“We are not separate from nature; we are nature expressing itself.” Joanna Macy
Satisfies High School volunteer hours requirement
Earth Sense Apprenticeship
Attune to Nature. Imagine Together.
Learn from the Land. Lead in Your Community.
Spend the summer outside — learning from nature, from indigenous wisdom, and from each other. Then bring what you discover back to your school and community.
Learn how nature regulates your nervous system — and why that matters for stress, anxiety, and focus.
Learn how to listen deeply to Earth and how indigenous wisdom can guide you.
Learn grounding practices rooted in nature — not screens.
Design and lead your own project for your school or community.
Earn volunteer hours learning and making an impact.
Sign up by May 31st. Orientation June 7.
🌍 DEEP LISTENINGDeep Listening starts with slowing down — and actually paying attention to the world around you. In this program, you'll learn that the natural world has been communicating all along. Indigenous cultures have known this for thousands of years. We're just remembering how to tune in.
✨ REIMAGINING OUR NEW WORLDA lot of what we've been taught about our relationship to nature — and to each other — isn't working. This is your space to question that, dream differently, and imagine what a better world could look like. Not alone, but together as we harvest and integrate the messages we receive from nature.
Three Foundational Modules:
#1 Understanding the Mind
#2 Reclaiming our Earth Bodies
#3 Heart resonance with Nature
SUMMER 2026: Learn Earth-based practices
Choose at least 3 of 6 outdoor nature immersion experiences:
June 17, June 24, July 8, July 22, Aug 5, Aug 12 (Wednesdays, 3 hours between 2:00-6:00pm) » 3-15 volunteer hours
Optional monthly check-ins during office hours
Embodied practices will guide you to your innate wisdom and how to share your unique gifts with the world.
FALL 2026: Dive deeper. Create your peer-to-peer Ripple project
Meet with mentors and cohort at least once a month
Earned volunteer hours will depend on hours invested in individual projects
Optional Wilderness trip
❋ Collaborative EnergySome of the most powerful moments happen in the group. You'll meet peers who think differently, feel deeply, and want to make a difference — just like you.
❋ Expert FacilitationLed by experienced guides who know how to hold space, encourage participation, and engage intention.
Not teaching wisdom at you, creating conditions for you to sense your way back to something you already carry within.
What You'll Walk Away Knowing
Being present is actually a superpower
Your body holds wisdom your mind hasn't caught up to yet
The Earth is not a resource — it is a relationship
Feeling disconnected isn't your fault, and you're not alone in it
Codes
Protect life
Cultivate awareness
Act with compassion
Live in reciprocity
Speak truth with courage
Build what heals
Never turn away from suffering
Phases
Awakening
Inner Transformation
Interconnection
Sacred Leadership
Remembering we belong to Earth.