Eco Resilience Trainings
In Partnership with Lost Valley Education Center
The Journey Starts Here
We begin this journey with an acknowledgment of and appreciation for the teachings and blessings of our Indigenous relatives of the Kalapuya and all the beings with whom we cohabitate this land. Through the application of ancestral skills and indigenous lifeways we refine our ability to observe and interact with the subtle and profound teachings of the more-than-human world. Through mindfulness and sensory awareness practices we are able to expand our personal comfort zones, our trust in the kinship of life, and the importance of our role within it.
The Eco Resilience Trainings offers us the opportunity to draw our inner strength and to support one another as teachers and guides so that together we can create a more beautiful and regenerative world for future generations.
The importance of our belonging and our oneness with the Earth is not a conceptual ideology. It is an experiential reality. The Eco Resilience Trainings provide us with an opportunity to become more consciously attuned to the nurturance and support that surrounds and sustains us in every moment and to experience this reality more fully together in community. We look forward to having you with us!
This course is your opportunity to live and learn, to heal and to grow in community. We have come together in the service and celebration of Life to help you uncover, harness and focus your power to contribute the greatest good to a world that is calling for you to express the fullness and majesty of who you truly are.
This course features:
Ecological leadership and mentoring skills
Indigenous teachers and guides
Ethical wildcrafting
Ancestral fire (history, ecology, friction methods)
Natural building homes and shelters
Tracking, trailing, aidless navigation
Somatic sensory awareness
Deep nature attunement
Permaculture Design
Wellness classes (Yoga, Qi going, Mediation, and Breathwork)
Hide tanning, friction fire, “primitive” skills
Elders council
Field trips to ancient forests, Oregon coast and a Native encampment
Song circles, storytelling, stargazing, drumming, dance, hot saunas, cold plunges, and so much more!
More Than Just a Skill Share Intensive
Summer 2026 Dates
June 15 - August 17
Step into the Eco Resilience Trainings:
Experience direct, in-person engagement with the land, people and all the elements, without the distractions and daily demands of our media-saturated and technologically-centered society.
A Day in the Life
Wake up with the dawn chorus of bird song, the buzzing of the bees and gently swaying branches on the edge of our camas meadow. Start the day with a cold plunge in our woodland creek and join in our morning wellness practices, or sleep in and enjoy a leisurely cup of coffee before joining our 10:00 am class start time.
From 10:00 am - 5:45 pm we will explore together alongside our teachers and guides through deep nature connection and meaningful projects, developing new skills as we get to know the plants and animals of Lost Valley and surrounding areas. Enjoy an hour lunch break with nourishing organic food, sourced from our land and gardens and neighboring farms and local wholesalers. Join in conversation along the meadow, or take a moment to rest in the glory of the forest, and come back to the group to continue weaving baskets, tanning hides, or practicing calling forth fire from a friction hand drill.
In the evenings we will nourish our bodies and souls during a more leisurely community dinner and relaxation, take a silent walk in the woods and/or rejoin the group for evening celebrations, song circles around the fire, storytelling and games under the stars.
“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.” -Rachel Carson
The Eco Resilience Trainings Are A Good Fit For Individuals Who Are:
Seeking deep and meaningful relationships and enduring connections with kindred souls of the human and more-than-human world
Re-evaluating current life journey and looking to integrate ecological and regenerative approaches with chosen career & life paths
Students discovering the limitations of our dominant educational institutions and seeking an independent study course for college credit, or an alternative pathway to higher learning
Educators wanting to learn, or deepen fundamental skills and teaching modalities in order to more fully participate in the creation of a more regenerative and resilient culture
Interested in helping to steward / rewild our Oak Savanna, Woodlands, and damaged forest lands
Pursuing a higher quality of life of greater personal integrity and a more aligned ecological footprint
Longing for an opportunity to heal together in community
2026 Teachers TBA
The Teachers for the Eco Resilience Trainings carry decades of expertise and an expansive range of teaching styles. Click here to read about past teachers.
TUITION
(Tiered Pricing Options)
As a 501(c)3 environmental non-profit education center we are deeply committed to the work that we do! For decades, our stewards, staff and teachers have worked well below market rate and volunteered countless hours of community service, including organizing and hosting our education courses, to further our vision and mission of bringing us all into deeper relationship with one another and the more-than-human world. We are honored to support those with limited financial resources in accessing the unique educational opportunities we offer here at Lost Valley. As the economy shifts and our expenses increase, we are hopeful that those who have the means will help move our non-profit to a place of greater economic abundance, so we can meet our most basic needs and continue to invest in the upkeep of critical infrastructure and accessible education for our greater community.
Eco Resilience Immersion Course & Eco Resilience Leadership Training*
Community Supported $4500 - This tier is offered in recognition that our dominant economic system often neglects to provide a living wage to those of us who are most deeply invested in the service of our communities. We the staff and stewards of Lost Valley want to acknowledge that we are all in this together and continue to provide accessible quality education offerings to all those who are truly dedicated to the path of mutual upliftment.
Community Sustaining $5900 - This tier provides a more equitable exchange of financial support for the hardworking stewards of our land and community and allows us to continue to bring in exceptional outside teachers, while still covering our most basic institutional costs of operation.
Community Regenerative $6800 - This tier helps support our staff and teachers and allows us to invest more into the regeneration of our land and education center, as well as to help cover the cost for more economically marginalized participants. We are deeply grateful for any additional financial support to help us further the mission and goals of our Education Center.
These packages cover camping on the edge of our camas meadow under towering fir trees with access to shared indoor and outdoor bathing facilities, restrooms, kitchens, classrooms, libraries, gym, full meal plan, with a strong emphasis on local, organic, wildcrafted, and ethically sourced ingredients (3 meals 5x per week, site fees, laundry, all instruction and certification in Intentional Community Immersion, as well as full access to our nature sanctuary trails, creek, and meadow. If both courses are taken students will also have the opportunity to earn a Permaculture Design Certificate. A 10% non-refundable deposit is required to reserve your spot.
Join us in our collaborations with a Regenerative Earth!