In a generic sense, we've seen "learn the ropes" villages a million times, again and again. Every Christian camp or the like, if we're talking evangelicals, but speaking from my background as Unprogrammed Friend (that's a thing), we had them also.
Rainbow Gathering? I missed out on going, but a lot of my friends went. My influences are varied. I also lived in a trailer park, I mean mobile homes estate, in Gulf Coast Florida.
Inevitably, these camps will have a ropes course, and I'm not saying mine wouldn't necessarily (nor would), just what I mean by "ropes" is not that literal, but from the English idiom, meaning "developing the skill sets necessary" for whatever specific kinds of work.
For example, when you learn the ropes on a farm, that may involve keeping to a calendar, following workflows involving heavy equipment. If you're an airplane pilot, you might get time in a flight simulator. In geek speak, one could liken "learning the ropes" to becoming the master of some API.
Speaking of geeks, I'd liken my projected School of Tomorrow camps to computer camps in that, although outdoors, we'll have indoor experiences, including perhaps in a portable planetarium, even if the stars are clearly visible. It's not either/or when it comes to map vs territory.
I'm recycling the above 4D Solutions channel vid because of the showcase prototype villages already in operation in the eastern hemisphere. I'd be looking to assemble something similar, with a cast of prototypers willing to test out "pod life" while "learning the ropes", in the Rogue Valley area, for example.
Naturally anything so cinematically interesting would be captured to video and shared with patrons, other viewers, would-be joiners, those looking back. Self chronicling is built into the workflows, as is product placement in some cases, meaning vendor donors get critical feedback on their artifacts in action, ala the Project Renaissance model, wherein nonprofit biofirms, such as Project Earthala, have front line test piloting responsibilities.
Sometimes we're not just learning the ropes as apprentice newbies, but experimenting with developing the initial rope system, establishing templates, such as were developed at New Alchemy Institute and by John Todd and other bioengineers. Before we're ready to pass on working systems to apprentices, we need those working systems to pass on.
So will the various religious denominations be involved? Of course. Some camps will be the result of collaborations, suggesting a sophisticated secular infrastructure that keeps the various religions in productive configurations, versus butting heads.
I've always seen Quakerism as connecting with meticulous recordkeeping, including bookkeeping, whereas I associate Mormonism with a focus on mapping ancestry.
These are stereotypes to some degree, yet help predict the flavor of the apprenticeships on offer. Quaker campers might study SQL / NoSQL, while being encouraged to get into blogging (journaling already being an encouraged practice).
Some Quaker camps might feature beer making, and all the farming that goes into that.
