Legacy23rdJune
23rd
June
Village Life by Tony Deis on Jun 23, 2009
Today our families can lead disparate lives. There's no regalia, no code of arms or crests to represent honor to ourselves and our children. There's rarely a breadth of shared history and oral tradition that stands with a timeless hearth. The other day I noted to a colleague that Trackers is decidedly secular. You won't find an overwhelming tone of cultural or spiritual beliefs at our programs. You will find great skills meant to inform the legacy and hearth of your own family and community. At…
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10 simple things14thMay
14th
May
Village Life by Tony Deis on May 14, 2009
10 simple things you can do the improve your village's relationship to the land. 1) Go fishing every other week during the summer. For every fish you catch, promise to put 2 back in its place. Don't worry, you'll find a way. 2) Gather spring greens: nettles, dandelions and other "weeds". Come back to that patch year after year. See how your…
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Beyond a Sense of Place23rdApril
23rd
April
Village Life by Tony Deis on Apr 23, 2009
As an outdoor educator I've had the slogan "sense of place" drilled into me years ago. But I've learned that sense of place is not enough. I know plenty of people that can identify tracks, spot a bird, measure water quality and even make a bow drill fire. What this leads to is a willingness to help enact policy or an appreciation that your…
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Experts and critics: no difference16thApril
16th
April
Village Life by Tony Deis on Apr 16, 2009
When we first started TrackersNW many people told all of us to get a real job. Now those same people look at Trackers as a leader in the field. To them we were simply scrappy kids trying something silly and different then what they do. To us we were desperate to find a way of doing things that actually took care of our family and the families…
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Yes, I like nature9thApril
9th
April
Village Life by Tony Deis on Apr 09, 2009
The other day I had a conversation with a friend who's life is dedicated to tending to our phenomenal greenspaces. He told a story about a city leader who recently made a bold statement, "We need to find less ways to say 'no' and more ways of to say 'yes'." Of late, this is not the first tale I heard of intelligent relationship building overcoming…