
Pass it on · ebook & activity guide collection
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
Coming soon. Jay is giving this book and its activity guides a final proofread before they go on sale as downloads. Ask to be told when they're ready.
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.
The activity guides in this collection
Create culture
Ways of being together
Honouring routineCreate culture
Thank-you tangleCreate cultureExploring nature connectedness
Then versus nowCreate cultureMaking time to know nature & live wilder
Grab bagCreate cultureCollecting natural curiosities
Making fungal spore printsCreate culture
Making a footprint plaster castCreate culture
Cleaning & preserving animal partsCreate culture
Cleaning & preserving skulls & bonesCreate culture
Collecting plant specimensCreate culture
Making & using a flower pressCreate culture
Drying flowersCreate culture
Leaf printingCreate culture
How to make a leaf skeletonCreate culture
Making a bark rubbingCreate culture
Making a bark castCreate culture
Preserving feathersCreate culture
Nest collectingCreate cultureCreating a nature library
‘The Wild’ library / wwwCreate culture
Nature collectionCreate culture
Leaf collectionCreate culture
Book of seedsCreate culture
Book of feathersCreate cultureCreating shared spaces
MandalaCreate culture
Remembering spaceCreate cultureShared practices and traditions
Journey stonesCreate culture
Wishing stonesCreate culture
Smoke cleansingCreate culture
Rites of passageCreate cultureConnecting with people
Find your communityCreate cultureArt with natural materials
Tree spiritCreate culture
Making clay printsCreate culture
Making a stick frameCreate culture
Making an elder pencilCreate culture
Making a paintbrushCreate culture
Making natural inkCreate culture
Making a feather quill penCreate cultureNatural sounds & instruments
Nature sounds & whistlesCreate cultureWild games and nature play
Skimming stonesCreate culture
The ‘Wilding’ cardsCreate cultureCelebrating nature
Celebrating natureCreate cultureUncover nature's language
The five voices of birds
ContactUncover nature's language
The wrong answerUncover nature's languageBird alarms
Alarm matchingUncover nature's language
FreezeUncover nature's language
SentinelUncover nature's language
The invisible predatorUncover nature's language
Finding owlsUncover nature's language
Hand feeding a robinUncover nature's language
Attracting birdsUncover nature's language
Attracting predatorsUncover nature's language
Silent movieUncover nature's language
Sit spot silenceUncover nature's language
Hunting hawkUncover nature's language
Focused visionUncover nature's languageDisturbance & concentric rings
Learning dog languageUncover nature's languageLive wilder
Knots, hitches & bends
Tying a common whipping knotLive wilderLashings
Tying a square lashingLive wilderWood fuelled stoves
Using a rocket stoveLive wilderWooden tools
Making & using a palm drillLive wilder
Making a ferrocerium rod & strikerLive wilderUseful campcraft items
Making a rush lightLive wilder
Making a crook knife caseLive wilderCooking & eating utensils
Making a whiskLive wilderTrack & ask questions
Reading human tracks and signs
CSI humanTrack & ask questionsImitate nature
Animal forms and movement
Animal formsImitate nature
The fox spotImitate natureCamouflage and blending with the baseline
Conservation missionImitate natureShape
Making a scrim netImitate natureSilhouette
Campfire scoutImitate natureSpeed
Deer stalkImitate natureSound
SssshImitate natureSpirit
What’s on your mind?Imitate nature
Deer walkingImitate nature
AmbushImitate natureAnimal behaviour games
Fight or flightImitate nature
Silent hunterImitate natureValue nature
Living with gratitude
Gratitude activityValue nature
“Thank you”Value nature
Gratitude scavenger huntValue nature
Kinship?Value nature
IntentionValue nature
The heart of natureValue natureLiving with love and reverence
Once upon a stoneValue nature
Tender touchValue nature
ScentimentalValue nature
Reverence?Value natureEmotional preparation
Silver liningsValue natureAwaken your mind's eye
Visual memory and observation
Awaken your mind’s eyeAwaken your mind's eye
Mind’s eye imaginationAwaken your mind's eye
Mind’s eye sketchingAwaken your mind's eye
UniqueAwaken your mind's eye
Leaf identity paradeAwaken your mind's eye
Guided imageryAwaken your mind's eyeImagination and possibilities
Tree imageryAwaken your mind's eye
ImagineAwaken your mind's eye
Map your homeAwaken your mind's eye
Time machineAwaken your mind's eye
Flying kitesAwaken your mind's eyeTell your story
Getting started with nature journalling
Same but differentTell your story
Back garden sharedTell your story
InterviewTell your story
Stories with stonesTell your storyEnjoy your sit spot
Still huntingEnjoy your sit spot
Sit spot trailEnjoy your sit spot
Group sit spotEnjoy your sit spot
HideEnjoy your sit spot
Badger watchingEnjoy your sit spotWander
“I lost my stone!”Wander
Medicine wanderWander
Wonder wanderWanderImaginatively journal
Types of nature journal
Tree journalImaginatively journal
Journaling from the ground upImaginatively journal
EthogramImaginatively journal
PhenologyImaginatively journal
Exploring special placesImaginatively journalSupport nature
Everyday care
Truly helpfulSupport nature
Litter huntSupport natureDive into field guides
Learning from guides and local knowledge
EldersDive into field guides
LoreDive into field guides
Words from the woodsDive into field guides
Know your neighboursDive into field guides
All about meDive into field guidesNature exploration equipment
How to set up & use a pocket microscopeDive into field guides
How to use a hand lensDive into field guides
How to set up & use close up binocularsDive into field guides
How to set up & use binocularsDive into field guides
How to use a field scopeDive into field guides
Setting up a trail cameraDive into field guides
Using a bat detectorDive into field guides
Photographing wildlifeDive into field guides
Using night vision aidsDive into field guidesInvertebrates
Hunting in hidden habitatsDive into field guides
How to make & use a pitfall trapDive into field guides
How to make an earwig trapDive into field guides
How to make a pooterDive into field guides
How to use a pooterDive into field guides
Using a sweep netDive into field guides
Spiders web huntDive into field guides
Using a soft brush & spoonDive into field guides
How to identify an invertebrateDive into field guides
Exploring gallsDive into field guides
Stalking a butterflyDive into field guides
How to identify a butterflyDive into field guides
Flight pattern & pathsDive into field guides
How to make & use a moth trapDive into field guides
How to attract moths by sugaringDive into field guides
How to identify a mothDive into field guides
AttractionDive into field guides
Making a beating trayDive into field guides
Exploring the understoryDive into field guidesReptiles and freshwater wildlife
Reptile huntingDive into field guides
Pond dippingDive into field guidesExploring herbaceous plants
Plant pattern huntDive into field guidesReading habitats and ecological connections
Lichen huntDive into field guides
Moss huntDive into field guides
What’s in wild water?Dive into field guides
Soil profileDive into field guides
Plant connectionsDive into field guides
Plant succession crawlDive into field guides
How to do a line transectDive into field guides
Woodland layersDive into field guides
HabitatDive into field guides
How to make a jar terrariumDive into field guides
Your community sharedDive into field guidesExploring trees and woody plants
Bark matchingDive into field guides
Tree facesDive into field guides
Tree silhouettesDive into field guides
Log matchDive into field guides
Heartbeat of a treeDive into field guides
How old is this tree?Dive into field guides
Measuring a treeDive into field guides
DispersalDive into field guidesExploring birds
The familiar 5Dive into field guides
Flight patternsDive into field guides
Seasonal bird feederDive into field guides
NestDive into field guides
Nest buildingDive into field guidesMotivating species & elements
SievesDive into field guides
Spoon or straw?Dive into field guidesOpen your senses
Wide angled vision
Following an insectOpen your sensesVisual searching
It’s all a matter of perspectiveOpen your senses
Mouse viewOpen your senses
Another worldOpen your senses
Eagle eyeOpen your sensesColour
Eye to eyeOpen your sensesUsing light
LightingOpen your sensesLow light vision
Night worldOpen your senses
Night visionOpen your senses
Dusk walkOpen your sensesNoticing changes
Spot the differenceOpen your senses
Signs of the seasonOpen your senses
Autumn’s rainbowOpen your sensesFocused listening
Pin dropOpen your senses
SpectrogramOpen your senses
Sound shakersOpen your senses
Two ears are better than oneOpen your senses
Night noisesOpen your sensesPeripheral listening
SoundscapeOpen your senses
Song of the seasonOpen your senses
Wild symphonyOpen your sensesUsing touch
Squirrel touchOpen your sensesNoticing texture
Natural texture scavenger huntOpen your senses
Bark texture trailOpen your senses
Tickle, prickle, guess!Open your sensesAwaken your sense of smell
Badger noseOpen your sensesScent tracking
House smellsOpen your sensesAwaken your sense of taste
Adder tongueOpen your sensesAwaken your sense of body awareness
Dormouse balanceOpen your sensesSensory meditation and mindfulness
One-minute spongeOpen your senses
Nature meditationsOpen your senses
Mindful walkingOpen your sensesMore sensory exploration
Sensory scavenger huntOpen your senses
Same walk, different sensesOpen your senses
BaselineOpen your senses
Blindfold trainingOpen your sensesMore sensory exploration activities
100 things to sense in natureOpen your sensesVenturing further
Preparing for your visit
Dream boardVenturing further