Summer Sustainability Camp
 
Summer Camp 2009 Summer camp sessions are: June 15th through August 21st Each session is one week long (monday - friday), 9:00am to 3:00pm. 2009 Earth Camp Registration Form Please download, fill out and mail registration forms with payment to: Earth Camp Collective 1725 Cooper Road Sebastopol, CA 95472 Click here for a summer camp 2009 schedule! This schedule outlines the general day-to-day flow of each week. Earth Camp and the guest teachers will change the projects and activities weekly to provide variety for children attending multiple weeks. The general topics and structure of the day will remain routine to offer consistency week to week. We have also arranged blocks each day where the campers are divided by age group, stay as one large group, are divided in mixed groups and have free choice to give each child a chance to interact and experience our community of people in different ways. The Place Located at Laguna Farm, 50 beautiful acres along the Laguna De Santa Rosa, Earth Camp is nestled in a wildlife corridor preserved by sustainable agricultural practices on the fringe of Sebastopol. The farm borders more than 1,000 acres of protected open space that are perfect for wildlife viewing, tracking, and plant hikes. Our main site on the farm is a half acre learning garden that is home to garden vegetables, culinary and medicinal herbs, a central tipi, greenhouse, natural building projects, shade structure, outdoor kitchen, chicken pen, and numerous birds and other wildlife including frogs, snakes, insects, and lizards. The Garden and Facilities The Earth Camp Garden boasts 400 square foot shade structure and outdoor kitchen featuring a full array of herbal crafting equipment, mushroom cultivation equipment, a solar oven, work tables, wash basin, gas stove/range, and adjacent culinary/medicinal herb beds. A quarter acre of the garden is devoted to annual vegetables and flowers, while the other quarter is reserved for perennial herbs, plants, and trees. The Team The Summer Sustainability Camp is taught by a community of teachers of all ages and backgrounds. Earth Camp’s core teachers and counselors are joined every week by several collective teachers from the Sonoma area. Together we weave a rich curriculum that encompasses themes and lessons in sustainable living skills, the expressive arts, and cultural exploration. Within our team of collective teachers we have Katrina, a specialist in basketry, and the way of weaving. Cho’qosh, a native Shumash elder from the California coast, who brings us native wisdom in the form of storytelling, song, dance, and cultural exchange. Geneva, trained at the Regenerative Design Institute in Point Reyes, joins us to teach Primitive Living Skills. Just to name a few. Our special teacher team is highlighted in the column to the left, each name is a link to affiliated websites with more information. Please print, fill out, and mail the form below to complete your registration. 2009 Earth Camp Registration Form Please mail your completed form with payment (made payable to SCC) to: Earth Camp Collective 1725 Cooper Road Sebastopol, CA 95472 Please email info@earthcampcollective.org or call 707-824-1600 with questions or for more information. Summer Camp _files/2009%20SCC%20Earth%20Camp%20Registration%20Form-3.pdfSummer Camp _files/week%201%20schedule%20-%2009-updated.pdfhttp://www.lagunafarm.com/Summer Camp _files/2009%20SCC%20Earth%20Camp%20Registration%20Form-3_1.pdfmailto:info@earthcampcollective.orgshapeimage_5_link_0shapeimage_5_link_1shapeimage_5_link_2shapeimage_5_link_3shapeimage_5_link_4
Program Profile Location: Laguna Farm 1725 Cooper Rd. Sebastopol, CA Activities: Herbal crafting Organic cooking Organic gardening Basket weaving Solar/photovoltaic projects Cob/adobe building Mushroom growing Eco-crafts Solar cooking Primitive living skills Wild/edible plant hikes Animal tracking Watershed awareness Animal husbandry Beekeeping Native storytelling Drumming Yoga Dance Team building challenges & More New! Photos from Summer Camp 2008! 2008 Summer Camp Photo Album! Guest Teachers: katrina the Basket Weaver Cho’qosh, Shumash Elder Kate Busby, Acutonics Kyle from Planet Fungi Kari, Herbal Crafting Ocean, Solar/Photovoltaics Geneva, Primitive Living David Meucci, Beekeeping + Many More! Program Cost Before June 1st- $200 per week After June 1st- $230 per week Summer%20Sustainability%20Camp.htmlSummer%20Sustainability%20Camp.htmlSummer%20Sustainability%20Camp.htmlhttp://www.joyworksbest.com/index.htmlhttp://thinkorganic.com/explore/?p=46http://www.acutonics.com/http://www.planetfungi.comhttp://www.innerearthhealth.orghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photovoltaichttp://www.regenerativedesign.org/?q=courses-events/regenerative-design-nature-awareness-rdna-trainingshapeimage_6_link_0shapeimage_6_link_1shapeimage_6_link_2shapeimage_6_link_3shapeimage_6_link_4shapeimage_6_link_5shapeimage_6_link_6shapeimage_6_link_7shapeimage_6_link_8shapeimage_6_link_9
Summer Camp 2007 The Beginning In 2007, our first year, the summer sustainability camp served 86 youth from the Sonoma County area and supplemented the education of three high school students, whom were recruited as camp counselors. The camp covered projects and workshops in organic gardening, composting, animal husbandry, green building with cob, herbal crafting, solar energy, basket weaving, native storytelling, eco-art, yoga, capoiera, and water quality monitoring. Spanning over ten weeks, the camp was met with enormous enthusiasm from parents and teachers who participated. This was only just the beginning... Click here to view photos of Earth Camp 2007.2007%20Photos.htmlshapeimage_7_link_0
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