EcoWISER New Mexico

PO Box 266
Corrales, New Mexico  

505-898-6967

Founded as a non-profit organization in 1986 by John Stokes, The Tracking Project (TTP) in Corrales, New Mexico has worked with community educators and Native elders from around the world to design a series of teachings which connect individuals directly to the natural world. Our programs of natural and cultural awareness inc lude a wide range of skills — from traditional tracking and survival skills to music, storytelling, dance, peacemaking and martial arts training. The name Arts of Life* was chosen to describe these programs which emphasize indigenous knowledge, the lessons of Nature and the power of art. Over the past seventeen years a diverse team of artist/ educators and traditional Native elders from TTP have shared this unique awareness program with more than 100,000 people of all ages. Through Nurturing the Roots, a community mentor program, our work with the international community now includes partners/programs in Hawai’i, Brazil, the Philippines, Sweden, Japan and Australia. Children, the preservation of wildlife, biodiversity and the integrity/ vitality of Native cultures in the global indigenous network have been the focus of our work. Our programs actively support cultural survival and community revival.