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One doesn't have to be an activist to proclaim that open space, bio-diversity and natural ecological systems are being squeezed into dysfunction in our modern society. And if such crucial features of our planet are being brutalised by the rush and expansion of civilisation, what are we to do about it?
From the point of view of the Wilderness Leadership School, perhaps more people need to feel, understand and experience that this is true. After all, for almost 50 years people have been returning from our trails exhilarated, connected, bewildered, moved, almost as if five days in the wilderness amounted to a return to a lifestyle that they had once been profoundly familiar with.
Again and again it is abundantly clear that people's exposure to wilderness provides a clearer perspective on their own lives, the damage that is being done to our environment and most importantly, the need for human kind to interact with the environment.
It is the creed of this school that the balanced well-being of all people on this planet relies greatly on exposure to forces natural, not lives material. These are not the conclusions of rabid conservationists or environmental converts. These are findings based on the reaction of countless thousands of people from all walks of life, throughout the world who have stated repeatedly that the trails of the Wilderness Leadership School have amounted to some of the most profound moments in their lives.
Our Symbol
Grey Owl, the Englishman who became an Ojibwa Indian and played a critical role in the saving of the Beaver, said as he was dying “You are tired of years of civilisation”. Magqubu Ntombela, a Zulu man and mentor of Dr Ian Player, was tasked to find a suitable leaf as a logo for the Wilderness Leadership School. He chose the three-pointed Erythrina leaf and said “Take this leaf, because it is the tree of the wild and of the settlements”. Each of the three parts of the leaf represents the indivisible relationship between Spirit, Humanity and the Natural Environment.
Click here to read about the Shifting of Consciousness.
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