INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Summer camp for adults and beloved tech-free weekend getaway Camp Grounded ground to a halt in 2017
Left in his wake was a mourning community that had lost their digital detox rally just as everyone was realizing the importance of looking
and presence to transport us back to childhood, before we got hooked on the internet
friends, Forest Bronzan, wants to write a happier ending to this story
Attendees will again leave their devices in Tech Check lockers run by hazmat-suit wearing staffers, assume nicknames and stop the work talk
bonfire singalongs about enthusiastic consent
However, to simplify logistics, Camp Grounded will no longer hold sessions in New York, North Carolina or Texas.The company will also
organize more four-hour Unplugged Nights in cities around the country where partiers can switch off their phones and make new friends
The idea is to give a broader range of people a taste of the Grounded lifestyle in smaller doses
Johnson)Meanwhile, Digital Detox will start a new business of education and certifications for K-12 schools, coaching teachers and parents
Schools will pay per student like a Software-as-a-Service model
Through research by a few PhDs, the company will recommend proper rules for using tech in and out of the classroom to minimize distraction,
and empathetic penalties for violations.The obvious question to ask, though, is if Bronzan is just some business guy coming to coin off the
We went trick-or-treating and played in school band together
I went to the first Digital Detox summit, and brought my company year after year
This person had to be more than a lover of camp and nature, they also needed the hard skills and successful track record of running a
Two other individuals and one company had also expressed interest
The trio are launching the Levi Felix Foundation that will donate money to brain cancer research.While moving into education might seem like
interested in being an academic in this field
We always believed that there needed to be evidence in order to convince the masses that being outside and connecting with other human
or pretend to check their phone to avoid talking to others38% feel less connected to their partner or close friend due to cell phone
train children to not be present
The father of two kids under age five, Bronzan knows a weekend at camp in your 20s or 30s is too little too late to seriously address the
but lose some of what made it special, including a lack of cell phone reception
prohibited at Camp Grounded
Festivals like Coachella seem to get more corporate and less mindful each year
That leaves plenty of open space for Digital Detox to fill with purposeful breaks from the default world.Bronzan also wants to introduce
more surprise and serendipity to the event calendar
briefing package the day before they show up
The point is to extract people from their routines where unhealthy habits manifest
Without connectivity, Camp Grounded hopes people will forge new connections in their minds, and with each other.
