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Marshfield Schools of Weaving
Location: 589 Eaton Cemetery Road Marshfield, Vermont 05658
Description: The Marshfield School of Weaving is the nation's foremost school for textile techniques as used in 18th-century Britain and early America. Our instruction is founded on efficient, practical methods rooted in a tradition that reaches back to medieval England.
Contact: http://www.marshfieldschoolofweaving.com/, Info@MarshfieldSchoolofWeaving.com, 802.426.3733
Category: weaving, spinning, fiber arts,
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Modern Self-Reliance
Location: Burlington, MA
Description: We teach homesteading and preparedness skills through online tutorials.
Contact: http://www.modernself-reliance.com, msr@modernself-reliance.com,
Category: Food preservation, soap making, cheese making, survival,gardening
Owl Ridge Homestead - Homesteader's club of CT
Location: 06010
Description: The Homesteading Club brings together a community of like-minded people who are living, or aspire to live, a more self sufficient lifestyle. The club fosters a support system where ideas, projects and experience can be shared in casual conversation. The club is a steady growing group of Homesteader's that have a wide range of skills and experience that we share with each other. We run workshops, talks, and organize tours of farms, homesteads, breweries, and wild edible forages. We have lots of plans for the upcoming fall and winter!
Contact: https://www.facebook.com/groups/238004919636636/, 860-508-0552
Category: beekeeping, animal husbandry, foraging, gardening, wine/beer/cider, fiber arts, off the grid, survival , permaculture, land surveying
New England Bushcraft
Location: NA
Description: The central resource for everything Bushcraft in the Northeast USA. New England Bushcraft Show and Bushcraft Blog sharing information on the regions wilderness skills workshops, primitive living and survival training programs, schools, events and meetings. Members Only Access: Listings of the regions wilderness programs, survival schools and bushcraft and primative skills providers.
Contact: http://newenglandbushcraft.org/, info@newenglandbushcraft.org,
Category: survival, backpacking, camping, survival-other
Sterling College
Location: PO Box 72 16 Sterling Drive Craftsbury Common, VT 05827
Description: Founded in 1958 in Craftsbury Common, Vermont, Sterling College is the leading voice in higher education for environmental stewardship. The College was among the first colleges in the United States to focus on the human relationship with the natural world through academic majors in Ecology, Environmental Humanities, Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems, and Outdoor Education. Sterling is a baccalaureate degree-granting, non-sectarian, coeducational, residential institution of higher learning accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges and is one of only eight federally recognized Work Colleges in the nation.
Contact: https://sterlingcollege.edu/, 800-648-3591
Category: camping, backpacking, survival, sustainable agriculture,
Prepper Camp
Location: 460 Orchard Lake Rd, Saluda, NC 28773
Description: An annual event where vendors and attendees alike can learn preparedness skills.
Contact: http://www.preppercamp.com/, SurvivorGarden@att.net,
Category: Aquaponics, Beekeeping, Hunting, Survival, Cooking, Blacksmithing, Beer, Wine, Cheese making, Food Preservation, Camping, Gardening, Animal Husbandry, Fiber Animals, Firearms, Off the grid, Trapping, Foraging, Plant ID
Edible Wild Food
Location: Shepherd’s Bush, Aurora, Ontario
Description: Wild edibles exist almost everywhere and are in abundance if you feel like foraging for them. Edible wild food has existed in almost every corner of our planet for tens of thousands of years. Edible weeds, flowers and wild herbs were foraged and used as food (as well as medications); and they provided all the vitamins, minerals and other nutrients required for the human body to maintain good health. Foraging for food used to be the way to survive.
Contact: http://www.ediblewildfood.com/, info@ediblewildfood.com,
Category: Foraging, Plant ID, survival
Christopher Nyerges
Location: 4550 Oak Grove Dr, La Cañada Flintridge, CA 91011
Description: Regular field trips and workshops to learn about urban and wilderness self-reliance and survival. Learn about WILD FOODS, WILDERNESS SKILLS (such as fire-making, weaponry, shelter-building, etc.), URBAN SKILLS (such as food and water storage, emergency preparedness, alternates to electricity, etc.), and general NATURE AWARENESS and ECOLOGY awareness.
Contact: http://www.christophernyerges.com/, christopher_nyerges@yahoo.com, (626) 791-3217
Category: plant ID, survival, foraging, off the grid, biology, Basket making, camping,cooking, trapping, hunting, blacksmithing
Ready.Gov
Location: FEMA/DHS 500 C St, SW Washington, DC 20472
Description: A national public service campaign designed to educate and empower the American people to perpare for, respond to and mitigate emergencies, including natural and man-made disasters
Contact: https://www.ready.gov/community-emergency-response-team, 800-621-3362
Category: Survival,
Jack Mountain Bushcraft School
Location: PO Box 77 Ashland, ME 04732
Description: Our immersion programs integrate expedition leadership, bushcraft, primitive living skills, field ecology (edible and medicinal plants, mammals and their tracks, weather, the night sky, etc.), expedition canoeing and snowshoeing, natural crafting, off-grid homesteading, fly fishing, building your own gear (canoe paddles, pack baskets, bows, crooked knives, etc.) and living a simple, outdoor life.
Contact: http://jackmtn.com/, jmbushcraft@gmail.com, 207-518-8804
Category: plant ID, off the grid, fishing, homesteading, survival, camping,
New Hampshire Outdoor Learning Center
Location: 673 So. Main St. Wolfeboro, N.H. 03894
Description: The New Hampshire Outdoor Learning Center (NHOLC) was built for men and women just like you. Classes are designed for all ages and experience levels to give you the best opportunity for success and enjoyment in the woods and on the waters of New England. Each workshop includes comprehensive classroom training and in the field, hands-on experience. Grab your snowshoes, shotgun, or fishing rods and join us for fun and education that will last a lifetime!
Contact: http://nhoutdoorlearning.com/, steve@nhoutdoorlearning.com, 603-608-8673
Category: butchering, firearms, hunting, fishing, trapping,survival, plant ID, dog training, camping, cooking, backpacking
Earthwork Wilderness Survival Training School
Location: PO Box 961 Williamsburg, MA 01096
Description: Classes and workshops that are experiential and teach true sustainability through methods of living with nature in ways that benefit both us and the environment
Contact: http://earthworkprograms.com/, frank@earthworkprograms.com, 413-340-1161
Category: Plant ID, Foraging, Survival
Josh Fecteau
Location:
Description: An online journal focused on observing nature and earth skills
Contact: http://joshfecteau.com/, josh@joshfecteau.com,
Category: Plant ID, Foraging, Survival
Maine Primitive Skills School
Location: 716 Church Hill Rd, Augusta Maine
Description: The Maine Primitive Skills School is an intentionally small learning facility with a mission to provide quality instructor level courses. These courses teach primitive skills, bushcraft, wilderness survival, self reliance, permaculture design, and outdoor education. These are ancient skills that develop awareness and sufficiency with the focus of individuals, community interactions and the environment.
Contact: http://www.primitiveskills.com/, staff@primitiveskills.com, 207-623-7298
Category: Foraging, Plant ID, Camping, Survival, Backpacking, Off the Grid, Home building
New England Woods
Location: Cumberland, Rhode Island 02863
Description: New England Woods LLC, Survival School and Guide Service, based in Rhode Island, serves the local and wider outdoor community by offering regularly scheduled workshops, courses and classes related to modern survival and traditional bushcraft skills, as well as guided trips throughout the New England region.
Contact: https://newenglandwoodsllc.com/, jeff@newenglandwoodllc.com,
Category: camping, plant ID, survival,
Outdoor ESCAPES New Hampshire, LLC
Location: P.O. Box 104, Freedom, NH 03836
Description: Offering year-round guided outdoor adventures & lessons, sightseeing tours, adventure programming, and indoor educational programs, our mission is to immerse participants in New Hampshire's nature and heritage as they develop memories and life skills. Through these experiences, participants may learn one or more of the following: basic and advanced recreational sports, backcountry and survival skills, New Hampshire nature/culture/history, fundamentals of leadership (and followship), self-awareness and development, team-building, environmental awareness, and ecological relationships.
Contact: http://outdoorescapesnewhampshire.com/, naturenut@outdoorescapesnewhampshire.com , (603) 528-0136
Category: survival, camping, backpacking, plant ID, foraging,
Vermont Outdoor Guide Association
Location: P.O. Box 10 North Ferrisburg, VT. 05473
Description: Programming for search and rescue, rock and ice climbing, shooting, hunter education, wilderness first aid, EMT training, primitive skills, rope courses, archery, survival, orienteering, canoeing, kayaking, white water, guide training, leadership, paddling skills, snowshoeing, mountain biking, certifications and much more!!
Contact: http://www.voga.org/outdoor_education_events.htm, info@voga.org, (802) 425-6211
Category: hunting, survival, camping, firearms,
Northcamp
Location: 1117 E. Putnam Ave. #330 Riverside, CT 06878
Description: A fantastic experience for both the complete novice and the well seasoned! “See things for what they can be… not just for what they are.” Our school is designed for you to LEARN survival techniques, NOT ENDURE survival hardships.
Contact: http://www.northcampsurvival.com/, steve@northcampsurvival.com, 203-496-1102
Category: survival, camping, plant ID
Mountain Scout Survival School
Location: Hopewell Junction, NY
Description: In the woods...Wilderness 1, offered in Hopewell Junction, NY introduces the seven arrows of primitive skill; shelter, water, fire, food, tracking, awareness & movement. In the city...Urban Preparedness offered near Central Park in NYC will open your eyes to becoming prepared regardless of your environment.
Contact: http://mtnscoutsurvival.com/, mt.scoutsurvival@gmail.com, 845-629-4866
Category: survival, camping, hunting, plant ID, foraging,
Native Survival
Location: North Dartmouth, Massachusetts
Description: The Native Survival School's development is spearheaded by its Founder Mitch Mitchell. Hailing from Massachusetts, Mitch exercises his skills in the dynamic Northeast among its intense hurricanes, powerful blizzards, blistering 105F heat, to the subzero -20F winters. Mitch actively travels to several bioregions on North America to routinely test his skills; including Deleware, Maryland, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Maine, New York, and Ohio.
Contact: http://nativesurvival.com/, nativesurvival@yahoo.com,
Category: survival, plant ID,
Sigma 3 Survival School
Location: 1233 Highway B Mansfield, MO 65704
Description: Sigma 3 Survival is an extremely unique entity in the survival community. We are setup to offer a broader array of training than any other survival school in the country. Sigma does not differentiate between the different skills sets involved in the survival philosophy. Because just as bushcraft is pivotal for your survival in the wilderness, tactical and defense related skills are important for your urban and combat related survival. All in all, survival is the study and practice of keeping your ASS alive no matter what is happening around you!
Contact: https://www.survivalschool.us/, 479-426-7990
Category: survival, trapping, first aid, plant ID, backpacking, foraging,
Sigma 3 Survival School
Location: Gravette, Arkansas
Description: Sigma 3 Survival is an extremely unique entity in the survival community. We are setup to offer a broader array of training than any other survival school in the country. Sigma does not differentiate between the different skills sets involved in the survival philosophy. Because just as bushcraft is pivotal for your survival in the wilderness, tactical and defense related skills are important for your urban and combat related survival. All in all, survival is the study and practice of keeping your ASS alive no matter what is happening around you!
Contact: https://www.survivalschool.us/, 314-308-6955
Category: survival, trapping, first aid, plant ID, backpacking, foraging,
Sigma 3 Survival School
Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Description: Sigma 3 Survival is an extremely unique entity in the survival community. We are setup to offer a broader array of training than any other survival school in the country. Sigma does not differentiate between the different skills sets involved in the survival philosophy. Because just as bushcraft is pivotal for your survival in the wilderness, tactical and defense related skills are important for your urban and combat related survival. All in all, survival is the study and practice of keeping your ASS alive no matter what is happening around you!
Contact: https://www.survivalschool.us/, 719-930-9714
Category: survival, trapping, first aid, plant ID, backpacking, foraging,
Sigma 3 Survival School
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Description: Sigma 3 Survival is an extremely unique entity in the survival community. We are setup to offer a broader array of training than any other survival school in the country. Sigma does not differentiate between the different skills sets involved in the survival philosophy. Because just as bushcraft is pivotal for your survival in the wilderness, tactical and defense related skills are important for your urban and combat related survival. All in all, survival is the study and practice of keeping your ASS alive no matter what is happening around you!
Contact: https://www.survivalschool.us/, 401-632-1670
Category: survival, trapping, first aid, plant ID, backpacking, foraging,
Sigma 3 Survival School
Location: Ridgeway, VA
Description: Sigma 3 Survival is an extremely unique entity in the survival community. We are setup to offer a broader array of training than any other survival school in the country. Sigma does not differentiate between the different skills sets involved in the survival philosophy. Because just as bushcraft is pivotal for your survival in the wilderness, tactical and defense related skills are important for your urban and combat related survival. All in all, survival is the study and practice of keeping your ASS alive no matter what is happening around you!
Contact: https://www.survivalschool.us/, 276-226-9104
Category: survival, trapping, first aid, plant ID, backpacking, foraging,
Band of Heroes
Location: 191 Beach Road, Salisbury, MA 01952
Description: BAND OF HEROES seeks to eliminate death & disability experienced by cardiovascular attack & stroke victims. Our mission is accomplished through the creation of a dedicated army of employees well-trained in First Aid, CPR techniques & the proper use of portable AED units.
Contact: http://mybandofheroes.com/, 877-936-8911
Category: Survival,
Tom Brown Jr's Tracker School
Location: 529 Route 9, Unit #10 Waretown, NJ 08758
Description: The Tracker School was founded in 1978 by Tom Brown Jr, Americas most renowned Tracker, and Wilderness Survival expert. Based on the teachings of Stalking Wolf, the Apache elder from whom Tom learned his skills when he was just seven years old, he began teaching. The school has expanded to include over 75 classes, divided into eight course tracks.
Contact: https://www.trackerschool.com/, registration@trackerschool.com, 609-242-0350
Category: Survival, Homebuilding, Hunting, Trapping, Camping, Off the Grid, Fishing, Foraging, Basket Making,
Roots School
Location: Roots School, 192 Bear Notch Rd, Bradford VT, 05033
Description: In April of 2007, Roots School was founded with the purpose of educating people of all ages and backgrounds in: Self Reliance and Survival Skills, Tracking and Naturalist Studies, Primitive and Traditional Skills
Contact: https://rootsvt.com/, Info@RootsVT.com, 802-456-1253
Category: Survival, Basket making, Permaculture, Gardening, Forestry, Tanning, Farming, Trades - Other
Wilderness Survival Skills
Location: Online
Description: Do you want to learn wilderness survival skills? Then this website is for you.
Contact: http://www.wilderness-survival-skills.com/,
Category: Survival, Backpacking, Camping
Fishing Partnership Support Services
Location: 30 Chestnut Avenue, Suite #2 Burlington MA 01803
Description: Fishermen are 37 times more likely to die on the job than policemen. And on top of that, New England’s waters are the most dangerous in the country. Safety and survival training is not something to ignore—it’s desperately needed and can truly be life-saving for everyone on your boat.
Contact: http://fishingpartnership.org/services/safety-training/, 617-928-3443
Category: Survival, Fishing
Fishing Partnership Support Services
Location: 2 Blackburn Center Gloucester, MA 01930
Description: Fishermen are 37 times more likely to die on the job than policemen. And on top of that, New England’s waters are the most dangerous in the country. Safety and survival training is not something to ignore—it’s desperately needed and can truly be life-saving for everyone on your boat.
Contact: http://fishingpartnership.org/services/safety-training/, ngroppo@fishingpartnership.org, 978-282-4847
Category: Survival, Fishing
Fishing Partnership Support Services
Location: 139 Court Street, Unit 101A Plymouth, MA 02360
Description: Fishermen are 37 times more likely to die on the job than policemen. And on top of that, New England’s waters are the most dangerous in the country. Safety and survival training is not something to ignore—it’s desperately needed and can truly be life-saving for everyone on your boat.
Contact: http://fishingpartnership.org/services/safety-training/, lcaron@fishingpartnership.org, 781-635-0011
Category: Survival, Fishing
Fishing Partnership Support Services
Location: 114 MacArthur Drive New Bedford, MA 02740
Description: Fishermen are 37 times more likely to die on the job than policemen. And on top of that, New England’s waters are the most dangerous in the country. Safety and survival training is not something to ignore—it’s desperately needed and can truly be life-saving for everyone on your boat.
Contact: http://fishingpartnership.org/services/safety-training/, dkelsey@fishingpartnership.org, 508-991-3043
Category: Survival, Fishing
Wilderness Awareness School
Location: 26425 NE Allen St, Ste 203 Duvall, WA 98019
Description: Wilderness Awareness School, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization founded in 1983, is an internationally-recognized leader in outdoor education. Our mission is to help children and adults cultivate healthy relationships with nature, community and self. We are based in the foothills of the Cascade mountains about 45-minutes outside of Seattle, WA.
Contact: https://wildernessawareness.org/, 425-788-1301
Category: Survival, Plant ID, Foraging, Hunting, Land Surveying, Fishing,
Tekoa Mountain Outdoors
Location: 27 Sugar Hill, Rd. Williamsburg, MA 01096
Description: We're a family run business. We are committed to providing fun, safe, professional, educational outdoor programs. We're a bunch of certified instructors, professional boaters, creekers, backpackers, climbers, adventure & environmental educators, mountaineering geeks, scouters, Passionate outdoor enthusiasts and just plain good folks.
Contact: http://www.tekoamountainoutdoors.com/home, tim@tekoamountainoutdoors.com, 413-296-4249
Category: Backpacking, Camping, Survival, Off the grid
NOLS
Location: 284 Lincoln st. Lander, WY 82520
Description: NOLS is a nonprofit school that seeks to help you step forward boldly as a leader.
Contact: https://www.nols.edu/en/, 1-800-710-6657
Category: Backpacking, Camping, Survival, Off the grid, First Aid
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