EARTH SCHOOL :: Nature Awareness, Wilderness Survival & Self-Reliance

	Photo Gallery These photos are intended to help introduce you to Earth School and some of the programs we offer. Photos are placed by category. The page will be updated as time permits, so please visit again! Scroll through the entire gallery or select a section to "jump". The Founder Fun Shelter Building Fire Camouflage Nature Awareness Hide Tanning Primitive Cooking Day's End
Earth School Founder	Richard Cleveland	Richard with an Indigo Bunting he rescued from the Blue Ridge Parkway	Richard Cleveland is the founder and director of Earth School. He is a former Head Instructor at Tom Browns' world famous Wilderness Survival School in New Jersey. For the past thirteen years he has taught nature awareness and native skills to thousands of people of all ages.
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Fun	Brianna Friedman (age 3) and Tony Pable discover the therapeutic value of grass tickling during the Family Adventure Camp. Please see the Programs Page for more information on this class and all the Earth School Programs.	Brianna Friedman & Tony Pable
		Who can resist that face !!
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Shelter Building	1 - The beginning of the Debris Hut.	2 - Piling on the leaves. 3 - Almost done!
	4 - Igloo entrance construction.	5 - WOW! The finished shelter and Willow has already moved in .
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Fire	Steve Zannoni tries his luck at hand drill to produce the evening fire.
	Dorothy Wooten celebrates her first bowdrill fire !!
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Camouflage	Teaching natural camouflage	Something is hiding in the grass ... Yuck! Only a mother could love that face!
	Washing off the camo at the waterfalls.	Whew! That's cold!
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Nature Awareness	A black rat snake came to visit one night	We just can't resist touching it.
	Mixed emotions	Crikey mate! ... She's a beauty!
	What an experience!	Ooooh ... I can't believe I'm doing this! She's a big one, almost 6 feet long!
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Hide Tanning	Racking a deer hide that we tanned during camp.
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Primitive Cooking	1 - Loading the steampit with fresh vegetables.	2 - Covering it up with grass ... it'll be done in 2 to 3 hours.
	Happy campers with fresh fish !	Everyone cleans their own.
	Aaah ... dinner time! Everything turned out perfectly.
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Days End	Perfect ending..... to another beautiful day.