Winter solstice is here, the longest night of the year. Time to look back on the past year, to be grateful for all the good and the challenging experiences and time to celebrate! We met around the fire to share stories and food, as well as love and joy. Moon and stars were dancing while Mother Earth slept, covered in a white blanket. The bird people sent their greetings – wild geese flying south at midnight, a robin watching our breakfast.
Good bye, 2021! CT
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…