May 14 – 10th Annual Primitive Pursuits Day
Posted by Dustin Horton // April 11, 2011 // Calendar of Events
Saturday May 14th from 10a.m. – 4 p.m. at 4-H Acres located at 418 Lower Creek Rd., Ithaca, NY
This years instructors include our special guest, Jeff Gottlieb.
Jeff Gottlieb is a Naturalist, Outdoor Educator and Primitive Skills Instructor from Long Island. He works with school groups, museums, scout troops and summer camps, and builds full-sized wigwams and longhouses. He also replicates primitive tools and artifacts for display. He travels widely in the Eastern United States teaching at rendezvous, gatherings and historic fairs. Jeff is the author of a how-to manual on building wigwams entitled, WIGWAM: Building the Northeast Domed Shelter, and an instructors’ manual entitled, Teaching Primitive Skills to Children: An Instructor’s Manual.
Workshops are for kids and adults, including hands-on activities in the fields of wilderness survival outdoor living and nature awareness. Participants can look forward to tracking, herb walks, arrow making, forest lore, matchless fire making and much more! Guided walks Scheduled throughout the day. RAIN or SHINE! (Large pavilion available)
