We are pleased to bring you word from the field, forest and workshop via The Smoke Signal, our new e-newsletter.  We will keep you updated with the pages, ripped from our own journals, filled with the stories from programs, adventures from the back country, the latest on wilderness education and sustainable living in Ontario as well as provide the space for you to connect with those that live with a passion for life.  

 

Joining forces with the local community Sticks and Stones Wilderness School has been busy creating a presence for the school and spreading the word about the unique skills that are coming back to the region like a wave of wild fire.  

 

  

Here's what we've been up to: 

~ We set up a booth at the Spring Plant Sale at David Warburton's   Gardens at Kingfisher Cottage in the Hockley Valley for a lively festival that brought together many natural skills enthusiasts and plant lovers. 

~ For the youth of Erin and surrounding area we presented a skills demo at the Feathers and Nonsense Summer Fun Camp. 

~ We teamed up with Silent Lake Provincial Park to provide free interactive and educational workshops to park guests and visitors involving wilderness survival and naturalist skills as well as wildlife tracking. 

~ The Rockwood Farmers Market has become a weekend spot for us to set up our skills display and demo skills for the mixed local audience.

~ The Youth Outdoor Club at the North Peel and Dufferin Anglers and Hunters club were pleased to have us in to demonstrate friction-fire building and wildlife tracking skills.

~ The perfect community property has been located and negotiations are in the works to set up the school's baseline Caretaker project.  The Way of Caretaker-Art of Stewardship will be run this fall for the first time ever.  Keep an eye to the sky regarding how you can be involved in the evolution of this long term initiative.