This 1-week - 2-week onsite training will include the creation of long-term temporary home sites on raw land. Cohort members will simulate arrival on a raw land site where there is no home yet. They will learn to identify an appropriate site and prepare it as a long term base of operations. In doing so, participants will engage in safety demonstrations, manual land clearing, plant and tree identification, material sourcing, waste management, building a storage shelter with roof, tool safety, use and maintenance, land planning, home site planning and budgeting and sustainable-efficient daily living practices and keys to the mental/emotional transition to the land. This base will include:
- A four season canvas tent
- Tent site prep
- Wood stove installation
- Food preparation space
- Food storage techniques
- Toileting and shower space
- Equipment storage shelter
- Tent deck building
- Storage shed building
- Water storage
All iLOGIC on-site trainings include 2 mandatory online orientations prior to on-site training.
We seek to train new, beginning and aspiring Black Land Stewards in order to turn the tide against Black land loss in the United States. This training is designed as an affinity group to ensure that the specific concerns regarding sustainable use, development and succession planning for Black-owned land can be addressed in a safe space.
