Lost Valley Week 3 – A-Frames and Artwork
HSS Week 3
This week was definitely the most “kinesthetic” week of the program, as we got to do hands-on mapping activities, in-field surveying, and painted the entrance to the maintenance building! (more…)
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Lost Valley Week 2 – NVC and Energy
HSS Week 2
Our second week of the program started off with a major emphasis on the social aspects of the program that included several classes with Larry on deep listening and nonviolent communication (NVC). I’ve referred to NVC several times, and want to provide the definition from the Center of Nonviolent Communication to help explain this specific style of communication: (more…)
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First Ecstatic Dance
My First, First Saturday Ecstatic Dance
I was still reeling from Friday’s LEAF and was in a very vulnerable space. Which probably influenced how I experienced my first ecstatic dance at Lost Valley. (more…)
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Lost Valley Week 1 – Orientation and Classes
Holistic Sustainability Semester Week 1
All but one of the students had arrived by the time Monday began, and we had gotten to meet each other helping move-in and set-up, running into each other around town and in the bathrooms! (more…)
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Lost Valley Week 1 – Move-in and Introductions
Holistic Sustainability Semester Week 1 (Pre-Program)
My first week at Lost Valley Education & Event Center was like stepping through the wardrobe into the edible Eden of Narnia, combined with a “polar plunge” into a new subculture (inside of a subculture) that took me some time to adjust to – having come from urban-suburban Frisco, Texas. (more…)
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Taylor Nelson’s PDC & EDE Adventure – Episode 3 – Stuffing the Jeep
Jamming the Jeep Full of Gear
This vlog takes you through how I packed my Jeep for the 12-weeks in Oregon at Lost Valley. I managed to pack in the Texas heat and humidity on the first day of my roadtrip – before arriving to Salina, Kansas.
I can’t just get enough of “Taylor’s Time-lapse!” So there is another in this episode.
Here is my previous Vlog:
https://taylorscottnelson.com/taylor-nelsons-pdc-ede-adventure-episode-2-campsite-dry-run/
YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/h1XdfrcqYdo