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Tom Brown III Demonstrates Survival Skills at AITA
This past week, Art in the Age had the great pleasure of hosting an exciting lecture by Tom Brown III. Brown is the founder of the Primitive Arts Collective, a program designed to teach people the ancient survival skills that were once the basis of every day life. The son of legendary Tracker School founder Tom Brown Jr, Tom Brown III was trained from birth in the arts of survival. However, he stresses that it is not enough just to possess survival skills, but that his students must strive for a more rounded combination of philosophy and skill.
Brown’s lecture covered a wide range of topics, from environmental activism to technology. He stressed the idea that living as a survivalist doesn’t mean being a separatist or recluse. Brown emphasized his philosophy that those trained in the skills of survival should commit themselves to teaching others, rather than run away to live alone in the wilderness. He also demonstrated many of his survivalist techniques, including starting a fire with a bow-drill right in front of the AITA store!
Brown is also a huge fan of AITA Root, and touched on the medicinal properties of a few key ingredients:
Cinnamon – Stimulates blood flow
Birch – helps heal infections and with pain relief
Cardamom – Antibacterial, antifungal, and antioxidant.
For those of you who weren’t able to make it to the lecture, be sure to check out Tom Brown III’s Primitive Arts Collective here.
Written by dan on 06/29/2010 in Activism | AITA In The Wild | Blog | Event | Lecture
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