Trainings

Thank you for your interest in EarthSchool at the Plant Pioneers.

All lessons are Earth oriented and tailored to re-remember our original personal dialogue and daily exchange with the Nature-that-surrounds-us, as we are Nature Beings ourselves.

All trainings take place on the traditional territories of the Haudenosaunee (East Meredith, NY) and the Mahicannituk (Hudson River Valley, NY). We heed, abide by, align with, support and are deeply grateful for, Native American men and women rematriation guidance and teachings. Our work here respects and listens for their guidance and wisdom of these lands so we may all do rightly for our Mother.

Here at EarthSchool
We are de-schooling and re-igniting our Plant, Tree and Sacred Earth relationships.
Ask us how and what we are doing to make this happen.

Central to our mission is the effort of radical change for Mother Earth, where we pay attention to and put her needs, first.
Ask us about what we are doing to grow this process.

Together we courageously recover and speak our innate ability to listen to Plants and Trees.
Ask us about the trainings for this.  

This is about getting out of our way, getting out of our head, so we may “hear” essential voices, essential truths, essential life giving ways.
Ask us about this process and why this is so important.

This program affirms all voices, all peoples, all beings as a life practice.

Together we remember, rewire, and restore our indigenous ancestral selves.

EarthSchool facilitators are committed to rekindling Kin-nections. We are your imperfect guides. Together let us recover and restore our relational world-view. Co-creating and engaging, respectfully.

From the thoughts we think, to the words we choose, to the actions we make, we are good ancestors.

This Program Was Co-Created and Curated by Marguerite Uhlmann-Bower, now Retired RN, Herbalist, Plant Medicine Educator, Facilitator of Radical Wild-Crafting.

The first of Marguerites trainings, initiated in 2017 at the Blue Deer Center, Margaretville, NY with Carolyn Clark Pierson was in response to what we thought were missing at that time Interspecies Communication classes. Below is some of what we thought was missing.

1-no carry through support for relating after class was completed.

2-Plant and Tree communication were looked at as a Spiritual Practice. We believe they are spiritual but as much physical beings too. They hear, feel, think, taste, touch, smell, have 20 other senses and more.

3-the language used by Plant communication educators wasn’t in alignment with what was on paper; Plants and Trees were depersonalized by being referred to “It”.

4-programs were human-centric.

5-environmentalism was human centered.

6-programs were not putting Plants, Trees and Earth first, and possibly, not asking Plants for permission.

7-the decisions made for these programs felt like they were being created by the authors and not through asking
Plants, Trees or Natures for input, advice or permission.

8-relayed input and translation by the human teacher that was detected from a Plant, Tree or Nature-Scape
impression often felt incongruent, sounding more like a human centered truth laced with ego and conditioning. That was
confusing to us. I think its easy to notice when someone is objectifying. Thus one could imagine that the impressions
received may not be true clear messages from the Plants, Trees or Landscapes themselves.

9-lastly and as importantly, becoming better humans who relate with Plants, Trees and Nature translates to
becoming better humans who related to each other, here, now, today. Better ancestors for Future. There was few
if any persons of color attending let alone persons of color teaching and the language applied was precarious.

[PLEASE NOTE: We know the above is not true for all educators and teachers. And we know we are all learning every day more good human ways and are all subject to human error when it comes to the way we speak about, relate and treat Plants, Trees, Land, Nature and each other. And its integral for us to all recognize how important it is to remain alert and awake with every word we choose to say as this impacts the world we create.

Course Objectives

Overall – we are here to embody original remembering and rewire the world-view we’ve been conditioned in:

By the completion of the modules, you will be able to identify and interpret intermediary sensory messages with the Natural world, from the tangible spaces to the intangible fields (liminal zones) of awareness. You will have resurrected tools and skills to amplify deep socio-ecological change, shifting thought patterns to benefit Plants, Nature and Earth in all aspects of our life. With learned experiences that decondition human exceptionalism to one of mindfully dreaming ourselves into the inter-relational field with all beings. From the words we choose to the actions we make to where ever we are, we apply New Earth Living Skills (NELS’s). However, they are not so new.