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Wilder Together

Bring people together. Create shared culture. Grow wilder together.

How do we grow a culture that keeps going?

Build a shared culture around the hearth, bring the skills to your group, and hold a group safely from first meeting to passing it on.

Create shared traditions, a home hearth, tool and fire culture and seasonal celebrations that help a group belong to a place.

  • The ebook
  • 217 Wilding activity guides as printable PDFs
  • Templates and charts the activity guides need
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Safety first. Outdoor activities carry real risks. Each activity guide has safety notes, but you are responsible for yourself and anyone in your care. Supervise children, get permission, never eat anything you cannot identify with certainty, and only light fires where it is allowed and safe.

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The activity guides in this collection

Create culture

‘How to be’

Cord of respect?Create culture

Overcoming barriers

Bug out bagCreate culture

Creating a nature library

‘The Wild’ library / wwwCreate cultureNature collectionsCreate cultureLeaf collectionCreate cultureBook of seedsCreate cultureBook of feathersCreate culture

Creating a place to connect with people

Remembering spaceCreate cultureMandalaCreate culture

Other cultural practices

Smoke cleansingCreate cultureJourney stoneCreate cultureWishing stoneCreate culture

Living with love & reference

Stories in stones?Create culture

Art & crafts using natural materials

Tree spiritCreate cultureMaking clay printsCreate cultureMaking a stick frameCreate cultureMaking an elder pencilCreate cultureMaking a paintbrushCreate cultureMaking natural inkCreate cultureMaking a feather quill penCreate culture

Natural sounds & instruments

Nature sounds & whistlesCreate culture

Celebrating nature

Celebrating natureCreate cultureRite of passageCreate culture

Wild games, tricks & nature play

Skimming stonesCreate culture

Connecting with people

Find your communityCreate culture

Uncover nature's language

BaselineUncover nature's language

The 5 voices of birds

ContactUncover nature's languageThe wrong answerUncover nature's language

Bird alarms

Alarm matchingUncover nature's languageFreezeUncover nature's languageSentinelUncover nature's languageThe invisible predatorUncover nature's languageSilent movieUncover nature's languageHunting hawkUncover nature's languageFocused visionUncover nature's languageFinding owlsUncover nature's languageHand feeding a robinUncover nature's languageSit spot silenceUncover nature's languageAttracting birdsUncover nature's languageAttracting predatorsUncover nature's language

Disturbance & concentric rings

Learning dog languageUncover nature's language

Live wilder

Knots, hitches, bends & lashings

Tying a common whipping knotLive wilderTying a square lashingLive wilder

Fire

Using a rocket stoveLive wilder

Woodcraft

Making & using a palm drillLive wilderMaking a ferrocerium rod & strikerLive wilderMaking a rush lightLive wilderMaking a crook knife caseLive wilderMaking a whiskLive wilder

Track & ask questions

Identification: Who left this sign?

CSI humanTrack & ask questions

Imitate nature

Blending with the baseline

Making a scrim netImitate natureCampfire scoutImitate natureSssshImitate natureWhat’s on your mind?Imitate natureDeer walkingImitate natureAmbushImitate natureConservation missionImitate natureDeer stalkImitate natureHide!Imitate nature

Other imitation

Fight or flightImitate natureSilent hunterImitate nature

Animal forms

Animal formsImitate natureThe fox spotImitate nature

Value nature

Living with gratitude

Gratitude activityValue nature“Thank you”Value natureGratitude scavenger huntValue natureKinship?Value natureIntentionValue natureThe heart of natureValue nature

‘How to be’

Honouring routineValue nature

Living with love & reference

Touching love?Value natureUnlocking loveValue natureReverence?Value nature

Awaken your mind's eye

Awaken your mind’s eyeAwaken your mind's eyeMind’s eye imaginationAwaken your mind's eyeMind’s eye sketchingAwaken your mind's eyeUniqueAwaken your mind's eyeLeaf line upAwaken your mind's eyeMap your homeAwaken your mind's eyeGuided imageryAwaken your mind's eyeTree imageryAwaken your mind's eyeImagineAwaken your mind's eyeIdeal ecological visionAwaken your mind's eyeFlying kitesAwaken your mind's eye

Tell your story

Same but differentTell your storyBack garden sharedTell your storyInterviewTell your storyStories with stonesTell your story

Enjoy your sit spot

Still huntingEnjoy your sit spotSit spot trailEnjoy your sit spotGroup sit spotEnjoy your sit spot

Wander

“I lost my stone!”WanderMedicine wanderWanderPath of discoveryWander

Imaginatively journal

Types of journals

Tree journalImaginatively journalJournaling from the ground upImaginatively journalExploring special placesImaginatively journalEthogramImaginatively journalPhenologyImaginatively journal

Support nature

Truly helpfulSupport natureLitter huntSupport nature

Dive into field guides

Using field guides to connect with natural spaces

EldersDive into field guidesLoreDive into field guidesWisdom from the eldersDive into field guidesKnow your neighboursDive into field guidesAll about meDive into field guides

Collecting natural curiosities

Making fungal spore printsDive into field guidesMaking a foot print plaster castDive into field guidesCleaning & preserving animal partsDive into field guidesCleaning & preserving skulls & bonesDive into field guidesCollecting plant specimensDive into field guidesMaking & using a flower pressDive into field guidesDrying flowersDive into field guidesLeaf printingDive into field guidesHow to make a leaf skeletonDive into field guidesMaking a bark rubbingDive into field guidesMaking a bark castDive into field guidesPreserving feathersDive into field guidesNest collectingDive into field guides

Motivating species & elements

Hunting in hidden habitatsDive into field guidesSpiders web huntDive into field guidesHow to identify an invertebrateDive into field guidesFlight pattern & pathsDive into field guidesAttractionDive into field guidesExploring the understoryDive into field guidesStalking a butterflyDive into field guidesHow to identify a butterflyDive into field guidesHow to make & use a moth trapDive into field guidesHow to attract moths by sugaringDive into field guidesHow to identify a mothDive into field guidesExploring gallsDive into field guidesPond dippingDive into field guidesReptile huntingDive into field guidesUsing a soft brush & spoonDive into field guidesSievesDive into field guidesHow to make & use a pitfall trapDive into field guidesHow to make an earwig trapDive into field guidesHow to make a pooterDive into field guidesHow to use a pooterDive into field guidesSpoon or straw?Dive into field guidesUsing a sweep netDive into field guidesMaking a beating trayDive into field guides

Low-growing & herbaceous plant communities

Plant pattern scavenger huntDive into field guides

Indicator species & ecological signals

Lichen?Dive into field guidesMoss?Dive into field guidesWhat’s in wild water?Dive into field guidesSoil profileDive into field guidesPlant connectionsDive into field guidesPlant succession crawlDive into field guidesHow to do a line transectDive into field guidesWoodland layersDive into field guidesHabitatDive into field guidesHow to make a jar terrariumDive into field guidesYour community sharedDive into field guides

Trees & woody plant communities

Tree facesDive into field guidesTree silhouettesDive into field guidesLog matchDive into field guidesHeartbeat of a treeDive into field guidesHow old is this tree?Dive into field guidesMeasuring a treeDive into field guidesBark matchingDive into field guidesDispersalDive into field guides

Bird communities

The familiar 5Dive into field guidesSeasonalbird feederDive into field guidesNestDive into field guidesNest buildingDive into field guides

Nature exploration tools

How to set up & use a pocket microscopeDive into field guidesHow to use a hand lensDive into field guidesHow to set up & use close up binocularsDive into field guidesHow to set up & use binocularsDive into field guidesHow to use a field scopeDive into field guidesSetting up a trail cameraDive into field guidesUsing a bat detectorDive into field guidesPhotographing wildlifeDive into field guidesUsing night vision aidsDive into field guidesBadger watchingDive into field guides

Open your senses

Awaken your sense of hearing

Pin dropOpen your sensesSpectrogramOpen your sensesSound shakersOpen your sensesTwo ears are better than oneOpen your sensesSoundscapeOpen your sensesSong of the season?Open your sensesWild symphonyOpen your sensesSigns of the seasonOpen your sensesNight noisesOpen your senses

Optimising our sense of touch

Squirrel touchOpen your sensesNatural texture scavenger huntOpen your sensesBark texture trailOpen your sensesPrickly-tickly?Open your senses

Awaken your sense of smell

Badger noseOpen your senses

Scent tracking

House smellsOpen your senses

Awaken your sense of taste

Adder tongueOpen your senses

Awakening your sense of vision

Following an insectOpen your sensesPirate eyeOpen your sensesLightingOpen your sensesSpot the differenceOpen your sensesAutumn’s rainbowOpen your sensesNight worldOpen your sensesNight visionOpen your sensesDusk walkOpen your sensesIt’s all a matter of perspectiveOpen your sensesMouse viewOpen your sensesAnother worldOpen your sensesEagle eyeOpen your sensesFlight patternsOpen your senses

Awaken your sense of body awareness

Dormouse balanceOpen your senses

More sensory exploration activities

Sensory scavenger huntOpen your sensesSame walk, different senseOpen your sensesBlindfold trainingOpen your senses100 things to sense in natureOpen your senses

Sense meditations & mindfulness

One-minute spongeOpen your sensesNature meditationsOpen your sensesMindful walkingOpen your senses

Venturing further

Preparing for your visit

Dream boardVenturing further

Emotional preparation

Silver liningsVenturing further

Before you begin

Nature connectedness

Then versus nowBefore you begin

Wilding mentoring

The ‘Wilding’ cardsWilding mentoring

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