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Oakland, CA 94612

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538 Valley Way, bldg. 3
Milpitas, CA 95035

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Bay Area Wilderness Training (BAWT) is a project of the Earth Island Institute a 501(c)3 corporation.

 

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Check out BAWT on KPFA 94.1FM


Please click here to listen to Chelsea Griffie, Eri Suzuki, and Aaron Gilbert speak on behalf of Bay Area Wilderness Training!

 
 

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BAWT visits 'Beyond the headlines' on ABC7 to talk about Nature Deficit Disorder



Check out what Mission Graduates is doing with BAWT!



Check out BAWT’s new video from Into The Wild 2008!


 
 

No Child Left Inside - “Rethinking No Child Left Behind”


 
 

Enjoy BAWT’s video showing the power of our work!



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Steve Sergeant of fellow Earth Island project The WildeBeat meets a diverse group of teachers, counselors, and other youth workers on the trail just outside of Yosemite National Park. He talks to:

  • Roger Miller, executive director of BAWT.
  • Hector Nuño, a volunteer youth counselor from San Jose, California.
  • Judy Kuang, a youth coordinator for the Chinatown Community Development Center in San Francisco.

We also hear from:

  • Chelsea Griffie, program director for BAWT
  • Katie DeClercq, a program assistant for the Norcal Mountain Bike Racing League
  • Kellie Meehan, camp director for the Presidio Community YMCA in San Francisco, California.
  • The entire WLT class singing.
photo of young people standing in a forest together, some labeled by name. click for larger image.
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If you're a teacher, youth counselor, or other youth development professional in the greater San Francisco Bay Area, BAWT's Wilderness Leadership Training can teach you all the skills you'll need to take at-risk and under-privileged youth out on life-affirming wilderness adventures.



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