Natural Connections: Living Wild
Living in the Stone Age: An Exploration of Living Wild in Community
Experiential Living as a wild human amidst a modern world
We’re doing Natural Connections a little differently this month with one session on a Thursday evening.
Who among us has not thought from time to time how much more fulfilling and fun it would be to live as a clan where we share skills, stories, songs, laughter, tears, meals, chores and so much more with a multi-generational group in a natural, pristine environment? Come join local participants from the Lithica Project, to hear about their month-long experience living in the wilds of the Okanagan Valley. Also, try making cordage from stinging nettles, all materials provided.
This program is for all ages! Also, check out the Stone Age Living display in the Sandpoint Library Lobby.
About the presenters:
Kirsten Longmeier- For over 15 years, Kirsten has been leaning into the edges of modern society, finding deep nourishment in learning old world craft and living closer to the cycles of the year. From primitive skills to modern homesteading, she has found her calling here.
She raises a flock of Icelandic sheep with her husband and two children in Priest River, ID. Her interests span widely; bark-tanning, food preservation, felting, spinning, gardening, and basketry. By constantly learning to make things and grow things, she seeks how to live a more gentle and aligned life on this Earth.
Shaun Deller- Shaun has been practicing primitive skills and living history for years and has become proficient in many of the old skills including hide tanning, blacksmithing, and tracking and trapping. He is also into historical trekking, has all the gear and accouterments from the early 1800’s, and will be demonstrating and teaching fur trade life and camp skills.
Björn (age 8), Lars Deller (age 11), and Eric Sheffield will join Kirsten and Shaun to also share their experiences.
Mission Statement for The Lithica Project
- Providing space and guidance for human beings to reconnect to their innate wildness.
- Developing primal, ancestral, natural skills and wisdom to become stewards of the land.
- Researching and adopting holistic approaches to environmental sustainability to develop a way of life that honours and protects nature, fosters cultural awareness and togetherness.