ScheduleInstitute for Permaculture and Nature Awareness
The art and craft of living with Nature
Welcome to IPNA. We are a Bushcraft School located on the Ring of Kerry in Southwestern Ireland.
We offer courses in Wilderness Medicine, Bushcraft Skills, Animal Tracking, Primitive Skills, Permaculture and Nature Awareness. Courses range from a two day weekend to the three month Residential Programme held each summer.
A current schedule of upcoming Bushcraft, Outdoor First Aid and Ranger Scout courses can be found on our Schedule Page.
Contact us:
Telephone: +353 (0)66 948 1944
Email: KerryTracker@gmail.com
bushcraft courses
Bushcraft courses range from the two day Basic Bushcraft course up to the three month residential programme held each summer.
You will learn the four fundamental skills of wilderness survival: Shelter, Fire, Water and Food.
Advanced skills include: hunting, trapping, plant foraging, primitive weapons, Ranger Scout, and other primitive skills.
medical courses
Medical Courses start with the two day Outdoor First Aid.
The five day accelerated Wilderness First Responder course is the industry standard for outdoor leaders.
Advanced medical courses are offered for students with prior medical training including the Wilderness Trauma Course
permaculture
This summer we are offering two new courses. The first is called Grow Your Own food.
The second is Practical Permaculture which teaches not only how to grow your own food but also deals with Green Building, Homesteading, and the culture of sustainable living.
We are developing our site along Permaculture guidelines and will use this as a teaching model.
Anna's blog
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Hens
Last spring we acquired 33 hens. It was a bargain I couldn't refuse. (At a good price and one free for every ten!) I wasn't quite ready for them... Bad combination, but one apt to occur in the homesteading game.
Aebhric's Blog
The Balance in Bushcraft
There are many different approaches to learning wilderness survival and bushcraft skills. On one hand there is the military approach that focuses on a lot of high end kit that you have on you at all times. At the other end of this continuum is the Hippy approach to survival. The hippies tent to look at the wilderness with respect but can underestimate the ruggedness and how unforgiving Nature can be.