2012 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
IMMERSION: A SEMESTER IN THE WILD” FILM SHOWING AND DISCUSSION PETE ISKYAN (ITHACA COLLEGE)
[Diamond East] In this presentation, an Ithaca College student thesis film entitled “Immersion: A semester in the Wild” will be shown. This documentary chronicles the four month Immersion Semester Program offered through Ithaca College. Eight students and three instructors spend four months living in American Northwest wilderness areas, including the San Juan Islands and the North Cascade Mountains. Opposite to normal college living, the group is pushed to its limits physically and socially.
CATCHING THE WAVE OF CHANGE: A CASE STUDY INTO TRYING TO CHANGE THE DEFINITION OF “NATURE” THROUGH OUTDOOR EDUCATION WITH URBAN CHILE RORY COOPER (ITHACA COLLEGE)
[Diamond West] My immersion semester consisted of a month long research period where I studied and worked with a local NGO called Valpo Surf Project. Valpo Surf offers English, swimming, and surf lessons to at risk youth living in Valparaiso free of charge. Through a process of interviews and participant/active observation I worked to relate and see if Louv’s theory of “Nature Deficit Disorder” could be applied the same in Chile as it is in the United States.
3:30 PM - 3:40 PM
BREAK
3:40 PM - 4:10 PM
WHEN GEAR FAILS SAM REIBMAN (ITHACA COLLEGE)
4;10 PM - 4:30 PM
[Diamond East] We put a lot of our trust in our gear when we enter the backcountry. Because of so many technical advances we have in equipment, we have grown to rely on our gear to the point that very few of us would survive comfortably in the backcountry without them. Survival skills are being publicized more and more but utilized less and less. To live comfortably in the backcountry would require much more education than this presentation, but this should give you the skills to stay warm and dry. Because of regional differences we will only discuss the most basic of skills. In this presentation we will learn how to build a shelter and will work with friction kits to make coals.
WRAP-UP AND FINAL THOUGHTS: RYAN BUTLER, ITHACA COLLEGE
[Diamond East]
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