Home Study Course

Kamana Naturalist Training Program

 

"Let me say without reservation that Kamana is one of the finest and most enjoyable educational program that I have ever been in. You have given me priceless gifts. Gifts of not just knowledge, but awareness. The list of things I have learned and skills I have gained is very long and includes things I've wanted to do all my life. It has given me a glimpse of the peace, awareness and contentment that lies within."
-E.C., Kamana student

Kamana Home Study Course is the Foundation of Learning Wilderness Skills!

• In order to learn how to track, you need to know the mammals of your area.
• To understand the language of the forest, you must know the birds and their calls.
• To practice outdoor survival skills, knowing the trees is essential.
• If you want to use the medicinal and edible plants of your area, you need to know where they grow and what they look like.
• Do you want to increase your awareness skills?
• Do you want to learn the hazards of your bioregion so you can move about the landscape safely and with confidence?

For anyone wanting to engage a course of study in the wilderness arts, Kamana Home Study Course is the answer.

The Kamana Naturalist Training Program is a four level home study course that covers the naturalist background needed to engage in the wilderness arts, including tracking, bird language, survival and native living skills, traditional herbalism, and naturalist mentoring.

It is the ultimate blueprint for a student's time spent in the field and in conducting nature-related research. Students become confident naturalists, melding modern field ecology with the skills of a native scout. It was written by naturalist and tracker Jon Young, who uniquely designed it to model the process in which Tom Brown, Jr. mentored him as a boy.

Kamana is completed "at your own pace and at your own place." It may take one to four years total to complete all four levels of the program.

Kamana levels Two*, Three and Four include personal correspondence with Wilderness Awareness School instructors via mail, email and phone. It is Wilderness Awareness School's unique system of learning that will mentor you with the help of our trained instructors. (* Kamana Two correspondence is optional)

Kamana One: Exploring Natural Mystery embarks you on the Kamana journey and it only takes a few weeks to complete.

Kamana One will bring you through two weeks of awareness exercises and six areas of ecological study using a field guide and audio series narrated by Jon Young. It will not only help you see if the entire Kamana program is for you, it will also help you begin to see the world through "native eyes."

Check out the Kamana Simple Overview

Kamana One: Exploring Natural Mystery It only takes a few weeks to a month to complete. See course		Kamana Two: Path of the Naturalist Ready for Kamana Two? This more involved course begins the in-depth routines of awareness and study of your bioregion. See course

Would you like to read an expanded history of Wilderness Awareness School and the Kamana Program, take the Tourist Test or sample a couple of Kamana Two exercises? See the Samples section!

Kamana Facts

• Jon Young and Wilderness Awareness School have spent 20 years in research and development to bring the current version of Kamana Home Study Course to you! Add this to the inclusion of the rich traditions of Wilderness Awareness School’s founders and you have an authenticity that is unmatchable.
• Thousands of people worldwide have joined Kamana in its many-year history. We have students in all 50 states, Canada, Germany, Austria, Ireland, Japan, the Czech Republic, and even Estonia!
• Kamana’s unique system of learning stems from the core routines it builds into the students life over a period of time. For those who REALLY want "dirt time", there is no more effective or efficient learning method available.
• Kamana has a large on-line community of students who regularly communicate with each other all over the world! Join them at NatureTalk.net!
• The Kamana Home Study Course has been recommended by Tom Brown, Jr and many other wilderness schools as the perfect compliment to their own students learning and development between in-person classes.