Welcome
Fall Programs Enrolling
Full Moon Girls: a Nature Program for Girls Ages 12-16
starts back up Friday September 10, 2010. For more information on this exciting program, go to
2010 Fall Art of Mentoring and Teen Rendezvous
is Wednesday, September 22 through Sunday September 26, 2010. Sign up now to get on the Wait List!! The Adult Program, Ring 2 Adult Experience, and both Fall Rendezvous are full with Wait Lists.
Oyase Community School 2010-2011:
Oyase is now enrolling for the 2010-2011 program year which starts September 30, 2010 (A mandatory Orientation is earlier in the month). If you are interested in enrolling for next year, please contact the VWS office or download the enrollment letter and form. Oyase Community School.
Eyes of the Forest: Naturalist Training for Adults
Eyes of the Forest returns in the Fall with the "Art of Survival". Begins October 6, 2010.
VWS Vision Statement
Check out our Vision Statement. Creating, re-creating and refining the Vision is a process that involves the entire community. With this in mind we invite you to read it over and use our "Contact Us" page to let us know what you think.
Ingwe's Path Scholarship Fund
The Vermont Wilderness School created Ingwe's Path Scholarship Fund in 2006 to support community members desiring to attend affiliate programs. For more information and applications go here: Ingwe's Path Scholarship Fund.
Looking for Mark Morey?
In Fall 2006, Mark Morey founded the Institute for Natural Learning, a sole-proprietorship, where you can now find him. The Institute explores ways of paving new paths for regional and national wilderness schools to follow. Some examples include: Boys Rites of Passage, Community and Elder development, Regional Networking among the Northeast wilderness schools, National Art of Mentorings, Native Relationships and Adult Apprenticeships.
www.IfNaturalLearning.com
The Vermont Wilderness School, a non-profit 501c3, was founded in 2000 with a commitment to building a powerful community of naturalists, teachers and leaders. Our programs go beyond traditional "environmental education" to help develop a deep understanding of self, community and nature, and in doing so, build healthy connections to the natural world and each other.
What we've been up to
Wow! What a summer of fun experiences...Otter Day Camp, Southern Vermont Permaculture Design Course, Earthfriend Discovery Day Camp, CWI's Following Nature's Path, and CWI's West River Overnight Camp! We've had great reports from all these programs ranging from finding a Spring Salamander for the first time to sleeping in debris huts made of pine needles. Now Fall is upon us and the Art of Mentoring is fully enrolled a full five weeks before the event! There's is likely to still be some fluctuation in enrollment so if you really want to come, contact the office as soon as possible to get on the Wait List.
Meanwhile Community Wilderness Initiative's Oyase Community School is enrolling for the 2010-2011 Program Year and Full Moon Girls is registering for the Fall Session starting very soon (September 10th!) Eyes of the Forest will be offering an Art of Survival Fall Session starting October 6th--for you adults wanting to challenge yourself and develop your survival skills, this is a great opportunity.
A message from the Vermont Wilderness School Board of Directors
We launched our 2009-2010 Annual Fundraising Campaign on December 1, 2009. We are grateful to everyone who has responded generously. To date (August 27, 2010), we have received $11,565 from our Fundraising Campaign. If you have been thinking about donating, but haven't yet written that check or donated online, go for it! The on-going work of Vermont Wilderness School is dependent on the support of people like you.
If you are interested in knowing more about Vermont Wilderness School's finances, accomplishments, and donors from the past three years, view our annual reports:
2009 Annual Report download
2008 Annual Report download