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Wilderness
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| Earth School |
Richard Cleveland's nature awareness & self reliance
school has been around for many years and is a good
friend of ours, so go check him out! |
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Practical
Primitive |
Another good friend of ours, Eddie Starnator
runs this school in Tom's River, NJ. He is a master flint knapper (among many other primitive skills) and a great guy to
chill out with telling stories around the fire. |
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| Hollow Top Primitive
Living Skills |
Thomas Elpel has been providing great
classes and books on primitive technology and has a good web
site with lots of information a calendar of primitive events
around the country. |
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Naturalist Studies, Training & Information |
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 North American Bear
Research Center
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Here is the place to get REAL
information about Black Bears from Dr. Lynn Rogers, the
leading Black Bear expert (yep, that's Dr. Rogers
taking a live bears pulse!) |
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Wildlife Research Institute |
Working with biologist Lynn Rogers,
Ph.D., for over 40 years, the Wildlife Research
Institute (WRI) is conducting the longest and most
detailed black bear study and the largest educational
outreach program ever done for black bears. |
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Rays
Weather Channel |
This offers one of the best local
weather information in our area. |
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Ray Jardine
Adventure Page |
An incredible informational source of
lightweight camping, backpacking, books, and extreme
adventures! If you want to reduce your backpack load,
you got to check this out! His designs of tarps,
sleeping quilts and other essential gear will drop your
pack weight by leaps & bounds. He will take you
beyond backpacking! |
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Go Lite
Outdoor Camping Gear |
Taking Ray Jardines ideas, they make
commercially available lite weight gear |
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Wiggys Sleeping Bags |
The BEST sleeping bags. Period!!!! |
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Gatherings & Wilderness Recreation |
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Fire
Fly Gathering |
Skills for Living with
the Earth. Held every July in Ashville, NC,
this gathering is where you can learn about Primitive
Technology & Back to the Earth Homesteading Skills.
In the mountains, near Asheville, NC |
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Gathering of the Peacemakers |
Robert and Julia Roskind, our
neighbors and mentors in the area of spreading the message
of environmental stewardship and “One Love” through
reasoning workshops, free worldwide concerts and author of
numerous books on these subjects.
www.onelovepress.com
www.rastaheart.com |
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Green
Nations Gathering |
A gathering of herbalists,
gardeners, farmers, environmentalists, holistic
healthcare providers, social justice activists,
spiritual ecologists and earth stewards who gather to
learn, inspire each other, network for the planet, play
and renew our commitment to live in beauty and walk in
harmony on Earth, our partner. Held in September in
Mass.
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LASR.NET |
Travel, Lodging, Attractions, Recreation
& Events Country Wide. Find information on places
to go, events, things to do & see all round the USA. |
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Herbal &
Spiritual |
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| The Healing
Journey |
The Healing Journey—a holistic Health
consulting business operated by Kevin Tincher, Elizabeth
Tincher and Bruce Carroll in Blowing Rock, North
Carolina. |
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Roaring
Lion Publishing |
Peter Ragnar's site of herbalist and
long life wisdom and martial arts. Definitely worth a
look! |
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Sage Mountain |
Rosemary's Gladstar's information,
herbal classes and apprenticeship and her books. This
may be her last year teaching classes, so seek her
out! |
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Susan Weed |
Susan Weed,
herbalist and author of women's health books, invites
you to rediscover the Wise Woman Tradition, herbal
medicine healing, and how to make home remedies. |
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Sunny Field Herb Farm |
Matthew Wood has been a practicing
herbalist since 1982. He has helped tens of thousands of
clients over the years, with many difficult health
problems. |
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David
Winston |
David
Winston, RH (AHG) is an
herbalist and ethnobotanist with almost 40 years of
training in Cherokee, Chinese and Western herbal
traditions. |
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Rosita
Arvigo |
Rosita Arvigo, DN is a naprapathic
physician, herbalist, international lecturer, author and
teacher of Maya medicine. She has lived in Belize for
thirty years where she studied with more than a dozen
traditional healers, the most famous of whom was her
mentor Don Elijio Panti who passed away in 1996 at the
age of 103. |
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Martin Prechtel |
A master of eloquence and innovative language,
Martín
Prechtel's
life took him from New Mexico to the village
of Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala. There becoming a full
village member of the Tzutujil Mayan population, he
eventually served as a principal in that body of village
leaders responsible for instructing the young people in
the meanings of their ancient stories through the
rituals of adult rights of passage.
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United Plant
Savers |
United Plant Savers'
mission is to protect native medicinal plants of the
United States and Canada and their native habitat while
ensuring an abundant renewable supply of medicinal
plants for generations to come. |
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Native
Plant Information Network |
Welcome to EXPLORE PLANTS home of the
Native Plant Information Network (NPIN). Their goal is
to assemble and disseminate information that will
encourage the cultivation, conservation and preservation
of wildflowers and other native flora throughout North
America. |
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USDA
Plant Database |
The PLANTS Database provides
standardized information about the vascular plants,
mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S.
and its territories. |
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NCSU Plant Fact Sheets |
Search by Common or Latin Names |
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NCSU Poisonous Plant & Mushrooms |
Search by Common or Latin Names |
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Plant
Information Center |
Discover North Carolinas Plants & Trees. |
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UNC
Herbarium |
UNC's Herbarium |
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North
Carolina's Native Plant Society |
NCNPS promotes enjoyment and
conservation of North Carolina's native plants and their
habitats through education, protection, propagation, and
advocacy. |
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North
Carolina's Plant Savers |
Great plant resource Links page! |
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North Carolina Coop Extension |
North
Carolina Cooperative Extension gives our residents easy
access to the resources and expertise of NC State
University and NC A&T State University. |
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Plants for a
Future |
Plants For A Future is a resource centre
for rare and unusual plants, particularly those which
have edible, medicinal or other uses. |
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Fungi Perfecti |
Fungi Perfecti®
is a family-owned, environmentally friendly company
specializing in using gourmet and medicinal mushrooms to
improve the health of the planet and its people. Founded
by mycologist and author
Paul Stamets |
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Misc.
Cool Sites |
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Jabiru Bamboo,
Ltd. |
Bruce Carroll has been pioneering the
development of vegetable oil conversion kits for Diesel
Vehicles & Hydrogen Fuel Cells in Belize and the USA for
over a decade. This is his personal site for his
"doings" in Belize and around the world including his alternative energy
projects, solar energy, hydrogen, SVO/WVO, Ecommerce
items (great backpacking and wilderness supplies!), Retirement Homes and
Teak Farm Investments in Central America. |
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Belize Bruce |
Belize Bruce's other Belizean site of
his doings in Belize. |
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| Discover Bluestar
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Lost Cove’s media
affiliate, musician friend with the Mageepa project and
fellow peacemaker, Pete Onofrio, who operates this site as
well as the blog,
www.lifeisnow.us. He is helping to spread the word
through media presentations, documentary creations and the
hosting of workshops at his property outside New Haven,
Connecticut.
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Quality Camping, Backpacking, Kayaking,
Canoeing and other great outdoor gear! |
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Tactical
Awareness, Self Reliance & Other Services |
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onPoint
Tactical |
Legendary Skills for Today's
Professionals.
onPoint Tactical offers
professional certification in Scout, Tracker, and
Wilderness Survival disciplines. Course topics include
Urban Escape and Evasion, Survival Evasion Resistance
Escape (SERE) training; Search & Rescue (SAR) tracking,
primitive wilderness survival, winter survival, scout
reconnaissance, animal trapping, booby traps, sniper
field craft, camouflage, off grid medical care, force
protection, combat and pursuit tracking, counter and
anti-tracking, animal tracking, hostile environment
training, and land navigation. This school is run by our
good friend Kevin Reeve. |
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Practical Precision Gunsmith |
If you need to get your hunting rifle
or other fire arm repaired or customized, this is the place!
Bruce Carroll is a Certified Gunsmith and has many years
of hands on, practical experience. Ranging from
handguns, to hunting rifles & shotguns to tactical
carbines and long distance shooters, Bruce knows how to
clean, repair, maintain and customize them all with
Practical Precision! |
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Back Woods Home
Magazine |
Self Reliance Magazine of Homesteading
Skills |
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