For the majority of human history, children have played using their imagination and curiosity. In all that time—without television, video games, or mass-manufactured toys—kids spent most of t...
Before we introduced ourselves at Wilderness Awareness School’s Wild Women’s Weekend last October, the weekend’s host passed the hypothetical torch over to Marina Rivera who would make the ...
https://wildernessawareness.org/articles/the-softer-side-of-fire-making/
Wilderness Awareness School is no longer selling the Kamana Naturalist Training Program or the Seeing Through Native Eyes audio series. While 8 Shields is the owner of these products, we have be...
https://wildernessawareness.org/articles/the-sunset-of-kamana/
Identity-based affinity spaces are spaces specifically created for folks who share a specific identity – such as people of color, women, or LGBTQ+ folks – to gather, express themselves authen...
https://wildernessawareness.org/articles/the-importance-of-identity-based-affinity-spaces/
We at Wilderness Awareness School are officially retiring the name Anake Outdoor School. As a program that is continuously evolving, this change is being made in order to step into further growth...
https://wildernessawareness.org/articles/retiring-the-name-the-immersion/
A little birdie told me something scary was right outside my window. He didn’t say it in words, of course, or at least not in English. But it was clear from that robin’s incessant Cheep! Chee...
https://wildernessawareness.org/articles/why-listen-to-the-birds/
Better late than never! That is how I describe the day I finally registered for The Immersion at Wilderness Awareness School. Occasionally, I think about choices I might have made differently had...
We chose to raise our son Brayden in Duvall specifically so we could make Wilderness Awareness School a significant part of his life. I wanted him to grow up with these beautiful people and with ...
“I had become stuck, and now that I’m taking part in The Immersion, so much gunk has been removed.” – Sam, a 2019 Immersion Student We talk with many folks who turn to The Immersion at Wi...
I hated Winter. Growing up in Minnesota, where they scoff at snow days and the windchill freezes the inside of your nostrils, I couldn’t wait to move to a warmer climate. At the age of 20, I le...