publisher of the Permaculture Activist.
Besides experience teaching in multiple full design courses, she completed Permaculture
Teacher Training at Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute in September 2006. She
originated the Bloomington Permaculture Guild that same year and has taught various
introductory and specialty workshops including forest gardening, water conservation, and a
children’s permaculture design course.
Besides teaching, Rhonda runs a design consulting business, is Assistant Editor of the
Permaculture Activist, and serves on the board of directors for the Association for Regenerative
Culture (a nonprofit dedicated to promoting permaculture projects throughout the eastern
United States).
Mark Morey
Mark Morey is a creative artist, visionary educator, cultural engineer, and consultant who
designs regenerative holistic communities with timeless native principles. He founded or co-
founded three transformational organizations in the last 15 years: Deep Wilds, Vermont
Wilderness School, and the Institute for Natural Learning, sparking a nature and community
awareness movement in the Northeast impacting 5,000 adults and children today. He has
facilitated wilderness survival and spiritual passages for teens and adults since 1997,
including over 40 week-long Art of Mentoring programs for adults, and 7 years of Sacred Fire
rites of passage for teen boys. Mark feels inspired by the hero’s journey model and the oral
history of his ancestors and native people around the world. Mark’s passion for environmental
healing and consciousness has gained him wide recognition as a leader in earth centered
learning.
Evan McGown
Evan McGown is the founder and director of The Institute for Wild Intelligence. A native of
Athens, GA, Evan's passion is to weave together nature and culture for the sake of the current
and coming generations. His training began at Tom Brown's Tracker School when he was 18,
followed by 7 years in Washington and California studying and working for Wilderness
Awareness School, Power of Hope, and Regenerative Design Institute. Evan coauthored
Coyote's Guide to Connecting with Nature, which is being used by nature programs across
North America and Europe, and is endorsed by Richard Louv, chairman of the Children and
Nature Network.
Dr. Randall Eaton
Dr. Randall Eaton is the author of From Boys to Men of Heart: Hunting as Rite of Passage. He is
a gifted and inspiring storyteller who has extensively studied rites of passage, hunting, ritual,
and the relationship between humans and animals. His background includes teaching,
producing, writing, and speaking and we are always honored to host Randall.
| About the instructors: We have been teaching for many years and love sharing our passion and knowledge with others. We continue to seek out teachers and to take classes that give us new perspective and creative approaches to teaching our own students. We believe that teaching, like learning, is an art and a journey and we look forward to meeting the fall class of 2011! |
| The Wild Nature Project |
| Feel free to contact us with any questions about the program!!! |
What do previous students have to say?
"I like the community vibe, being in
nature with other like minded people with
many different backgrounds, the
approach to living harmoniously with
nature, and the coyote mentoring
approach."
"What I most enjoy about the WILD class
is the sense of community that I feel after
being involved with it for some time. The
instructors are inclusive and easily
facilitate learning for each person and
lead every activity in a way that involves
everyone in a meaningful way."
"The experience and stories that I gained
from being in WILD class is exciting and is
something that I will carry with me for the
rest of my life."
"I was really just interested in learning
about wilderness survival but my mind
was opened to new perspectives on living
close to nature in a way that I didn't have
before."
"I like the community vibe, being in
nature with other like minded people with
many different backgrounds, the
approach to living harmoniously with
nature, and the coyote mentoring
approach."
"What I most enjoy about the WILD class
is the sense of community that I feel after
being involved with it for some time. The
instructors are inclusive and easily
facilitate learning for each person and
lead every activity in a way that involves
everyone in a meaningful way."
"The experience and stories that I gained
from being in WILD class is exciting and is
something that I will carry with me for the
rest of my life."
"I was really just interested in learning
about wilderness survival but my mind
was opened to new perspectives on living
close to nature in a way that I didn't have
before."