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Building Strong Naturalist Communities:
A Retreat to Nurture & Celebrate
Tentative schedule
(Final schedule to come)
(Activities for children will be running simultaneously to adult activities)
Friday
3-5pm: Arrivals, registration & getting settled
Dinner & socializing
Bonfire w/songs & stories
Bedtime
Saturday
Wakeup ~ Yoga, Sit Spots
Breakfast
Naturalist/Craft Time 1
Naturalist/Craft Time 2
Lunch
Adventure Time
Nature Games & Natural Materials Bartering
Rest/Socializing/Bodywork
Dinner
Party Time & Community Music Jam
Bonfire...theater, songs, story-weaving, vision-sharing
Bedtime
Saturday Night
Dinner and Samba
Dance Party 6:00pm-10pm
~ $15 for adults and teens and $8 for children
12 and under.
~
$30 extra to spend Saturday night.
Sunday
Sunday All Day ~
A day of woods adventure, craft, story, song, and ritual
8:00am - 9:30pm
~ $55 adults and teens, $30 children 12 and under (includes
3 meals)
Sunday - Monday
As above, then spend the night and enjoy finishing out the weekend with
us!
Retreat ends at 1pm on Monday
~ $105 adults, $75 teens, $40 children
12 and under
PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED
~ Please call 518-794-6687 or email michelle@flyingdeernaturecenter.org
to register
May 23rd - 26th, 2008 (Memorial Day Weekend)
5pm Friday - 1pm
Monday
This event is for:
~Wilderness community teachers, leaders, dedicated families
and individuals
~Local community-based earth activists
Why a Retreat? Yes, it’s true. Even as dedicated Nature Educators, we tend to forget to give ourselves the much needed time to rest, play, and soak in the people and the Earth we love. Everybody needs it. Spending quality time with the earth and with loved ones, connecting to the deep meanings in our lives, and creating peace in body and mind will nurture you, your family and your community!
The goal of this retreat is to foster connections within and between communities, and rejuvenate, recharge and restore bodies, minds and hearts. We will “get the energy moving” through naturalist activities, crafts, play, exercise and bodywork, pure celebration, visioning, music, dance, theater and the arts!
BSNC was born out of a desire for the wilderness organizations of the northeast region to identify, network, celebrate and vision on a community level. BSNC was hosted by Vermont Wilderness School in 2006, and White Pine Programs in 2007
Location, Lodging & Food:
Flying Deer Nature Center offers the beautiful Taconic hills (including endless forest, meadows, swamps, streams, a pond and a mudpit) of the Abode of the Message intentional community in New Lebanon, NY. The retreat cost includes lodging (your choice of tenting or small cabins) and homemade organic food. Please let us know if you need less rustic accommodations.What To Bring:
Tenting and bedding, clothing suitable for outdoor weather and getting really dirty; musical instruments; earth materials from your bioregion for trading and craftingContact Info:
BSNC@flyingdeernaturecenter.org
518.794.6687
5 Abode Rd. New Lebanon, NY 12125
Cost & Registration:
Please let us know if you have a craft - using natural materials from your land - you would like to lead others in making during the retreat!
Early Registration deadline is April 15st.
Child (4 to 11)—Early $60, Late $75
Youth (12 to 16)—Early
$105, Late $125
Adult—Early $190, Late $210
Commuting Adult (including meals) - Early
$145, Late $165
Download Registration Form here!