Sat, Jul 12
|Sintra Mountain, Colares
Survival Foundations: Shelter & Water
When systems break, nature's got your back – if you know how to work with her. ✵ For Adults & Children 5+ ✵ Procure Shelter and Water, awareness, navigate without map, hazard identification and mentored nature connection. ✵ Portuguese translation available ➕Join the Fire & Food module on 5 July!
Time & Location
Jul 12, 2025, 9:00 AM – 3:30 PM
Sintra Mountain, Colares, 2705 Colares, Portugal
About the Event
When systems break, nature will have your back – if you know how to work with her. In this Survival Foundations module, procure your survival needs directly from the land with zero middlemen. Joshua and Melina bring you their experience as survival instructors, deep nature connection mentors, and permaculture farmers.
✵ Portuguese translation available
This is For
25 person capacity
Parents seeking skills for self-reliance & survival taught through a lens of deep nature connection mentoring and relationship with the earth.
Kids 5+ are welcome to join under full responsibility of their parents & guardians.
Non-Parent Adults – Come without a child! Non-parent adults are vital mentors and positive influences for children, parents, and the community. Your presence enhances wellbeing and fosters deeper connections through shared experiences in nature. Parents, invite your child's adult friend or mentor to join.
Skills & Topics Covered
Shelter - Build an emergency survival shelter to keep you warm and dry for a night or longer.
Water - Gather, filter and purify wild water using primitive techniques.
Awareness - Techniques for knowing your environment, building relationship to place and sourcing what you need
Navigation - Navigation & lost-proofing — no compass, maps, or tech
Location
Sintra Mountain, Colares. Precise location will be shared after registration.
We absolutely loved the diversity of activities you offered, and your energy and enthusiasm made the experience truly special. Your ability to engage both children and adults was amazing. - Mathilde, Mother
About Your Guides
Joshua Glass is a deep nature connection mentor for adults, youth and families. His training in Portugal and the USA specializes in wilderness survival and the 8-Shields cultural mentoring model for nature connection. He guides students to build inspired, lasting relationships with the Earth through hands-on survival and naturalist skills such as fire making, shelter building, primitive cooking, wild foraging, awareness, animal tracking, and storytelling. He facilitates a variety of program types including adult, family and youth wilderness programs, earth-based Rites of Passage for boys, and Father-Son wilderness programs. He has also served as the Land Steward for Traditional Dream Factory in Portugal. Joshua serves to create conditions for modern people to experience deep and direct personal relationships with the natural world and to thrive by surviving within the nature of constant change.
Melina Feuvrier-Etevenard, a regenerative farmer and permaculture enthusiast, thrives in crafting, cooking, and the art of wilderness awareness. She's cultivated her skills in communities and regenerative farms throughout Europe. Driven by a passion for nurturing both healthy ecosystems and flourishing cultures, Melina has worked with youth and adults in pedagogical farms and nature camps. She guides herself and others in aligning the human lifestyle with life’s natural cycles. Melina uses wild-foraged edible plants to create vitality-rich, nutritionally balanced and exceptionally delicious meals. Her love for nature, crafting, and togetherness enriches her unique approach as a chef and nature connection guide.