Custom, by-request, and contracted courses and workshops.
If you get a group of interested people together, you can request a custom course. At this time we are not able to fund custom courses through our limited grant money, so they will be noticeably more expensive than the skill-share series. We can also make arrangements to do courses for even smaller groups or couples, just inquire and we’ll talk about it!
please note we have a limited capacity to travel long distances for custom courses—it is requested that private groups come to us if they are able. We are currently located in north central washington state.
Note that the core Queer Nature team has particular strengths in certain areas of naturalist, ancestral, or survival skills:
Wildlife Tracking and Trailing
Friction Fire-Making Methods and Fire as a Tool
Coiled Basketry and Natural Cordage (Note: We do not currently offer willow basketry for private/on demand courses, but may occasionally host expert weavers as guest instructors! Coiled basketry generally utilizes more pliable materials like grasses or pine needles)
Short-term or Emergency Survival Skills (including shelter and snow shelter building)
Guided contemplative time in & with the more-than-human world
Interspecies Communication (including “Bird Language”)
Stealthcraft (Camouflage, Stealth, Evasion, and Situational Awareness in the outdoors)
First aid (remote & austere applications, non-cert), & Stop the Bleed (officially registered instructor)
In Collaboration with our community members, we can also coordinate workshops on other topics, but you must contact us at least 6 months in advance for courses that will feature a guest instructor as the main instructor because these are separate people and entities and we can’t always promise their readiness or availability…
Botany and Herbal Medicine
Hide Tanning (including buckskin and small mammal pelts)
Small or Medium Mammal Processing
Firearm safety and risk assessment