I’m brainstorming what would be needed to make my town a
Transition Town. Food production is a
big part of it. Construction,
mechanical, automotive skills are already here.
More bicycles are needed. What
about tires, clothes, shoes, electronics, silicon chips, communications
systems? We can learn poultry and sheep
processing, natural bakery, and candle making. But the amount of effort to convince an industrial town to switch to solar or wind energy seems almost impossible.
Instead, maybe it would be fun to start a sustainable skills group that
gathers regularly to exchange skills, train each other, and build human
networks.
Here are some ideas for meeting topics:
- Rocket Stoves
- Rocket Mass Heaters
- Chicken breeding
- Chicken processing
- Build a chicken next box
- Make your own chicken feed
- Timber-framing
- Rabbit breeding
- Rabbit processing
- Build Rabbit nest boxes
- Build Rabbit cages
- Build Rabbit underground shelters
- Build Rabbit tray cleaner funnel
- Build a Rabbit butcher station
- Permaculture Design Course
- Herb Gardens
- Raising Sheep
- Candle making
- Soap Making
- Hugelkultur
- Milking cows
- Guns
- Build a top-bar bee hive
- Home brewing beer
- Home brewing cider
- Straw bale housing
- Bee keeping
- Honey processing
- Goats
- Energy conservation
Other Events that we could host
-
Documentaries
- Book discussions
