Off To Big Bear Village

July 30, 2011

We are headed out to Big Bear Village, our week-long overnight summer camp for kids 10 and up. This week will be completely awesome and I am really excited about what we have planned. If you are trying to reach Whole Earth Nature School this week know that we are out of phone range. We [...]

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Kids at EverCamp Discover a Clue

July 3, 2011

Here is a brief video of a very exciting moment at this week’s EverCamp. The kids have just discovered a clue to help them defeat Captain Belladonna.

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Featured Summer Camp: Camp Little Bear

June 17, 2011

When Oak Hill School approached us about running a program at their property this summer we were super excited. If you have ever been to Oak Hill you will know what I mean. The school sits on 70-plus acres surrounded by forest land right on the edge of Eugene. They have a huge variety of [...]

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Featured Summer Camp: Homesteading

June 10, 2011

Homesteading is probably one of our most fun and creative camps. It is a blast to transport ourselves back in time to a not-so-distant era when humans relied on our own hands more for the things that we needed. In 2006 I worked for Pipe Spring National Monument in Arizona. The Monument is an historic [...]

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Featured Camp: Stalking the Summer Harvest

June 3, 2011

If you have ever read a book by Euell Gibbons you will immediately understand the inspiration for this camp. Nature is chock full of wonderful things to eat, especially so in the late summer. Stalking the Summer Harvest is our way of celebrating the end of the summer. The key to this camp is location. [...]

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ReWild Fest 2011- Thank you for joining us!!

May 31, 2011

On May 7th, 2011 we had our second annual ReWild Festival. Here is a recap of the events in case you missed it – hopefully we will see you next year! First of all I would to send out a HUGE thanks to everyone who volunteered and shared their skills at the event. We could [...]

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Featured Summer Camp: SurvivorKid

May 20, 2011

These days it is often the case that kids are more interested in sitting inside in front of screens rather than playing creatively outside. This trend worries me. Last year in a program I asked one kid if he thought it would be exciting to see a cougar. His response was “Who cares? I can [...]

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Featured Summer Camp: Big Bear Village

May 13, 2011

I love all of the programs that we run. I am truly blessed to get to work outside year-round with so many amazing kids. However, by far my favorite program that we do is Big Bear Village. Big Bear Village was originally inspired by the land that it happens on. Big Bear Camp near Walton, [...]

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Featured Summer Camp: Archers of Sherwood Forest

May 6, 2011

Archery has a very primal appeal to it. Everyone seems to like shooting bows. Interestingly, the bow and arrow is a relatively recent invention in human history. Before that people relied on many other hunting tools such as throwing spears, atlatls, slings and the like. Still, the bow is a tool that has an amazing [...]

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Featured Summer Camp: School of Wizardry

April 29, 2011

Magic is great. I love how in a magical world anything is possible. We can turn invisible, transform into animals, fly on broomsticks and generally have all sorts of fun. The ability to live out a story in an imagined world is what makes summer camps so fun. That is why we offer the School [...]

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