Stewardship Projects

Sticks & Stones Wilderness School is passionate about inspiring stewardship within our own communities by offering many ways that people and groups can help out.   We coordinate spring and fall volunteer stewardship projects within around the Headwaters community to help raise local ecological awareness and provide opportunities for people to give back to the habitats they call home.  We also teach hands-on and demonstration-style workshops for individuals and groups who want a more comprehensive understanding of stewardship.

2010 Stewardship Projects and Workshops

Spring

Kimbercote Farm Stewardship Weekend May 7-8-9 Weekend- Kimbercote Farm, Heathcote, ON.

More details to come in the next Smoke Signals newsletter.

Practical Land Stewardship Sunday May 9th.  Click here for more details.

Fall

September TBA,

More details to come….

Past Events

The Stewardship Project for this past fall was held at Kimbercote Farm, near the beautiful town of Kimberly Ontario.  After holding the Spring Headwaters Gathering at the farm, it seemed evident that the land holds a great amount of potential that can be brought to fruition if some coordination of efforts was to be put forth.  Through the partnership of Sticks & Stones Wilderness School and the staff at Kimbercote, we held a Stewardship Weekend at the property to kick off what is shaping up to be a long term relationship between the school and the farm.  On October 24th and 25th we invited the community of Ontario to come out and join us for this educational adventure.  Sticks and Stones Wilderness School has drafted a Management Plan that was implemented beginning the week of October 19th to set the tone for the weekend.  We want to thank everyone who pitched in on this revolutionary project.  This season’s project helped to set the foundation for next year’s The Way of the Caretaker-Ancient Stewardship Workshop series.  Keep an eye to the sky for more Smoke Signal updates.

The path of the Caretaker is one of endless adventure and responsibility, for taking care is the greatest gift that can be given….

By promoting diverse ecological structure, function and the potential for integrity in ecological systems, all levels of life are effected.

We take great strides to initiate sound ecological awareness within our communities by providing the skills to allow people to take action and choose to participate in the stewardship of our ecological systems, our habitats, our homes and all of our communities alike.

Skeet Sutherland first gained recognition for his efforts in ecological stewardship after coordinating a series of stewardship events in Orangeville, Ontario that ran consecutively in the spring months of 2002 and 2003.  After receiving  an Award of Conservation Merit for coordinating the Mill Creek Stewardship Projects it seemed the path was set for Skeet.  Teaching Stewardship in an integrated format, at the most universal level, through the skills of the Caretaker, which is inclusive to all life and ways of living, Skeet learned to foster his innate talent for inspiring within other people a sense of passion for Stewardship.

If you have the need for a Stewardship Event in your area that will have the potential to have a lasting effect in your community, then let us know and we will see if we can help you achieve Balance in your Community.

Take Care….