Reskilling

Reskilling is learning sustainable and practical survival skills that were used by previous generations to provide the basic necessities of life. It is our hope that reskilling not only teach valuable skills but also provide an opportunity for connecting within the community and the earth.  

Initial plans to accomplish these goals include:

1) Conduct a community survey to identify knowledgeable individuals who are willing to share their skills and create an easily accessible directory of this information; 

2) Set up workshops/classes where various skills are taught.  The location of such classes could be done at people's homes or through community education or at field trips.

3) Create an inventory of who has products to sell

4) Identify job possibilities and grant writers related to reskilling

Reskilling ideas generated during the first meeting fall mostly under the category of subsistence.  This list will be expanded and refined in the future. 

Initial Ideas

growing fruit/vegetables

seed saving

food preservation and storage   

raising livestock

orchard pruning

chicken butchering - mobile unit or rent?

beekeeping

wild food gathering

cheese making

pottery making

building smoke house

building an ice house

building simple structures 

hide tanning

leather and cloth sewing

spinning

blacksmithing

shared equipment center

hands-on building equipment

Email messages can be sent to the group members at reskilling@hayriverti.org

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