Lots of changes have come to the Wolfgard website, and we’re speeding along with our development (you can check out what’s up over here).
The most exciting news, however, is that we’ve posted our program offerings for 2015! With the website redesign, you can find our programs under the “Education” drop-down menu. We’re currently offering three programs: Wolf, Dog, Human… What’s the Difference?, The Wild Within: Understanding the Wolf in Human Culture, and Beyond Human: Experiencing Wildness.
Each of these programs explores a different facet of our understanding of the wolf: one through behavior and biology; one through human culture, folktales, and mythology; and one through a ceremonial experience and storytelling.
If you’d like to request a program, there’s even a page for it! In fact, we’ve already begun running programs here in Vermont.
Invite us to your classroom, museum, organization, or backyard to talk about the differences between domestic dogs and wolves, discuss why the Three Little Pigs is only a snapshot of the vast amount of wolf folklore, or go deep into a ceremony that explores the very old traditions of shapeshifting.
We hope to see you soon!
(The image is L. Leslie Brooke’s 1904 illustration from the classic Three Little Pigs. Despite the deviously ravenous nature of the wolf in the original story, it’s a beautiful illustration and a part of the wolf’s history in human culture. It’s important to recognize not all folk tales and myths depict the wolf so villainously. However, for a modern, fun, and wolf-friendly adaptation, check out The True Story of the Three Little Pigs.)