Tracks and trees – Wilderness Day at Evangelische Grundschule Potsdam

EWM 2nd years and their teacher had the opportunity to take children out on a tracker and storytelling experience. Under the term motto „projects“ Annika, Bruno, Annemarie, Konstanze, Hossein and André had planned two learning arrangements for mixed age learning groups year 1-3 of about 25 children. For the Parkrallye the old tree giants were…

Winterfriluftsliv 2024

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…

Wildnismentors on winter Friluftsliv

In January 2023 EWM course partcipants and their two German mentors experienced winter outdoors in Northern Dalarna together with four Swedish Friluftsliv mentors of Sjöviks Folkhögskola. As you can see in the film we were treated with fantastic weather and severe frosty conditions. At the cabin camp Nysätersvallen we practiced skiing, went on a longer…

EWM course outcome

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…

Wilderness mentors welcome international guests at Schlaubemühle

From 25.04.-04.05.22 Potsdam´s Wildnismentors were having guests from Sweden and Romania. The visit formed the last part of an Erasmus Strategic Partnership Project. After getting to know the base of the German Wildnismentors by circling the island of Hermannswerder in canoes our guests received some input on the Coyote Mentoring approach. They also followed a…

Birdlanguage

As days are getting longer birds´ voices are becoming even more noticeable. It will be many more in some weeks time. The repetitive melorhythmic stanza of the wood pigeon, the clacking sounds of starlings who also imitate exotic birds they might have met while being away, the tawny owl calling more often now, woodpeckers competing…