Great for scout troops, school clubs, church groups, professional teambuilding, or simply friends looking for a unique way to hang out! Workshops are available for groups between 4 and 10 people. Larger groups may be accommodated for some topics. Submit inquiries using the request form.
We’re ecstatic to offer 50% discounts to Athens County residents in 2026 thanks to generous funding from the Athens County Foundation!
Workshops are held on site at Tenderfoot Learning Lab, though some can be brought to your location. Look for “can travel” in the description. Age level for each workshop is indicated below. Workshops can be stacked to create a full-day or multi-day program.
Life Skills
These workshops are very hands-on. They focus on practical skills that are useful to just about everyone. Each is taught with the goal of learning to live more sustainably.
Gardening Basics
Start your sustainability journey with an edible garden! We’ll cover planning your garden layout, sowing seeds, planting starts, weed and pest management, and choosing from a variety of organic growing methods. Leave with a potted seed or start.
2 hours | $20 per person | adaptable to all ages
Cooking & Meal Planning
Learn to choose groceries and prepare meals in ways that make a positive difference for your community and the environment. Over the course of this workshop, participants will prepare a locally-sourced meal to eat together as the culmination of the workshop. Menus will vary according to the dietary needs of the group and seasonal availability.
3 hours | $30 per person, includes a meal | ages 15+
Food Dehydration
While prepping months worth of meals for our Appalachian Trail thru-hike, we learned a ton! Learn to dehydrate snacks or complete meals using (almost) anything from your fridge or pantry. Participants get to taste a variety of samples.
2.5 hours | $30 per person, includes snacks | ages 13+
Composting
Not sure what to do with your kitchen scraps? Make your own fertilizer! Whether you live in a city apartment, the suburbs, or the country, there’s a composting method that will work for you. Learn general guidelines for what you can compost, keeping it from getting smelly, and how best to do it in your own living situation.
1.5 hours | $15 per person | adaptable to all ages
Fire Building & Campfire Cooking
Build community while building campfires, and learn to safely cook over an open fire.
3 hours | $25 per person, includes snacks | ages 13+
Everyday Knots
Learn to tie knots commonly used in daily life and a few specialized scenarios including gardening, camping, and hammocking.
1 hour | $10 per person | can travel | adaptable to all ages
Backpacking
Prepare for an overnight hike including choosing camping gear, assembling your pack, planning meals, planning a route, and mentally & physically adapting to the trail.
3 hours | $40 per person, includes snacks | ages 18+
Nature Hike
Take a walk through the woods and learn about what lives here – the furry, the feathered, the slimy, and the photosynthetic. Choose from a daytime or night hike.
60 minutes | $10 per person | adaptable to all ages
Stack workshops to create a full day of empowering education!
Here are a few examples, or create your own series:
Sustainable Eating Series: Includes Gardening Basics, Cooking & Meal Planning, Food Dehydration, and Composting.
Outdoor Living Series: Includes Fire Building, Campfire Cooking, Everyday Knots, and Nature Hike.
Personal Sustainability
These workshops focus on common decisions in our personal lives: what to buy, what to wear, how to take care of ourselves, what to throw away, and how to use our utilities like water and electricity. Learn to make each of these decisions more sustainably.
Life with Less Plastic
Identify the most common sources of plastic in your life, make a plan for using alternatives, and learn ways to upcycle or recycle the plastic that inevitably does find its way into your home or workplace.
60 minutes | $10 per person | can travel | adaptable to all ages
Eco-Friendly Bath & Beauty
Look, feel, and smell great with bath and beauty products that are healthy for both you and the environment. Learn to identify sustainable sources for these products and make a few of your own. Leave with a homemade hair, skin, or hygiene product.
1.5 hours | $15 per person | ages 10+
Sustainable Textiles & Fashion
Learn the basics of one or more textile-related skill (sewing, crochet, mending, natural dying). Trace the origins of your own wardrobe and discover ways to fill your closet that are environmentally and socially conscious.
2 hours | $20 per person | ages 10+
The Big 3: Water, Energy, & Waste
Deepen your understanding of these three major players in local and global sustainability. Develop strategies for reducing consumption in your home and/or workplace.
1.5 hours | $15 per person | can travel | adaptable to all ages
Sustainability for Leaders
These workshops are designed for people who lead others and make decisions for their workplaces, social groups, teams, households, or other organizations – or aspire to.
Sustainable Leadership
Decisions are the point at which we transform knowledge into action. Learn to recognize 3 common approaches to decision-making and begin a life-long practice of choosing with the greatest good in mind – for people, prosperity, and the planet.
90 minutes | $15 per person | can travel | ages 13+
Sustainability in My Career
At Tenderfoot, we believe sustainability is relevant to every household, community, and career field. Whether you’re new to the workforce or a seasoned professional, explore how you can use your work time to contribute to a better world.
90 minutes | $15 per person | can travel | ages 18+
Climate Action
While none of us is individually responsible for causing climate change, all of us can be part of the solution. In this workshop, we discuss the causes and effects of climate change, and you’ll develop an individualized climate action plan, tailored to your own lifestyle or organization. Your plan will include steps in three categories: reducing emissions, sequestering carbon, and building resilience.
2 hours | $20 per person | can travel | ages 13+
Tenderfoot Learning Lab, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization
9365 Five Points Rd, Athens, OH 45701 | (740) 664-7116 hello@tenderfootlearninglab.org