Skills and Technology Group
We are attempting to be useful by putting together a list of opportunities to share and acquire skills ranging from the simple things we can do for ourselves (and that our grandparents always used to be able to do!), to more specialist skills and even to start the process of acquiring a new (low-carbon!) craft or profession.
As a first step, we are placing offered and wanted ads on this site and a list of resources that we have come across.
If you are able to offer tuition to local people in any skill, please let us know and, likewise, if there is anything you would like to
know or learn to do, we'll do our best to find someone, locally, who can help.
Contact: Pete Arnold, pete.arnold@yahoo.co.uk
Offers
Reskilling with handtools
| What | "GOING AGAINST THE GRAIN" |
|---|---|
| Who | Andy Hewson |
| Where | Capel Isaac |
| When | Morning (10am - ?), to be arranged |
| Number of participants | Max. 4 |
| Cost | Free |
| Details | A series of introductions of indeterminate length for those that need to
know how to use hand tools. Enough to get you up and sawing on your own
in two sessions - it's just a matter of confidence in going further.
Bring your own project for advice and design discussion?
|
| Contact | Andy at info@transitiontownllandeilo.org.uk |
Wanted
There are no wanteds at the moment!
Resources
Other organisations
Down-to-Earth
Centre for Practical Sustainability, Natural Building and Wilderness Therapy.
Located on the Gower peninsula, they offer courses on cob building, timber-frame construction, dry-stone walling, green woodwork, natural renders and plasters and straw bale building. They are very keen on mixing ancient skills and modern technology. They also do a lot of work with 'disaffected' and 'hard to reach' groups (as well as providing training in such work).
All their hot water is solar generated as is their electricity.
Publications and Websites
The Sustainable Development Commission
They have produced a very interesting publication, "Prosperity Without Growth", which is available for download here. This was recently reviewed and discussed at a meeting of the New Economics Group.