CALLING ALL
T E E N S ! - Please spread the word!
On Fridays Kerensa Bartlett and Luke Cannon will lead teens in fun and fascinating
adventures in the woods.
If there’s ever an age when togetherness is most important, it’s during the teen years.
Even better than that - connective and supportive time together outside in nature!
(But don’t tell them that — just tell them it’ll be
F U N !)
Send your teens to join these sparkling, gifted and passionate mentors for Fridays in the woods.
Who: Teens 14-17 years old
What: -Core Connection, Naturalist Adventures, Learning and More
with Kerensa and Luke
When: Fridays, 9:30-4 pm
September 2024 - May 2025
with fall, winter and spring breaks
~ 30 sessions total
Where: Asheville area forests -
with convenient central carpool meetup at Earthfare Westgate
+ Northside carpool option
Tuition: Sliding Scale comparable to Forest Floor (2024-25 TBD)
-Payment plans and scholarships possible, with a non refundable deposit.
-Scholarships available to address reparations for Indigenous, Black, and People of Color/Global Majority, as well as need.
-No one turned away for lack of funds.
High School Credits: Can be applied as credit hours in Earth Science, Physical Education and/or Social-Emotional Learning+Communication
Kerensa Bartlett got her first taste of nature connection mentoring when she was a young homeschool student at Vermont Wilderness School. Her passion for sneaking, crafting, critters, stories, and firemaking later bloomed into teaching roles at expeditionary and nature based schools across southern New Hampshire and Vermont. Kerensa found her way south by way of Warren Wilson College, where she studied printmaking, worked on the forestry crew, and took advantage of the school’s paddling club and vast hiking trails. After graduation in 2019 she returned to the Northeast to teach at Vermont Wilderness School during the height of the pandemic.
In spring of 2022 she was called to return to the mountains of Western North Carolina and has been happily mentoring kids at Forest Floor, hiking, painting, and dancing ever since. She is excited about embarking with us on Teen Forest Adventures.
More than a botanist, Luke Cannon is a long time pursuer and teacher of our astounding natural world. Over the last two decades, Luke has instructed numerous wilderness awareness programs and led hundreds of classes, walks and workshops. An avid naturalist, he blends biological studies with ecology, ethnobotany, animism, permaculture, survival skills, and experiential education. He has taught for the North Carolina Arboretum, the Blue Ridge Audubon Society, Organic Growers School, the Finger Lakes Native Plant Society, the Asheville Mushroom Club, Wild Abundance, and the Appalachian School of Holistic Herbalism to name a few. In 2011 he founded Astounding Earth - dedicated to helping people deepen their relationships with our living planet. Luke currently lives in the mountains of North Carolina studying and teaching relational Appalachian Ecology and animism. He offers regular public walks and workshops to share his knowledge and love of local plants, birds, mammals, mushrooms and ecology. Find out more at: www.AstoundingEarth.com
