Wildnismentor on winter expedition in Transylvania

For outsiders our course lessons often look just like some chill people hanging out around a fire. That may sometimes be true, but there is always something more happening actually. The teachings and learning experiences are more subtle and not as obvious as, say drawings and paintings in an art course or thick folders of…

Extend your `core routines`, combine them and awaken further senses by applying so called animal forms to your sitspot routine. Experience `foxwalk, `owl eyes` and `deer ears`. `Foxwalk` Did you ever get to see how a fox is sneaking up on its prey and jumping onto it? Foxes live mostly solitary and are on a…

Funded by Erasmus+ programme 13 wilderness mentors of Berufliche Schulen Hermannswerder learnt how to lead a simple life outside in tough winter conditions. In the video enjoy impressions of our scenic daytrip in -23 degrees, fantastic campspots for sleeping outside as well as simple life at the cabins. Learn about our way on how to…

Although still summer in Potsdam when we started in early September it felt quite like autumn up north near Särna: yellow birch trees, red leaves on blueberry bushes, night temperatures below zero. Swedish mentors in their second year course QVF took us on a canoe trip on fascinating Björnan river, spent a week of handcrafting…

A tarp, a fire, some good food in the pot, singing and good company. Former Wildnismentor graduates as well as current course participants in training of all yeargroups were joining an evening to celebrate spring equinox. When later in the evening Christine was inviting us in for a candle ceremony all of us started singing…