Training & Consulting
Inspired by & Rooted in Nature

Customized Training

Designing customized training to meet your unique needs and learning goals is one of my specialties. 

Over the past twenty years, I have developed and presented training for Private Groups, NGO Organizations, Governments, Summer Camps, Farms, Eco-Villages, and more. 

Choose from a range of topics:

• Emergency and disaster preparedness and response
• Designing and facilitating "mock emergency and disaster events"
• Outdoor education and Summer camp staff leadership development
• Mentoring techniques and strategies
• Outdoor and naturalist education
• Wildlife tracking and bird language
• Wilderness and urban survival
• Sustainable wild foraging
• Growing food and mushrooms 
• Permaculture systems and homesteading
• Sustainable forest management and stewardship

Please contact Chris Outdoors to discuss your group or organization's unique needs.

Consulting

The world is changing quickly. Adapting and staying on top of everything required to run a successful event, organization, business, or project can be overwhelming.

I am available to help you overcome the hurdles of getting started and growing. Turn big ideas into actionable plans, and make sure you are prepared for the unexpected challenges life can present. 

My diverse background and experience include: 

• Helping start, run and grow multiple successful organizations and businesses from the ground up. This includes an outdoor education business, a summer camp, a brick and mortar food business, an organic farm and more).
• Organizing prominent (400 people +) events and conferences such as a Northern Indigenous Teachers' Conference, extensive outdoor skills rendezvous, wilderness summer camps and more. 
• Curriculum and course design for all levels of education.
• Professional consulting in emergency and disaster planning and response for events, summer camps, farms, governments and private groups. 
• Homestead, permaculture and forest management plans 
• Transitioning 80% of my teaching and income-earning online. I can support you in finding the right technology and best strategies for success in your niche. 

Let's work together to elevate your offerings, staff competency and preparedness - learn more.

Speaking Events

Are you looking for a dynamic speaker who can engage the crowd for your online or in-person event?

Giving inspiring talks that leave people thinking, talking and acting is is both an art and a science. Therefore, I strive to make my presentations the perfect balance between entertaining, interactive and educational.

Over the past twenty years, I've delivered talks on a range of topics, including:

• College lectures on outdoor education and career development in the outdoors.
• Conference keynote addresses on wildlife tracking and cultivating nature awareness.
• Speaking events for municipality and utility workers on disaster and emergency preparedness.
• Guest online lectures on permaculture and sustainable living.

Please contact Chris Outdoors to discuss your event and how we can be part of it.

Land Stewardship

Do you have a land-based project that needs some guidance and direction? Do you live in Ontario, Canada and own more than 9.88 acres?

Are you starting a homestead, farm or looking to increase your self-reliance? I am a forestry technician by trade with twenty years of experience working on projects related to:

• Permaculture and growing food, medicinal herbs and mushrooms, 
• Modern-day homesteading,
• Forest gardening and wild foraging
• Teaching permaculture 
• Working on sustainable land-based projects for fun, self-reliance and profit

I am certified to develop a Managed Forest Plan that qualifies you for Ontario's Managed Forest Tax Incentive Program (up to 75% tax savings). 

Learn more about Land Stewardship & MFTIP