![]() Once you have identified the plant, apply the four questions above to assess whether it would be a priority to learn the plant in depth. I say “naturally” because it is easiest to identify native plants with local field guides. In fact, if you are truly an experiential learner, then go outside with your Lone Pine or Botany in a Day field guide and find a tree or other plant that appears to have grown naturally in your neighborhood. Those are the four criteria you can use to judge whether a particular plant you come across is worth prioritizing in your learning process. Which plants have important utilitarian uses for you?.Which plants have important medicinal value for you?.Which plants have important nutritional value for you?.So, which plants are critical to secure those basic needs? Ask yourself: The skills needed to acquire those basics include breathing, shelter, fire, tools, and hunting/gathering. With what we in the field of earth skills education call the “order of survival” we describe our basic needs as air, warmth, water and food. How can 9 or 10 lowly plants give a person more than half of everything they need? Bear with me. But if people knew that they only need to learn about 9 plants in order to gain 90% of benefits from plants around them, then that’s an attainable challenge! Once we realize that there are thousands of plants to learn, we can become very discouraged, and turn our attention elsewhere. My choice of plants is a practical one, and I should have named this article the “Plants Which Have the Most Critical Ethnobotanical Uses in North America ” if it weren’t such a cumbersome statement.ĭeciding which plants to study first is also critical for those of us who are trapped by linear thinking. But all of us who publish books about plants make choices as to which plants to highlight, and which to leave out during the editing process. No plant is more important than any other, just like no person’s life should be more important than anyone else’s. Adult Classes, Presentation, Hikes & Workshop Testimonials Since 1996.Youth & Family Camp/Class Testimonials Since 2000.Apprenticeship Testimonials Testimonials Since 1999.Overnight Camps & Expeditions Testimonials Since 1998.Summer Day Camp Testimonials Since 1997.History of Wolf Camp and the Conservation College, Blue Skye Farm & School of Natural Science.Max Davis Scholarships and the Conservation College.Joining Wolf Camp & School of Natural Science Staff.Adjunct School of Natural Science Faculty.Program Directors & Summer Camp Instructors.Leadership, Teaching & Parenting Outdoors.Traditional Technologies & Wilderness Crafts.40 Day Quarantine Broadcast Series: Outdoor Skills for Physical Distancing.Independent Study Course: The Neighborhood Naturalist.Sat, – Wildcrafting Edible & Medicinal Plants.Sat, Ap– Wilderness Survival & Traditional Fire Training.Sat, Ap– Wildlife Safety & Awareness, Bird Voices, Animal Tracks & Trails. ![]() Returning in 2024 – Wilderness Family Camp.Aug 27 – Sin the South Sound: Epic Fishing Camp.Aug 21-25 at Lake Sam: Archers, Artists & Artisans.Aug 14-18, 2023 at Lake Sam: Survival Side of the Mountain.Aug 7-11, 2023 at Lake Sam: Wild Chefs & Herbal Medics.July 31 – at Lake Sam: Tracking Birds, Bobcats, Bears & Beyond.July 2-8, 2023 near Mt Rainier: Adv Wilderness Skills & Survival Trek.Returning in 2024: Early Summer Wilderness Sampler & FLOW Camps.Aug 21-25, 2023: Wild Cooking & Herbology Advanced Skills of the Artisans.August 14-18, 2023 Wildlife Search & Rescue Advanced Wilderness Survival.Aug 7-11, 2023 Wilderness Survival Craft Advanced Herbal Medicine.July 31 – Wilderness Survival Craft Advanced Animal Tracking.July 24-28, 2023 Wildlife Search & Rescue Wild Cooking & Herbology.July 17-21, 2023 Wildlife Search & Rescue at Clark’s Creek Park.July 10-14, 2023 Wild Cooking & Herbology at Clark’s Creek Park.June 26-30, 2023: Wilderness Survival Craft at Camp Curran.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |