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Wolf Camp was voted 1 of 2 Best Camps in the Northwest Family News Reader's Poll of 2001, the only year they ran a poll, and we were also chosen as one of the five "best camps ever" by YM Magazine in its March 2003 issue.

Availability: Wait Listed. This week run by new cooperative worker-owners who would decide by March 30 whether to open enrollment. This would be the 5th year of this camp theme if it runs in 2009.
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July 5-11, 2009

The Permaculture Pioneer

Back to the Future

Activities covered during this camp session include, but are not limited to the following list, and are somewhat dependent on weather, instructor descretion, camper desire, and serendipity:

• Finish the barn and fence for chickens and sheep
• Connect a generator to a bicycle
• Learn to make biodeisel and use veggie oil to fuel our generator and vehicles.
• Cultivate the vegetable and herb gardens.
• Cut down a tree using natural-selection forestry methods
• Help us work on the construction of a pioneer cabin that we'll use in the future for hide tanning.

The goal of this camp session is to teach you the principles of permaculture and to implement those principles into our pioneering setup at camp. Skills not previously mentioned but are covered during this camp session include, but are not limited to the following list, and are somewhat dependent on instructor preference and camper readiness:

• Sustainable Building Strategies
• Sustainable Power Generation and other small appropriate technology development.
• Mapping & Navigation
• Foraging for Herbs, Nuts, Roots, Flowers, Fruits, Insects
• Natural Cooking & Food Storage (pit cook, clay oven, ash cakes, smoking, jerkying, pemmican)
• Preventative Medicine
• Primitive Shelters
• Fishing, Canoeing
• Clay Harvesting, Molding & Firing
Additional Earth Skills Learned
Wildlife Tracking & Bird Language.
• Nature Sketching & Journaling.
• Wet Fire Maintenance & Fire by Friction
• Natural Water Purification
• Bowls & Cordage Making
• Music and the Arts

This session's storyline is Old School Pioneers but may be modified by the instructor, and some of the songs you may learn this week include:

Garden Song
Simple Gifts
Day-O
Home On The Range
Old Chisholm Trail
Pick A Bale Of Cotton
Hole in the Bucket
You Are My Sunshine
I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover
I've Been Workin' On The Railroad

This session's likely lead instructors will be Jean & Chris but may change depending on need and availability, and the history of this camp session includes:

• Pilot Year: 2005.
• Past Instructors: Jean, Scott, Chris, Bill.
• Michael Pilarski, famed regional permaculture guru, started us into this direction with a training course in 2004.
• Intensity Rating: 8
• Rating on Fun Scale: 5

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rm which has the whole schedule listed, and send it in the mail with your deposit; or Email or call us at 425-248-0253 with questions.

Come Meet Us

Click for a link to the Fall-Spring Class Series descriptions. All classes run from 6-9 p.m. including a pot-luck dinner. Classes take place at the new Wolf Camp home office at 1313 A 2nd St. in historic downtown Snohomish. Please park on "E" Street as there is no parking right around our home office. Costs vary, so see class descriptions for details.

AVAILABLE NOW:

Tuesdays: Permaculture Pot Luck begins January 6, 2009 and will run through Memorial Day, then pick back up again in the fall beginning September 22, 2009. This is a complimentary event for those who are currently engaged in permaculture projects and who will be preparing pot-luck dishes to share, while the public is also invited to attend at a $5.00 contribution level to learn about permaculture.

BEGINNING SPRING OF 2009:

Mondays: Cooperative Group Facilitation runs March 23 - May 19 in the Spring of 2009, and September 21 - November 16 in the Fall of 2009. The cost is $5.00 for those with demonstrated facilitation experience, and $10.00 per class for beginners.

Wednesdays: Earth Skills Study runs March 25 - May 21 in the Spring of 2009, and September 23 - November 18 in the Fall of 2009. There is no charge for those who are already teaching in the field of earth skills, or $5.00 for those who are actively studying the Wolf Journey or similar secret-spot-based curriculum, and $10.00 per class for everyone else.

Thursdays: Art & Music Composition runs March 26 - May 22 in the Spring of 2009, and September 23 - November 19 in the Fall of 2009. The cost is $5.00 for those who are currently teaching or professionally recording music and art, and $10.00 per class for beginners/intermediates. You can also try out your compositions on Friday nights at Open Mic Lives! located in the Thumbnail Theater just up the street from the Wolf Camp home office where Chris has some of his sound equipment on loan, and Chris will also help you schedule and promote cover performances of your compositions at the Thumbnail on Saturday nights if you like.

Employment: We only need instructors with experience running camps and teaching in the field of Earth Skills and Permaculture, including skills of Tracking, Primitive Artisanry, Herbalism, or Wilderness EMT training with real outdoor survival practice. If you would like experience as a teacher and learn skills of the Naturalist, Tracker, Herbalist, Scout, Hunter, Artisan, or Permaculture Pioneer, apply to become an instructor through our Earth Skills Teaching Apprenticeship. We are also seeking an additional permaculturist, herbalist, tracker, artisan, marketor, administrator, and custodian to invest in Wolf Camp during our transition into a workers cooperative. Click here to find out how you can invest as a worker-owner.

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