Global Bushcraft Symposium 2022
The Global Bushcraft Symposium(GBS) is an international gathering to promote bushcraft, survival, and traditional skills instruction through the open exchange of philosophies, teaching methods and dissemination of best practices within these fields”. For2022 the Global Bushcraft Symposium was hosted in the UK in Wales.
Attendees and speakers travelled from all over the world to the event, with some bringing themed camp equipment and activities by road and across the sea by ferry.
The event consisted of several main talks, break-out talks, Skills workshops and themed camps, as well as lots of conversations and discussions about bushcraft and related skills.
The theme this year was “lifelong learning” with the main speeches focused on this topic with details of how others had been on their learning journey and where it would take them next. There was a good mix of practitioners and academics covering different topics.
The other big theme mentioned was “Context”, specifically clarifying the setting, environment, surroundings and circumstances of what you are doing, learning, teaching and discussing.
There was a set timetable of events taking place, which enabled everyone to attend the main speeches in the hall. Delegates could choose their activities at the other times. Most of the speeches were recorded.
What was interesting was the number of times Scouting was mentioned within the main speeches, as one of the areas where skills are learnt and practiced.
The evenings were more of a social event with lots of introductions and discussions going on in and around the main hall as well as around campfires within the themed camps.
A small group from Bushscout attended the event to help run the Youth Engagement themed camp showing delegates and attendees some of the skills we teach in Scouting and educate leaders and young people.
Under a Parachute canopy, the team had set up several activities, including a skills workshop on creating fire bundle baskets. Activities included:
- Birthday Cake timed challenge with ferro rods
- Kelly Kettle timed challenge
- Nordic swing braiding
- Name the axe parts challenge
- Animal Track Identification challenge
The parachute also hosted several other demonstrations and workshops from speakers about Youth Engagement.
Over the period of symposium there was a steady flow of delegates to the parachute to try out the activities and discuss in further detail some of the ways that we work with and train leaders in the safe delivery of bushcraft skills to Young People.
All attendees were invited to sign a UK Flag marking their attendance and this was hung next to a Canadian flag bearing the names of attendees from the first Global Bushcraft Symposium.
If you were unable to attend, you can purchase the video package on the Global Bushcraft Symposium website
https://globalbushcraftsymposium2022.com/product/gbs-videos/
Under a Parachute canopy, the team had set up several activities, including a skills workshop on creating fire bundle baskets. Activities included:
- Birthday Cake timed challenge with ferro rods
- Kelly Kettle timed challenge
- Nordic swing braiding
- Name the axe parts challenge
- Animal Track Identification challenge
The parachute also hosted several other demonstrations and workshops from speakers about Youth Engagement.
Over the period of symposium there was a steady flow of delegates to the parachute to try out the activities and discuss in further detail some of the ways that we work with and train leaders in the safe delivery of bushcraft skills to Young People.
All attendees were invited to sign a UK Flag marking their attendance and this was hung next to a Canadian flag bearing the names of attendees from the first Global Bushcraft Symposium.
If you were unable to attend, you can purchase the video package on the Global Bushcraft Symposium website
https://globalbushcraftsymposium2022.com/product/gbs-videos/
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