Class Descriptions
Youth Classes and Camps
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One Day Urban Permaculture Adventure for Families
For youth 6-10 and their parent(s)
Saturday July 14, 2013 10am-3:30pm
Instructor: K.Ruby Blume
Location: North Oakland
Cost: 1 week session $350, 2-week session $680
There is a 10% discount for registering by June 1st ($315 and $612 respectively)
1 parent, 1 child $75-105
1 parent, 2 children or 2 parents, 1 child :$90-125
In this day-long experience we'll be exploring the theory and practice of urban permaculture through touching tasting smelling and playing. We'll check out the animals and plants at Beegrrl Gardens including rabbits, bees and quail, talk how plants and animals work well together in an agricultural system and explore other features on the site such as greywater and mushroom beds. Core principles of permaculture will be introduced through games of observation that encourage family members to work together. We'll be tasting both wild and cultivated plants from the garden, observing honeybees and native pollinators at work, seeing natural honey combs (and tasting honey!) and letting the day unfold as guided by our ever inquisitive young people. We'll harvest some food from the garden and prepare it as part of a potluck lunch. After lunch we'll embark on a homesteading project where we make a simple cheese and butter together for you to take home.
Cold Water Scouts Youth Camp
For youth 11-15
Session 1: July 29-August 2 9:30am-3:30pm daily
Session 2: August 5-9 & 12-15 9:30am-3:30pm daily
Instructors: Katharine Jolda & Jared Aldrich plus guest instructors
Location: Canyon (Oakland hills), SF Hyde St. Pier, plus camp-out at Kirby Cove (session 2 only)
Cost: Session 1: $350, Session 2: $680
There is a 10% discount for registering by June 1st ($315 and $612 respectively)
All supplies, transportation and camping fees are included.
Coldwater Scouts Youth Camps offer ancient skills and natural history to youth age 11-15. At the camps, students participate in a wide variety of skills building activities and develop a relationship with nature through action. We explore the sea through sailing, fishing and crabbing and become acquainted with the forest through archery, nature observation and stalking wild foods. Focusing on vital themes of food, shelter, transportation, tools, fire, water, and communication, Coldwater Scouts come to inhabit the wild Bay Area as a comfortable home. Activities include: small boat handling, archery, marine and woodland ecology exploration, fishing, crabbing, seaweed harvesting, fire starting, wool felting, mapping, navigation, gardening, water purification, bike repair and wild plant foraging . By the end of the camp each Scout will have assembled their own wilderness tool kit contained in a handmade felted wool pouch, with tinder box and flint, compass, cordage, and trail food. Their safety and skill with tools such as knife and bow and arrow set will be certified by qualified instructors.
The one week camp will offer a survey of forest and marine skills. The two week camp will be an in-depth exploration of each in preparation for a 3 day camp-out finale at the Kirby Cove, on the North side of the Golden Gate. Email us to be sent a full digital brochure or contact the instructors by phone with your questions Jared: (510)499-1496.
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