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Are you interested in:

Museum Orders?
We make authentic displays and artifacts for many museums in Colorado and nationwide. Education demonstrations are also available.

College Credit?
Many colleges and universities have been awarding credit for EARTH KNACK courses in a wide range of disciplines. Recertification credit has been awarded to Colorado certified teachers. Speak to your advisor or department head before participating in your next EARTH KNACK course.

Pioneer Skills?
Such as: Tallow rendering, soap making, butchering, candle making, herbal medicines, venison jerky, meat smoking, simple blacksmithing, hand tools and woodwork, food canning & storage, root cellaring, seed bank development, kitchen gardens, open fire & dutch oven cooking, buck-skinning, cobblery (shoe making) animal husbandry & milking. Check out the Woods Woman or Earth Works Shortshops offerings or set up custom classes at the village site.

School Programs?
Hour, day long and extended outdoor trip programs are available.

Self Sufficiency?
Check out our course offerings.

Staff Trainings?
Private staff trainings for schools, camps and businesses are available.

Custom Workshops?
Design your own! A one day flintknapping seminar to a full blown survival expedition!


2008 List of Courses

Lindsay shoots a self made bow

SNOWSHOE & SNOW CAVING
FEBRUARY 2 and 3 - 2days - $125
Spend the weekend in full winter conditions! Backpack on snowshoes to a wilderness camp. Build a snow cave and spend the night! Learn how comfortable, fun, and stunningly beautiful wilderness winter travel can be! (ask for required gear list when registering)

Wayne makes a hand drill friction fire Primitive Living Camp 07

EARTH SKILLS INTENSIVE
JUNE 6 - 10 or July 3-7 - 5 days - $365
Fire making! Stone tools! String and lashing from plant fiber! Come learn these important and empowering skills as well as wild edibles and medicinals, rawhide preparation, basketry, hand dug clay preparation and pit firing, and atl atl and dart making. You will have all the basic living skills your stone age ancestors used every day as well as a survival confidence. Group dinners around the fire will include wild and naturally harvested foods. Participants have use of a well equipped outdoor kitchen to prepare their own breakfast and lunch. There is an outdoor solar shower on site and woodsy campsites along the creek.

Tyree, Tikla, and Teale in Poland International Learning Adventure 07

FOUR CORNERS SCHOOL SAFARI CAMP 2008
JUNE 8-14 or JUNE 15-21
Call Four Corners School at 1-800-525-4456 for info and to register for their great southwest "ed"-ventures incorporating primitive skills instruction in cooperation with Earth Knack

SUMMER TEEN TRIP with THE COTTONWOOD INSTITUTE
JUNE 26-JULY 2
High school students who sign up through the Cottonwood Institute can experience an adventurous summer alternative. The Stone Age Survival Project at Earth Knack was designed for students who are passionate about doing something meaningful, important, and extraordinary. Stone Age Skills, Survival Skills and Sustainability are the core of this learning adventure. Contact Ford Church at the COTTONWOOD INSTITUTE for more info, itinerary and registration. (303- 447 1076)

Grinding earth pigments on the Summer Teen Trip with Cottonwoood Institute 07

ASPEN CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
JULY 9- 16
July 10 -11 Survival and preparedness for adults in the wilderness area around Aspen
July 12: Family stone age skills at Hallam Lake
July 13: Family stone age skills at Rock Bottom Ranch, Carbondale July 14 -15 Kids stone age skills at Hallam Lake
Call 1-970-926 5756

Mike O'Donal makes a clay bowl

GREEN RIVER CANOE 2008
JULY 20-26 - 7 days - $585
A wonderful canoe adventure through stunning canyon country. Beach camping on exposed river islands, , Canyonlands Park area, hikes and stone age skills instruction in fire , fishing, basketry and stone tools make this a down river journey you won't want to miss.

Making an Osage bow

DANCE THE SPINE!
A mountaineering trek along the backbone of the Sangre de Cristos
AUGUST 4-10 , 2008 - (monday thru sunday 7 days) - $565
Travel through Colorado's spectacular high country. This summer expedition will include a 14,000 ft. peak ascent, mountain lake fishing, technical mountaineering skills instruction, cowboy horse packed re rations and loads of scenic adventure. (ask for required gear list when registering)

Robin tans a deer hide fall 07

TRAPPING AND SNARING in Idaho with George Michaud
October 19-26 - 8 days - $935
Complete your survival knowledge with trapping and snaring skills, to provide a reliable source of "meat in the pot"! Learn to trap in swamp, river and forest habitat, set various kinds of traps and snares, and read the environment for animal tracks, sign, and behavior. Also learn trap maintenance, skinning and fleshing techniques, and late fall survival skills. Emphasis will be placed on beaver, muskrat, coon, fox and coyote. Participants will stay in a wall tent / tipi base camp in a wilderness setting. Maximum of 6 students. Register early! (Required gear list)
Students who successfully complete this introcuctory course will have the option to set up an individual trapping experience with George in Idaho.

There are always big smiles at EARTH KNACK! Family Survival Camp 07

CANOE THE EVERGLADES!
December 28-January 3, 2009 - 7 days - $785
Everglades National Park is the most exotic and unique national park and wilderness area in the U.S.! Paddle the Wilderness Waterway from the interior out and around the Ten Thousand Islands, see unusual and abundant bird life, manatees and dolphins, penetrate a mysterious mangrove swamp, and learn about the rich native culture of the area. Interior "chickee" hut campsites over the water and beach camps on the Gulf make this a unique canoe camping experience. This trip is appropriate for families with small children.


OUR 2007 INTERNATIONAL LEARNING ADVENTURE, MEDICINAL PLANTS AND OLD WORLD WISDOM in the stunning countryside of ZIMNE WODY, POLAND was an amazing cultural and educational experience!
Earth Knack's International Learning Adventures immerse students in the daily rhythm of traditional life while learning heritage skills from local hosts. Areas where people are still living an unbroken legacy of skills are chosen from many diverse cultures around the world. Click here to view pictures and information from our trip!

Our May, 2005 FIBERS FANTASTIC in Teotitlan del Valle, Oaxaca, Mexico was another incredible experience! Don't miss future offerings to Teotitlan, living and learning with the Zapotec artisans.

Our May, 2003 FIBERS FANTASTIC in Tirgu Neamt, ROMANIA was an incredible experience! Don't miss our RETURN TO ROMANIA! Keep posted at www.earth knack.com

Earth Knack's International Learning Adventures immerse students in the daily rhythm of traditional life while learning heritage skills from local hosts. Areas where people are still living an unbroken legacy of skills are chosen from many diverse cultures around the world.

WHERE IN THE WORLD WILL EARTH KNACK GO NEXT?
Keep yourself posted at www.earthknack.com
P.O. # 508 Crestone, Co. 81131
719 256 4909