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Earth Skills - Outdoor Survival Skills, Homesteading, and Sustainability

Completed by 84 learners
Ages 8-13
Live Group Class
Learn survival and self-sufficiency skills that strengthen your connection to the natural world. Science is woven into each class to facilitate a deeper understanding of the content.
Average rating:
5.0
Number of reviews:
(34 reviews)
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Live video meetings
1x per week
1-10 learners per class
40 min

What's included

1 live meeting
40 mins in-class hours per week
Homework
I often have optional exercises for students to practice. I am always interested to hear from learners putting my lessons to use. I would love to see photos and videos of any of these skills in action so that I can give feedback.

Class Experience

US Grade 5 - 8
Beginner Level
Curious about my classes? Try your first class for $5! Use coupon code: HOWELJ8NFD10

🌍 Class Topics Weeks:
Feb 17-23 Useful Knots
Feb 24- Mar 2 Making Knives
Mar 3-9 Efficient Cooking

🦊 Unlike survival classes focused purely on emergencies, this class is about creating skilled stewards of the natural world. What many modern people call "survival skills", our ancestors simply called "life".

🐗 The content we cover equips learners with self-sufficiency knowledge to grow their relationships with nature. They will become better problem-solvers, better campers, and better community members. When challenging circumstances arise, learners will have the preparation and confidence to take leadership roles. 

🐻 Come learn from a Wilderness Guide who has walked the walk. This class offers learners a lot of participation as we journey through presentations that include homemade footage and exciting scenarios.

🦌 Each week we will cover a valuable topic such as: Survival shelters, campfires, cooking, water purification, working with tools, making cordage and tying knots, navigating, sustainable gardening and hunting, food processing and preservation (drying, canning, freezing, fermenting), handcrafts (sewing, weaving, basketry, woodworking), and much more!

This class is appropriate for all ages 7 and over. 

If you miss a session, there will a recording available to watch if one or more other learners attended that session. 

Tags: Wilderness survival, primitive skills, rewilding, bushcraft, homestead, farm, homeschool, climate change, global warming, girl scout, boy scout, home school, resilience, self-reliance, self-sufficiency, DIY.

Learning Goals

Each week learners will gain greater competence in a skill connected to survival and sustainability.

Other Details

Parental Guidance
The topics of injury and death are inherent in the subject of survival, but not the focus of the class. I practice sensitivity in discussing potentially scary content. Learners are advised to use adult supervision when practicing any of the skills I share in my class. This may include fire-making, tool usage, water purification, overnight camping, hunting, trapping, and cooking. Occasionally we will cover the importance of hunting/trapping/fishing as sustainable food sources. No slaughter will be shown. During these specific classes there may be footage of processing meat for cooking (skinning and butchering). These classes will be titled to notify families of their subject matter. Although I am a certified Wilderness Medical First Responder, in accordance with Outschool policy, I will not be offering medical training or medical services. There will be no graphic medical footage in this class.
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.

Meet the teacher

5.0
34reviews
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Teacher expertise and credentials
Bachelor's Degree from University of Cincinnati
I've taught wilderness survival to a countless number of kids since 2015, both in-person and online.

I've led wilderness survival/bushcraft camps with the company Coyle Outside in Oregon. 

I've guided wilderness backpacking and canoe trips through Camp Kooch-I-Ching in Minnesota.

I am a Certified Wilderness First Responder through the company Remote Medical Training. This has certified me to address medical emergencies in remote settings. 

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