School Founder Tim MacWelch
Welcome to
Earth Connection
School of
wilderness survival
and The Drive To Survive
internet radio show
Welcome to smart, realistic survival skills - primitive skills with a sense of tradition - and our ancestor's drive for practical self sufficiency.
Our mission is to provide you with a great weekly radio
show, high quality classes in survival; reasonable and realistic survival strategies; and a safe, enjoyable learning experience.
"Don't survive harder... Survive Smarter!"
The Drive To Survive Radio Show hosted by Tim MacWelch
The Drive To Survive will be the world's first and only radio talk show dedicated to the arts of wilderness survival, emergency preparedness and self sufficiency. The show's host, Tim MacWelch, has been a professional wilderness survival instructor for almost 15 years. This radio program will provide our listeners with lifesaving knowledge and concepts that have been carefully arranged to give you the best chance of staying safe, in even the worst emergencies.
Our goal is to provide lifesaving skills, and make them understandable to everyone. Our belief is that anyone can survive. Our mission is to make that a reality.
Didn't get to hear the show live? Each show will be archived on the network and you can also download each episode as an MP3 file. The shows will also be available on iTunes shortly thereafter.
There will be 13 shows this summer, each Friday from 1-2 pm EST. Click here for more information...
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO EPISODE 1 NOW http://www.voiceamerica.com/voiceamerica/vepisode.aspx?aid=46968
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO EPISODE 2 NOW http://www.voiceamerica.com/voiceamerica/vepisode.aspx?aid=47174
Earth Connection - Virginia
Earth Connection consists of two school locations, Virginia and North Carolina. Tim founded Earth Connection 14 years ago, as a self-made, one man business. Since starting the school, Tim has been joined by co-instructors Rick and Jamey Hueston. The school has run continuously since 1997, and has grown to include our North Carolina location and a teaching presence at nationally renowned primitive skills events like Rivercane Rendezvous, Falling Leaves Rendezvous and MAPS MEET. Tim has been featured on 3 National Geographic programs, Good Morning America, Monkeysee.com and many national and local news & radio venues. 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, Primitive Cooking and many more! The Virginia classes are held near Fredericksburg, Virginia.
2 new classes will be added to our schedule soon. Check our courses page for descriptions.
Earth Connection - North Carolina
Head Instructors Wes Massey and Hardee Merritt
Our North Carolina branch is headed by Wes Massey and Hardee Merritt. 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 2010 include more collaboration between Earth Connection North Carolina and Earth Connection Virginia to offer specialty classes at the NC location.
Join them at their next classes of 2010, Ultimate Survival Week, held Sept 13-17. More fall classes will be added soon.
Important 2010 events!
Firefly Gathering
Check out this amazing event held annually near Ashville, North Carolina. Don't miss it! July 22-25 is the main earth skills weekend event. There are also pre-camp skills intensives before the event, July 18-21.
This WILL be the best thing you do all summer! Great people, great event!
Earthskills Rendezvous
"The Rendezvous is an event where people gather to learn skills and lifeways of our ancestors. It is a hands on event where some of the best teachers and skills practitioners in the world share their knowledge and experience. " Fuz Sanderson - event mgmt. team
The 25th anniversary of Rivercane Rendezvous was amazing!! Earth Connection was honored to have had a teaching presence there as Tim offered Organic Gardening and Friction Fire classes. Don't miss Rivercane's sister event Falling Leaves in October 2010.
Visit www.primitiveskills.org for all the details, pictures of previous events and directions to their Northern Georgia event site.
MAPS Meet
MAPS Meet was held in Maryland on Memorial Day Weekend - May 28-31 of 2010. Tim, Hue and Jamey were there teaching a variety of skills and we all had a great time. Make sure you don't miss the next great MAPS event.
Check out: www.mapsgroup.org for upcoming event details.
Contact Information
- Telephone: 540-270-2531
- Postal address: PO Box 32 Somerville VA 22739
- Email: econnect@earth-connection.com
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