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Rich helps campers connect into the 'web of life'
      10 & 11 year olds (4th grade in the spring or 5th grade)

      Three full days at our Earthkeepers Training Centre, West Hills County Park in Melville for schools

      Five days at our Earthkeepers Training Centre, West Hills County Park in Melville in the summer (includes an 'Earth Exploring' day 2012)

      Helps learners gain some basic ecological understandings, appreciate, and care for the natural world

      An internationally known program being run at numerous sites around the world


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We think Earthkeepers is one of the most exciting environmental learning experiences in the world. Students come to our Earthkeepers Training Centre for 3 consecutive full days (or 5 days in the summer) where they will visit Mama Nature's Munch Room, meet a "spec," and dig up a buried time capsule. They are rewarded for their tasks with special keys which open real locks on boxes that contain secret meanings about the true nature of E.M. The mysterious E.M. (pronounced "em") is the keeper of the keys, an unseen character who loves to share the marvels and mysteries of the natural world with others in special ways. The program and the excitement aren't over after this initial component; students must complete their training and earn their final keys back at home and school. As Earthkeepers, students will understand how life functions ecologically and know that they are both a part of our environmental problems and their solutions. Earthkeepers was designed by The Institute for Earth Education.

Starflower Experiences runs one of the few Accredited Earthkeepers sites in the world! In addition to this first level, we will offer Earthkeepers Level II training and we've had several youngsters go on to Level III training at an Earthkeepers Training Centre in western Pennsylvania. Earthkeepers and Apprentice Earthkeepers are invited to join us for Earth Explorers and Exploring Adventures during the year.
following E.M.'s Diary "Checking out 'Miniature World'"

Earthkeepers '11

Using a 'Sky's Eye' Using a 'Sky's Eye'

Following the trail of a 'speck' Great Speck-tackle


Connection Inspection
A plant and animal exchange air specks
 Summer 2012

Earthkeepers Level I: July 9-13
    9:00 am - 3:00 pm, $120
Earth Explorers July 16-20
    9:00 am - 3:00 pm, $150

The 2012 registration flyer is available here. You will need the free Adobe Acrobat reader to access this file. It will appear on your screen and you can save or print it. 2012 Earthkeepers Registration Flyer

For further information or to have a summer "camp" registration flyer for next summer snail mailed to you, please email us at info@starflowerexperiences.org or phone us at 516-938-6152.

Earthkeepers Level II

Preparing to set the table at Mr. Sun's Restaurant Setting the table at Mr Sun's Restaurant

Saying some kind words about a dead leaf friend Preparing to bury dead leaf friends

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