A
Naturalist's
World -
http://www.tracknature.com
Classes include tracking, carnivore
ecology, wildlife
observation, rare species, northern lights, and winter ecology.
Aboriginal
Living Skills School -
http://www.alssadventures.com
Cody Lundin teaches primitive and modern
wilderness living
and survival skills in desert and mountain regions.
Alba Wilderness
School -
http://www.magma.ca/~alba/
Courses in wilderness survival including
traditional
skills, camp-craft, tracking, nature lore, and winter camping.
Ancient Pathways
-
http://www.apathways.com/
Offers experience-based courses in
wilderness skills,
mammal tracking, and primitive technology. Includes details, photos,
links
and contact information. Located in Flagstaff, Arizona.
Ancient
Technology Centre -
http://www.dorsetcc.gov.uk/index.jsp?articleid=2605
The purpose of the centre is to
stimulate, through practical
activities, a lively interest in the past, in the development of
technology,
and in the natural environment.
Aunt
Scarey Survival Fitness Guides -
http://www.angelfire.com/tn2/cherokeeguides/AuntScarey.html
Wilderness survival training in the
Southern Appalachian
mountains. Includes survival tips, fee schedule, and contact
information.
Backwoods
Survival School -
http://www.backwoodsurvival.co.uk/
Teaches basic and advanced courses,
including skills
such as identifying edible plants, shelter building, obtaining water,
fire-making,
and other survival techniques. Based near Glasgow in Scotland.
Bear Traks School
of Wilderness
Living -
http://www.beartraks.com
Offers classes in wilderness skills and
awareness. Located
in Brunswick, Maine.
Bearclaw
Bushcraft -
http://www.bearclawbushcraft.co.uk/
Offers bushcraft and wilderness survival
courses, including
skills such as fire-making, shelter building, and water procurement.
Also
sells survival clothing and gear.
Bison
Bushcraft -
http://www.bisonbushcraft.co.uk/
Teaches bushcraft and wilderness skills,
including fire-making,
tracking, shelter construction, and nature awareness. Also sells
wilderness
survival products.
Boreal Wilderness
Institute -
http://www.boreal.net/
Instruction in summer and winter
wilderness survival,
aviation survival, land navigation, and wilderness leadership. Course
descriptions
and registration form provided.
Boulder Outdoor
Survival School -
http://www.boss-inc.com/
One-day to 28-day courses teach primitive
living and
wilderness skills, low technology camping, and desert hiking
techniques.
Includes course descriptions, schedule, and registration information.
Cambrian
School of Survival -
http://www.cambriansurvival.co.uk
Survival school in mid-west Wales
offering survival and
wilderness skills for global use.
Camp Tonkawa
-
http://www.camptonkawa.net
Providing outdoor nature awareness,
tracking, survival
and wilderness skills for children and adults in 35-acre nature center.
Includes course details, class schedules, registration form and medical
release agreement. Located in Highland Village, Texas.
Cedar
Creek Nature
Studies -
http://www.cedarcreeknaturestudies.com
Dedicated to teaching the art of
primitive skills, wild
edible and medicinal plants, bamboo flute making, and soap making.
Clearwater
River Company's Primitive Living Program -
http://www.clearwatertrips.com/primitive_living_skills.htm
Teaches primitive skills such as arrow
making, archery,
shelter construction, finding water, tracking, hide tanning, and
flintknapping.
Deep Wilds
Wilderness School -
http://www.deepwilds.com/
A learning community dedicated to
exploring ways of living
on the Earth that honor the natural world we live in.
Earth
Connection Wilderness
School -
http://www.earth-connection.com
Primitive skills school dedicated to
helping people of
all ages rediscover their connection to nature.
Earth Star
Wilderness Survival
Classes -
http://www.earthstarsurvival.com/
Teaches woodland skills to outdoor
enthusiasts. Includes
course descriptions, schedules, fees, newsletter, links and contact
details.
(Ambler, Pennsylvania)
Earthwalk
Northwest -
http://www.earthwalknorthwest.com/
Courses in primitive living, including
bow making, fire
making, wild edibles, nature awareness, and flint knapping. Provides
course
descriptions and pricing.
Earthway Network
-
http://www.earthway.net
Dedicated to helping others help
themselves. Building
a world wide network of members providing wilderness schools and
self-reliance
education programs.
Earthways: School
of Wilderness
Living -
http://www.earthways.net
Canoe the northern wilderness with
registered Maine guides.
Learn Grandfather's wilderness skills and philosophy. Earthways offers
courses in the methods and philosophies of an Elder.
First Earth
Wilderness School,
LLC -
http://www.firstearth.org/
Offers programs and workshops in survival
skills and
nature studies. Located in Missouri.
Global
Principles Survival
School -
http://www.globalprinciples.com
Offers comprehensive courses in
beginning, intermediate,
and advanced survival skills. Also provides courses focused on specific
topics such as navigation, tracking, and primitive weapons.
Greenmen
Institute -
http://www.greenmeninstitute.com/
Providing classes and seminars in
wilderness living and
personal skills. Includes details, photos, registration form and
contact
information. Located in Spokane, Washington.
Hawk Circle
Wilderness Programs -
http://www.hawkcircle.com/
Workshops, summer camps, instructor
training, and expeditions
focused on wilderness skills and community building. Provides schedule
and pricing.
Headwaters Outdoor
School -
http://www.hwos.com
Teaches skills that Earth People have
used throughout
time to survive in kinship with the earth.
Hollowtop
Outdoor Primitive
School -
http://www.hollowtop.com/index.html
Primitive living skills and contemporary
lifestyles.
Primitive skills schools and classes across North America.
Hoods Woods -
http://www.survival.com/
Wilderness survival instruction,
information and instructional
videos for outdoor enthusiasts
ICA
Rite of Passage Journeys -
http://www.icajourneys.org/home.html
Includes course descriptions, calendar,
staff page, articles,
weekend programs and contact information. Located in Bothell,
Washington.
Jack
Mountain Bushcraft
& Guide Service -
http://www.jackmountainbushcraft.com
Registered Maine guide offers courses in
wilderness living
and survival, traditionally outfitted and guided canoe and snowshoe
trips,
and the Earth Skills Semester Program. Includes schedule, FAQs,
newsletter,
articles about gear, links, location and contact details.
Karamat Wilderness
Ways -
http://www.karamat.com/
Teaches wilderness skills and survival
courses, including
snow survival, firemaking, navigation, signaling, cordage, and shelter
making. Course calendar and rates included.
Life
Skills Training
Center -
http://www.lifeskills.net/index.html
Outdoor education facility dedicated to
the exploration
and exchange of knowledge through interactive outdoor programs.
Lifesong
Wilderness Adventures -
http://www.lifesongadventures.com/
Offers wilderness survival, nature
awareness, and primitive
skills courses for children, teens, and adults in the Mt. Shasta Area
of
California.
Lifeways
Earth Living
School -
http://www.geocities.com/lifewaysschool/
Teaches primitive skills and wilderness
living. Also
provides seminars in spiritual awakening and healing. Class schedule
and
registration form provided.
Maine
Primitive Skills School -
http://www.primitiveskills.com
Learn skills in tracking, scouting, tool
making, foraging,
and native awareness at this school based in Augusta, Maine.
Mohican
School in the Out-of-Doors -
http://mohicanoutdoorschool.org
Provides resident outdoor/environmental
education for
school-age children. Its Environmental Learning Center serves all age
groups
with field trips, outreach programs, and special events. Located in
north
central Ohio.
Mountain
Shepherd Outdoors
Survival Courses -
http://www.mountainshepherd.com
Located near Richmond, VA, courses are
taught by Byron
Kerns, a former USAF Survival Instructor. Basic and advanced survival
courses,
Boy Scout survival courses, private pilot survival courses, and family
wilderness courses are provided.
Native Way
Wilderness School -
http://www.native-way.com
Participants are shown how to observe
nature more deeply,
work in tune with nature, and learn basic skills using hands-on
techniques.
Instructors use native teachings and skills learned from tracker, Tom
Brown,
Jr. Includes calendar of events and application. Located in Alexander,
Arkansas.
Native Ways
School -
http://nativeways.tripod.com/
Classes and workshops in native crafts,
nature awareness,
wilderness survival, and first aid. Also provides expeditions using
native
peoples as guides and teachers.
Natural
Awareness Tracking
School -
http://www.natural-awareness.com/
Teaches courses in animal tracking and
land navigation.
Also teaches human tracking for search and rescue. Includes class list
and contact information.
Natural
Pathways -
http://www.natural-pathways.co.uk/
Dedicated to the teaching of primitive
and modern survival
skills. Includes list of courses offered, dates and prices, notice
board
and contact details. Located in Canterbury, UK.
Nature
Awareness School -
http://www.natureawarenessschool.com
Specializing in survival skills, personal
awareness,
spiritual retreats, vision quests, tracking, stalking, camouflage,
primitive
tools and weapons, fire making, and edible plants. Includes schedule,
course
descriptions, tuition and application information, application form and
staff profiles. Located in Lyndhurst, Virginia.
Nature
Knowledge -
http://www.youwillsurvive.com
Teaching wilderness survival skills and
confidence to
every-day people for more than 25 years.
Ndakinna
Wilderness Project. -
http://www.ndakinna.com/index.html
Offering educational wilderness
adventures to people
of all ages who wish to truly experience and learn more about the
natural
world.
Ninja
Bob's Survival School -
http://www.freewebs.com/usaninja/
Tennessee-based school teaches wilderness
skills in a
camp setting. Also provides self-defense classes. Includes information
on various survival techniques.
Northern Sun
Tours, Ltd. -
http://www.northernsun.bc.ca/
Offers a variety of educational programs
in outdoor pursuits
from open canoeing to telemark skiing to safety courses in river
rescues,
wilderness first-aid, avalanche awareness and winter survival.
Outdoor Safe
-
http://www.outdoorsafe.com/
Information and education on outdoor
safety presented
by Peter Kummerfeldt. Includes seminar schedule, training courses,
safety
tips, videos and contact information. Located in Colorado Springs,
Colorado.
Randall's
Adventure and Training -
http://www.jungletraining.com/
Jungle survival courses and expeditions.
News, photos,
and contact information.
Raven's
Way Traditional
School -
http://www.hollowtop.com/ravensway.htm
Offers stone-age skills and nature
workshops, private
and custom courses, trips, demonstrations, and school programs.
Includes
profiles of instructors, details, schedules and registration form.
Located
in Portal, Arizona.
Red
Buffalo Society -
http://webpages.charter.net/joekuras/
National organization of Indian and
non-Indian people
who are dedicated to preserving the Old Ways, both social and
spiritual,
of the Native American.
Salmon Outdoor School
-
http://www.aboman.com
An outdoor classroom in which students
are taught basic
wilderness skills, both ancient and modern, in a controlled environment.
Sandy River
Outdoors -
http://sandyriveroutdoors.com
Offers courses in wilderness survival and
nature awareness,
including topics such as tracking, navigation, making shelters,
fire-making,
and plant identification. Also provides guided hiking, snowshoeing, and
wildlife-watching trips.
School of
Expedition and
Adventure Training (SEAT) -
http://www.adventure-school.co.uk/
Offers courses in survival skills such as
navigation,
fire lighting, shelter building, and signaling. Includes course
descriptions
and rates. Located in the UK.
School
of Outdoor Skills
(SOS Inc.) -
http://www.schooloutdoorskills.com
Custom and standard wilderness courses as
well as women's
workshops with climbing and canoeing.
Sherwood
Survival
School -
http://www.sherwoodsurvivalschool.co.uk
Provides a survival and bushcraft
training environment
for Explorers and Network within the Scout organization. Includes
courses,
booking form, instructor profiles, photos and contact information.
Located
in Mansfield, UK.
Silver Water
Retreat/EARTH
Camp -
http://www.silverwaterretreat.org/
A multi-cultural arts/natural science
summer camp and
educational program.
Skills Alive
-
http://www.skillsalive.com
Organization of primitive skills
instructors which allows
participants to learn to re-create the daily living skills that were
practiced
by all of our ancestors.
South West
Survival School -
http://www.i-survive.co.uk/
Variety of courses from single day mix-up
to five days
in the woods. History of business, map, techniques taught, courses,
provisional
online bookings, and terms and conditions. Located in Whitstable, Kent,
England.
SPECOPS -
http://specops.com
Land and sea adventures with U.S. Special
Forces veterans.
Spirit Bow
Wilderness School -
http://www.spiritbow.com/
Offers training in both modern and
primitive survival
skills. Also sells bow drill kits and TOPS knives. Located near
Nashville,
Tennessee.
Survival
and Outdoor
Safety -
http://www.survivalandoutdoorsafety.com
Teaches basic and advanced wilderness
survival courses.
Also sells personal survival kits and other survival-related items.
Survival
and Safety
School -
http://www.survivalandsafetyschool.co.uk
Provides two- and three-day courses for
beginners up
to semi-skilled survivalists. Based in Scotland.
Survival
in the Bush,
Inc. -
http://www.survivalinthebushinc.com
Providing outdoor wilderness survival
training for individuals,
groups, and organizations. Topics range from edible plants, canoe
camping,
rock climbing, and ice climbing.
Survival
School -
http://www.survivalschool.co.uk
Offers courses for teams and individuals.
Swedish
Survival Guild
(Svenska Overlevnadssallskapet) -
http://www.survive.nu/english.html
Our purpose is to increase your outdoor
life security
and to make you well prepared.
Take-a-Hike -
http://www.take-a-hike.ca
Learn wilderness skills such as
navigation, fire-making,
animal tracking, plant identification, water procurement, and emergency
signaling.
Teaching Drum
Outdoor School -
http://www.teachingdrum.org/
Teaches native and wilderness skills such
as identifying
medicinal and edible plants, firemaking, navigation, native cooking,
and
building shelters. Includes course descriptions and pricing.
The
Tracking Project -
http://www.thetrackingproject.org
Based in Corrales, New Mexico and founded
by John Stokes.
Teaches Arts of Life - traditional tracking, awareness and survival
skills,
music, story telling, dance, peacemaking, and martial arts training.
Tom Brown,
Jr's Tracker School -
http://www.trackerschool.com
The school is based on Tom's experience
of living in
the wilderness and the teaching of Stalking Wolf encompassing over 20
years
of his life.
Tracks and
Trees Learning Center -
http://www.tracksandtrees.com
A holistic approach to nature and all
primitive skills
allows learning to be fun, rewarding, and profound.
UK
Survival School -
http://www.uksurvivalschool.co.uk/
Teaches survival skills such as animal
tracking, navigation,
firestarting, and natural medicines. Also provides leadership and
teambuilding
courses.
Universal
Tracking Services -
http://www.utstrackingservices.com
To provide signcutting (tracking) as a
viable tool or
resource for Law Enforcement, Search and Rescue, Military, Industrial
Security,
and other governmental and lawful organizations.
Vermont
Wilderness
School -
http://www.vermontwildernessschool.org/
Features school founded on commitment of
building a powerful
community of naturalists, teachers, and leaders who will help caretake
the natural environment.
Wild Food
Adventures -
http://www.wildfoodadventures.com/
Provides expertise in wild edible plants
through workshops,
expeditions, teaching events, presentations, outdoor guiding, and
outfitting
anywhere in North America.
Wild Live -
http://www.wild-live.org/
Nature awareness and outdoor tracking
school in Ulster,
Northern Ireland. Includes available programs, calendar of events,
application
form, and contact information.
Wild-Live
-
http://www.wild-liveschool.com
Offers courses in nature awareness,
tracking, and primitive
survival. Located in Northern Ireland.
Wilderness
Awareness School -
http://www.wildernessawareness.org
Offers courses in tracking, nature
awareness, and the
art of mentoring. Residential programs, national workshops, and home
study
course.
Wilderness Learning
Center -
http://www.weteachu.com/
Teaches wilderness survival classes on
topics such as
navigation, edible and medicinal plants, water procurement, signaling,
and fire making.
Wilderness
Outdoor Leadership Foundation -
http://wolfadventures.org/
Offers environmental education focusing
on science, primitive
skills, wilderness first aid and adventure activities throughout the
western
United States and New Zealand. Includes details of courses, membership
details, online shop, locations and contact information.
Willow Winds -
http://jmwillowwinds.com
Offering primitive skills classes,
workshops, demonstrations
and products. Includes details of courses offered, calendar of events
and
map. Located in Mikado, Michigan.
Windwalker
Outdoor Skills
and Philosophy -
http://www.windwalker.ca/awareness/
Training and adventures in ancient
physical living and
survival skills and in the spiritual ways and skills that integrate
with
the physical. Weekend workshops, scheduled or arranged, held in the
Pacific
Northwest and Canadian Prairie provinces.
Woodcraft
School -
http://www.woodcraft-school.co.uk
Offering short and week-long courses.
Includes descriptions
of classes, FAQs, links and contact information. Located in West
Sussex,
UK.
Woodland
Survival Crafts -
http://www.woodlandsurvivalcrafts.com/
Courses in bushcraft and ancient survival
skills, including
specialized classes in edible plants, fire-making, and winter skills.
Woodlore School of
Bushcraft -
http://www.raymears.com/
Teaches wilderness bushcraft and ancient
technology.
Provides program details and contact information.
Woodsmoke -
http://www.woodsmoke.uk.com/
Teaches bushcraft and wilderness survival
skills, including
tracking, plant lore, nature awareness, axemanship, canoe-craft, and
wilderness
cookery. Based in the UK.
WSC
Wilderness Survival
School -
http://www.wscsurvivalschool.com
Providing classroom and outdoors
instruction in many
aspects of the outdoors, emphasizing survival and its issues.