Wilderness Steward Online Training
$199 | 101 lessons
Do you want to make a difference for nature and take responsibility for conserving our environment? In our Wilderness Steward Online Training program, you will gain fundamental knowledge about topics ranging from biology, ecology and conservation to land management and research. You will learn how to conduct hands-on conservation projects, research, liaise with government authorities, organizations and associations and create a positive impact on the environment.
The Wilderness Stewardship Training Program is for everyone wanting to contribute to nature conservation while investing in their human potential. The program will equip you with all the tools and knowledge to become an independent steward, and you even get to develop your own conservation project – with the possibility to implement it in the Chilcotin Ark, BC, Canada. This training program can also be the first step before joining us in person for a conservation volunteering opportunity. Find out more on our Immersion page. Check out the curriculum below:
- Welcome!
- Trails to Empowerment
- Time Frame
- Course Reflection and Assignments
- Course Objectives
- Nature Meditation
- Nature Journal
- The Benefits of Nature
- Five Benefits of Nature
- Excerpt: R. Louv, Last Child in the Woods
- Practicing Gratitude for Nature
- Your Impact on Nature
- Nature Connection Reflection Exercise
- Course Objectives
- Local Ecology and Climate
- History of the South Chilcotin Mountains
- Local Geography and Geology
- Local Flora
- Local Fauna
- Map Orientation
- Course Objectives
- What is Stewardship?
- The Chilcotin Ark Institute
- Conservation Projects Chilcotin Ark Institute
- Resource Use
- Tourism and the Wilderness
- Teaming up with an Eco-Tourism Operator
- Wildlife Data Collection
- Wildlife sightings, signs and inventory
- Hair Sample Collection
- Example: Tracking and counting Mountain Goats in the Chilcotin Ark
- Habitat analysis
- Range Condition Sheet
- Assignment
- Course Objectives
- Basics: What is Environmental Ethics?
- Basics: Your environmental ethics framework
- Reading Material: Aldo Leopold
- Reading Material: The Conversation
- Application: “Environmental Ethics and Wilderness Managmenent”
- Application: Reintroduction of Wolves in Yellowstone
- Application: Environmental Ethics for your project
- Course Objectives
- Funding
- Guide Booklet
- Course Objectives
- Interest Identifier
- Your Goal Identifier
- Your Purpose Identifier
- Your Mission Statement
- Final Project
- End of Training Program Self-Assessment
- Course Objectives
- Your Interest Identifier
- Your Goal Identifier
- Your Purpose Identifier
- Your Mission Statement
- Start of Training Program Self-Assessment
- Course Objectives
- Ecology Glossary
- What is Ecology?
- Ecosystem change, biodiversity and climate
- What is Biodiversty?
- Living Beyond Our Means
- Climate change and Ecosystems
- Quiz
- Course Objectives
- Conservation Glossary
- What is Conservation?
- Literature: Bolder Thinking for Conservation
- Literature: Stakeholder Involvement & Conservation
- Hunting and Conservation
- Assignment
- Course Objectives
- Wildlife and Habitat Management Considerations
- Introduction to Management Planning and the Planning Process
- Introduction to Land Management and Planning, BC Parks (2016)
- Example Land Plans
- Invasive species
- What is an Invasive Species?
- Invasive Species in BC
- 7 Steps to Managing Weeds
- Assignment
- Course Objectives
- Your Message
- Your Audience
- Communication Traps
- Visual Communication
- Assignment
- Course Objectives
- Becoming a Mentor Guide: Guidelines
- Green Guide
- Book Review: The Five Levels of Leadership
- Worksheet
- Book Review: Spiritual Partnership
- Worksheet
- Book Review: The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
- Worksheet
- Impact Statement
- Reflection Exercise
- References & Sources