News and Updates
Norwood 2015
Author: Gabriela Ranzi
As the Monitor of the New Enchantment, during our 19th Annual Campout, I worked toward some specific things we could all do to lighten our ecological footprint and invited campers to participate in a “Zero Waste Campout Initiative”. We raised the bar and challenged ourselves to drastically reduce, reuse, recycle, and rethink how we camp, so we would have less trash into our landfills during our few days of camping. The end result was an 80% decrease in landfill trash. We also had a educational talk about edible plants and nature’s abundance.
September 2015- Colorado Backpacking at Bear Creek
We had an overnight Backpacking and camping adventure at Bear Creek. We carried everything we would need for the two days on our backs, hiking throughout the beautiful terrain of the San Juan Mountains, and beside the Delores River. We had a beautiful UDV session outdoors, followed by a potluck campfire dinner. In the morning we had a nature hike and made our way to a nearby raspberry patch and gathered some raspberries. How sweet it was!
7/5/15-Wild Edible Plant Walk
We gathered at the annual Nucleo San Miguel Campout and had a educational talk about edible plants and nature’s abundance. We then went on a wild plant walk around the beautiful property of Nucleo San Miguel. We learned how to communicate, how to identify and harvest wild edible plants. After our walk we made a wild salad and wild tea tasting the wild bounty of nature.
