Earth Skills Are Easy is a series of one day workshops on earth skills also refered to as “primitive skills”, “ancestral skills”, “survival skills”, or “bushcraft”. These skills are often perceived as something only a hard-core wilderness survival skills expert can produce. This series goes through many of the basic crafts of earth skills and [...]

Over the last decade, animal tracking in North America has exploded with CyberTracker Evaluation and Certification. Before the evaluations began in North America, there was no way of knowing who was an experienced tracker and who wasn’t. We now have a system in place that certifies people based on their level of experience and knowledge [...]

“English Ivy is an invasive, introduced plant species which damages our forests by reducing biodiversity and negatively impacting native wildlife.  It is fabulous to see this weed removed from our natural areas and transformed into a productive, creative item!” Rachel Felice, Westside Stewardship Coordinator, Portland Parks and Recreation “In my eleven years of teaching basketry [...]