School Founder Tim MacWelch
Welcome to smart, realistic survival skills...
...primitive skills with a sense of tradition - and our ancestor's drive for practical self sufficiency. Earth Connection consists of two school locations, Virginia and North Carolina. Both branches offer an extensive collection of primitive skills, wilderness survival and self sufficiency classes.
Our mission is to provide you with high quality class content; reasonable and realistic survival strategies; and a safe, enjoyable learning experience. "Don't survive harder... Survive Smarter!"
Earth Connection - Virginia
Our original Virginia branch is headed by the school founder Tim MacWelch along with Hue Hueston. We offer weekend classes and Custom Courses during weekdays throughout the year. Our specialties are classes in Friction Fire Making and Wild Edible Plants. We also teach a variety of other subjects through our courses like Tracks and Sign, Basketry, Primitive Tool Making, Hide Tanning, Wilderness Survival, Organic Gardening, Home Brewing and many more! The Virginia classes are held near Fredericksburg, Virginia.
Apprenticeships are now available at this location. Check out our new Two Week Apprenticeship Programs, perfect for the summer!
New classes just got added to our 2009 schedule. Check out our course schedule to see more!
Earth Connection - North Carolina
Head Instructors Wes Massey and Hardee Merritt
Our North Carolina branch is headed by Wes Massey, Hardee Merritt and Todd Magers. They offer weekend classes throughout the year. Their specialties are classes in Friction Fire Making, Kid's classes, Primitive Survival Strategies and Modern Wilderness Survival.
These classes are held near the Raleigh/Durham area. Plans for 2009 include more collaboration between Earth Connection North Carolina and Earth Connection Virginia to offer specialty classes at their location. Their summer and fall 2009 schedule is finalizing now.
Check back soon for the class dates.
Check out our blog!
Our school branches often remind students that "The class isn't over when you go home!"
For proof of this, you can check out their posts and Hue's posts on our great blog designed by Hue. This is a great place to see what happened in our recent classes and learn more about our school.It is also a forum for continued communication with our students.From the blog, you can also go to our Cafepress site for Earth Connection T-shirts, hats and other goodies.
Check out our free videos!
Our five different monkeysee.com videos will give you a great taste of our classes and our teaching style. Check out our series on Wilderness Survival, Emergency Preparedness, Winter Survival Tips, How to go camping and Organic Gardening. Click here for our Shelter Building Clip and others. More videos are being scheduled for production this spring 2009.
2009 Schedule
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Contact Information
- Telephone: 540-270-2531
- Postal address: PO Box 32 Somerville VA 22739
- Email: econnect@earth-connection.com
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