Wednesday Warble: Village Song Circle

Online- via Zoom

Singing together online can be surprisingly connective and lots of fun! Let’s gather to sing some of our camp favourites and also some new songs - bring a song or two to share if you feel to! For adults and kids. This is a recurring monthly event on the 1st Wednesday of each month. Free […]

Firekeepers Virtual Village At-Home Adventures and Weekly Story Gathering

Online- via Zoom

Need some extra inspiration to get outside wandering, exploring, playing? Looking for a little extra connection with a beautiful nature-loving community? As we dive back into lockdown here in Naarm, or so called Melbourne, we are feeling the call to tend to the fire of community and connection. It feels like a time to turn […]

The Art of Storytelling: Practice and Play!

Online- via Zoom

Have you noticed how a good story totally lights up a space? I have come to realise that storytelling at its best is very alive to the moment. Stepping into a story is like stepping into a great adventure. The storyteller, like the adventurer, has stepped out of known territory onto rocky, uneven ground, where […]

FREE COMMUNITY EVENT Village Hearth Adults’ Sharing Circle

Online- via Zoom

A space for adults of the village to share from the heart to the heart, to bring yourself as you are and be with what is, to speak and be heard, to listen with curiosity and compassion. A space where courage and vulnerability are welcome and celebrated. A space to deepen connection and understanding of […]

Queer Wilderness Retreat: The nature of queerness and belonging

Nature reminds us that being Queer* is both natural and something to be celebrated! Showing up as who we are in our own unique queer form is a celebration of nature’s diversity and honors our profound connection to the natural world and a deep sense of belonging. Accepting the fullness of our queer selves is […]

FREE COMMUNITY EVENT Village Hearth: Adults’ Sharing Circle

Online- via Zoom

A space for adults of the village to share from the heart to the heart, to bring yourself as you are and be with what is, to speak and be heard, to listen with curiosity and compassion. A space where courage and vulnerability are welcome and celebrated. A space to deepen connection and understanding of […]

Firekeepers Spring Virtual Village

Online- via Zoom

Tracker and Naturalist Jon Young says that keeping nature stories to yourself and not sharing them with friends, family or your community is like never developing the film from your camera. (Back when we regularly used cameras...and film). In the story telling and catching and deeper questioning, we get to develop and deepen our connection […]

Spring Holiday Program- Online & Outside

Finding it hard to peel the kids off the screens? Need a boost of inspiration and new ideas to get out into nature after our long winter? Want your kids to connect with other nature kids and mentors these holidays? We are inspiring kids and families to get out and adventuring in nature these Spring school holidays during […]

Spring Holiday Program- Online & Outside

Finding it hard to peel the kids off the screens? Need a boost of inspiration and new ideas to get out into nature after our long winter? Want your kids to connect with other nature kids and mentors these holidays? We are inspiring kids and families to get out and adventuring in nature these Spring school holidays during […]

Firekeepers Community Celebration Day!

Darebin Parklands

Let's all gather to celebrate what we love about Firekeepers! - Yes, let’s! Firekeepers exists to deepen connection with Earth, Ancestors, Ourselves, Community and the More-than-human. We offer these strings of connection forward to future generations. It has been 5 years since Firekeepers began running programs in parks and wild spaces around Melbourne.  In that […]