A one-day immersion for adults who want more than “time outside.”

This training is for those ready to move from occasional nature exposure into real relationship with the living world — and to bring that depth back into their families, classrooms, and communities. Through guided experience, practice, and reflection, you’ll learn how deep nature connection actually happens — and how to facilitate it in grounded, practical ways with children, teens, and adults.

No prior experience is required.

This Training Is For

This day is a YES if you are:

A Parent or Caregiver
You want to move beyond beach days and hikes into shared experiences that build confidence, curiosity, emotional regulation, and a felt sense of belonging for your children and yourself.

An Educator or Mentor
You sense that connection can’t be taught abstractly. You want embodied tools, routines, and ways of being that naturally invite learning, presence, and respect without forcing or performing.

An Adult on a Nature-Connection Path
You already love nature, but you’re asking a deeper question:
How do I build an ongoing, living relationship, not just appreciation?

This training may NOT be for you if:

• You’re looking for a purely theoretical workshop

• You want fast techniques without slowing down

• You prefer indoor learning over experiential practice outdoors

What You'll Learn & Experience

• Learn the core routines of deep nature connection used internationally with children and adults

• Experience Coyote Mentoring and an introduction to the 8 Shields cultural mentoring framework

• Facilitation and leadership dynamics that build safety, curiosity, and engagement

• Games and activities that support nature-connected culture, effective group learning, emotional regulation and attention

• Foundational wilderness and outdoor skills that support confidence and presence on the land

“When I met Joshua at his deep nature connection course, I finally understood how smart nature is. Josh is one of the incredible mentors ‘hired’ by smart nature. His knowledge and skills let you experience real connection — but it’s his charisma, kindness, and storytelling that create lasting change. Every step in those woods was a step toward greater consciousness and elevation.” 
— Pat Ambrosetti, Wilderness Program Participant

Logistics

Location: Terra Alta, Ulgeira, Colares, Sintra, Portugal

Language:
🇬🇧 English
🇵🇹 Portuguese translation available upon request

Bring:

• Your own lunch (optional: bring a small side to share)

• Waterproof clothing (we go out in real weather)

• A fixed-blade carving knife (contact us if you need to borrow one)

About Your Guides

Joshua Glass is a deep nature connection mentor for adults, youth and families. His training in Portugal and the USA specializes in wilderness survival and the 8-Shields cultural mentoring model for nature connection. He guides students to build inspired, lasting relationships with the Earth through hands-on survival and naturalist skills such as fire making, shelter building, primitive cooking, wild foraging, awareness, animal tracking, and storytelling. He facilitates a variety of program types including adult, family and youth wilderness programs, earth-based Rites of Passage for boys, and Father-Son wilderness programs. He has also served as the Land Steward for Traditional Dream Factory in Portugal. Joshua serves to create conditions for modern people to experience deep and direct personal relationships with the natural world and to thrive by surviving within the nature of constant change.

Melina Feuvrier-Etevenard, a regenerative farmer and permaculture enthusiast, thrives in crafting, cooking, and the art of wilderness awareness. She's cultivated her skills in communities and regenerative farms throughout Europe. Driven by a passion for nurturing both healthy ecosystems and flourishing cultures, Melina has worked with youth and adults in pedagogical farms and nature camps. She guides herself and others in aligning the human lifestyle with life’s natural cycles. Melina uses wild-foraged edible plants to create vitality-rich, nutritionally balanced and exceptionally delicious meals. Her love for nature, crafting, and togetherness enriches her unique approach as a chef and nature connection guide.

Places are limited to keep the group intimate and well-mentored.

Questions? Write or chat at info@kambium.earth or t.me/kambiumearth