Living Earth School
Moormans River Camp (MRC), 2100 Millington Stable Ln, Free Union, VA 22940
About
The Living Earth School offers summer camps, weekly homeschool groups and classes, weekend workshops, and expeditions that focus on nature-based skills and experiences. The program also offers specific one-day and weekend workshops such as a Bow Making Workshop, Pack Basket Workshop, Leatherworking Workshop, and Blade Workshop, as well as long-term immersive courses for adults.
• Ages: 5–18 years old
The Living Earth School has been offering immersive nature-based education programs in central Virginia since 2002. Its mission is to renew connections with the earth, care for the earth, and build healthy relationships with nature, self, and community. The curriculum is nature based and includes developing naturalist skills, survival skills, animal tracking, learning about edible and medicinal plants, and understanding the language of birds, and it uses coyote mentoring in its approach. Programs range from one-day workshops to weekly homeschool classes, weekend expedition trips, and long-term immersive courses for adults, and take place without digital diversions or extraneous activities. The program teaches skills that relate directly to life, including shelter, fire, water, food, and awareness of surroundings, and seeks to create a “village community” where everyone feels safe and welcomed while including diverse voices, perspectives, and backgrounds. The Living Earth School is located on the homeland of the Monacan people, now central Virginia, part of the James River watershed. Living Earth School is a proud partner of 1% for the Planet.
“You know mom, all the other programs you put me in, at least some of the kids don’t want to be there but their parents force them to go. The thing I’ve noticed about the Living Earth School is that everyone wants to be there.” - Homeschool Student M. Another parent, Caroline P., shares that this is “an incredible camp, where our son feels at home in nature, is genuinely cared for and inspired by the great staff.”
Last updated January 18, 2026.
• Ages: 5–18 years old
The Living Earth School has been offering immersive nature-based education programs in central Virginia since 2002. Its mission is to renew connections with the earth, care for the earth, and build healthy relationships with nature, self, and community. The curriculum is nature based and includes developing naturalist skills, survival skills, animal tracking, learning about edible and medicinal plants, and understanding the language of birds, and it uses coyote mentoring in its approach. Programs range from one-day workshops to weekly homeschool classes, weekend expedition trips, and long-term immersive courses for adults, and take place without digital diversions or extraneous activities. The program teaches skills that relate directly to life, including shelter, fire, water, food, and awareness of surroundings, and seeks to create a “village community” where everyone feels safe and welcomed while including diverse voices, perspectives, and backgrounds. The Living Earth School is located on the homeland of the Monacan people, now central Virginia, part of the James River watershed. Living Earth School is a proud partner of 1% for the Planet.
“You know mom, all the other programs you put me in, at least some of the kids don’t want to be there but their parents force them to go. The thing I’ve noticed about the Living Earth School is that everyone wants to be there.” - Homeschool Student M. Another parent, Caroline P., shares that this is “an incredible camp, where our son feels at home in nature, is genuinely cared for and inspired by the great staff.”
Last updated January 18, 2026.
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