The Rewilding School

Ryan takes us through the process of making a REAL flint and steel fire—it takes a lot more work than most of us are led to believe. This is one of the many skills our summer staff are learning alongside our year-round educators, as we learn more about the ancestral lands our school occupies; be it animal, plant, or theory. This fire making practice doesn’t hold a candle to some of the ancient concepts that we also teach, but can be incredibly helpful when a survival kit is prepared. Something I’ve learned in the woods is to have many heat-related backups so that we never sleep in the cold. Ryan is, as always, a fountain of knowledge on so many practices of survival and bushcraft; it’s never linear, but he teaches me more than most of the folks I have the pleasure of knowing. #rewilding #rewild #exploration #bushcraft #firemaking #nature #outdoors #school #kids #teaching #summerschool #summercamp #camp #wildsummer #naturetok #bushtok