Come to Your Senses! Cultivating Awareness with Chris Gilmour — WildFed Podcast #058
In this episode:
Chris Gilmour | Forager, tracker & wilderness survival guide
Podcast discussion:
Introducing Chris
Wilderness and urban survival
Designing smarter by modeling after nature
Using bird language to build awareness
The dulling of our senses and wall of grief
How tracking is useful beyond finding wildlife
How tracking has shaped our development
Reading micro-nuances in tracks
Counter tracking — the stories you leave behind
Useful exercises to get started in building awareness
About Chris's courses
How crises like COVID-19 can highlight weaknesses in preparedness systems
Where to find Chris’s work
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Chris’s courses:
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Survive the Storms — Use code WILDFED for 20% Off
What Birds Are Saying About You with Dan Gardoqui — WildFed Podcast #054
Meet Chris Gilmour
Chris Gilmour is a modern-day homesteader & hunter-gatherer, forager, certified wildlife tracker and wilderness survival guide.
He's the founder of Changing World where he consults and trains organizations in emergency preparedness/response, nature awareness and self-reliance. His wild food business — Wild Muskoka Botanicals — produces artisan wild foods and cocktail mixers. He also teaches two eCourses — Nature’s Forgotten Language and Survive the Storms. Find him at his blog, Changing World.