{"id":171,"date":"2026-09-10T09:21:43","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T14:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conservationforaging.com\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=171"},"modified":"2026-09-10T09:21:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T14:21:43","slug":"cordage-workshop-2","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/conservationforaging.com\/?tribe_events=cordage-workshop-2","title":{"rendered":"Cordage Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This hands-on workshop teaches the ancestral skill of turning wild plant leaves &amp; fibers into strong, functional cordage (rope\/twine).\u00a0\u00a0Participants will learn to identify, harvest &amp; prepare local plants to create durable cordage for basketry, adornment, functional art, bushcraft, and more. <strong>The sky is the limit! The skill is for a lifetime!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We will cover around a dozen native and introduced plants that can be used for cordage, including cattails, irises, basswood, dogbane, milkweed, nettle, and more. We&#8217;ll notice how the simple rhythmic process of twisting cordage can be a meditative &amp; grounding practice that serves as a bridge from our ancient past to the living world.<\/p>\n<p><b>Throughout the course, we\u2019ll put into practice a <\/b><b>conservation-foraging approac<\/b><b>h<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span> <b>grounding our harvest in ecological awareness, observation &amp; stewardship.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Instructed by: Sarah Foltz Jordan, conservation biologist &amp; educator based in Duluth. On a recent trip to a nature reserve in Colombia, she was greatly inspired by the scarcity of plastic and the prevalence of things made from cattail &#8211; a new invasive in that region that is being managed through hand-harvest and highly creative and practical use.<\/p>\n<p>Cost: $35. Space is limited, please register early to hold your spot.<\/p>\n<p>Registration, <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScgC-3u55REd9F4LiXKsv4iSd7d464fsmc42dKLjVuRoPQ2ww\/viewform?usp=publish-editor\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This hands-on workshop teaches the ancestral skill of turning wild plant leaves &amp; fibers into strong, functional cordage (rope\/twine).\u00a0\u00a0Participants will learn to identify, harvest &amp; prepare local plants to create &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/conservationforaging.com\/?tribe_events=cordage-workshop-2\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Cordage Workshop&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":276,"template":"","meta":{"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[],"class_list":["post-171","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/conservationforaging.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/conservationforaging.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/conservationforaging.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conservationforaging.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/conservationforaging.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":283,"href":"https:\/\/conservationforaging.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/171\/revisions\/283"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conservationforaging.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/conservationforaging.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conservationforaging.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=171"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conservationforaging.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftribe_events_cat&post=171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}