Fourteen 2nd years of EWM course have just returned from their annual Friluftsliv tour in Sweden. Six Swedish QVF mentors of Sjövik Folkhögskola (among them Leah, one of our former course graduates) guided us on a canoe trip, a craft week as well as a mountain hike. We have contributed with some Coyote Mentoring activities…
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…
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…
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…
We have just returned from our annual Friliftsliv summer färd funded by Erasmus+ programme and guided by mentors of Sjövik Folkhögskola. A one week canoe tour on Björnan river, a handcrafting week at Nysätersvallen as well as a hiking week in Vedungsfjället Naturreservat gave us a good clue what Friluftsliv is all about. We improved…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…