If you walk barefoot onto a paved road on a balmy August night, you might notice the retained heat of the day has charged up the massive concrete with quite a lot of residual energy. Despite the sun having set hours prior, the ground is still quite warm. If you then took a step onto … More Skill Share Workshop: Rocket Stove Construction
This is a repost of material from Botan Anderson’s site, One Scythe Revolution (1SR). Botan is teaching a weekend full of sycthing classes at this year’s Sustainability Skill Share (see full course descriptions at the linked page). Attendees can take a day- or weekend-long course covering scything basics and/or more intermediate topics, with prices starting … More Skill Share Workshop: Basic and Improving Scything
Learn to sharpen your knives, chisels, and scissors by hand on a variety of stones and mediums. Throw away those cheap, store-bought guides and jigs, come explore the world of sharpness, leaving with knives sharper than you’ve ever had and the knowledge to put a fine edge on them whenever you like with the just … More Skill Share Workshop: Introduction to Sharpening Knives and Tools
This is a repost from Hawthorn’s site, the Hedgerow. Hawthorn is teaching two classes at this year’s Sustainability Skill Share, as you’ll read below. You can hear Hawthorn talk about this course on an upcoming podcast episode. Register Now! The lovely Low Technology Institute in Cooksville, WI, is hosting a sustainability- and permaculture-focused weekend of … More Skill Share Workshops: Backyard Permaculture and Creating Sacred Space
This is a repost from Tom Bartlett’s site, silvaspoon.com. Tom is teaching a spoon carving class at this year’s Sustainability Skill Share (see a full course description at the link). Attendees can take a day- or weekend-long course covering axe and slyod-knife spoon carving, with prices starting at $84 (these discounted class registrations will go … More Skill Share Workshop: Everybody Should Carve a Spoon