SURVIVAL
CURATED BY JUDY FLEMING
@ THE WAYPOST
3120 N. WILLIAMS AVE. Portland, OR
EVERY SATURDAY (JULY 17 & 24th, 2009)
4-5:30 p.m.
FREE/ALL AGES
The survival course 2010 is now well underway at The Waypost, all sessions have been truly wonderful. If you have not yet had a chance to attend, you can catch our two last sessions on July 17th and 24th.
We are excited to present this Saturday, July 17th, a talk with Matthew Geiger. Mathew will be presenting the basics of survivalism, including a tutorial of which helpful supplies should be made available at home and in the car during survival situations.
Part two of this course includes a lesson plan sent to me from a friend who can't make it to facilitate himself. Together we will be heading to the bluffs for his exercise on nature survival followed by a discussion and pic nick. Please be prepared with your bike, or some other form of transportation, and a snack to share.
CALL FOR PRESENTERS/PARTICIPANTS/
We are now gathering presenters for our final survival course, which we have named, surTHRIVEal. Public Social University is currently looking for 8 people to give a surthrival talk or skill in 10 minutes Saturday, July 24th. To us, this entails satisfying our biological needs, while making ourselves better–emotionally and otherwise. Some areas of interest might include, but are not limited to: relationship survival skills, a live food cooking class, campfire cooking, love and protest, herbal medicine, and renewable energy.
More about survivalist Mathew Geiger:
Mathew served in the United States Navy from 2002-2008 where he received specialized training in Advanced Electronics, Air Traffic Control, and Communications Systems. In addition to his technical duties, he was qualified and assigned to the Shipboard Security Forces and In-port Emergency Team. Qualification for these duties included testing for competence in:
- Close-Combat Engagement Tactics
- Firefighting
- Response to Chemical, Biological, and Nuclear attacks
- First Aid
- Survival At Sea
- Weapons Safety
Matthew Geiger was honorably discharged from the United States Navy at the rank of Petty Officer Second Class and is currently working as an Engineer at Intel in Hillsboro, Oregon.
A description of the second exercise:
objective: Nature has needs. primarily it needs to survive and grow, in this lesson the observer will sit quietly and watch the natural world around them. It will be necessary to select a place that is active, but removed from cars and the mechanized world. Take a bike ride just outside of Portland. Find a forest or field that has lots of birds singing. Bring food and snacks appropriate for sharing with wildlife. be a part of nature. Observe your surroundings, and after silent observation discuss what you feel from nature. What does it tell you?
Materials: water, food, serenity
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