RESKILLING

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Comment by Bill Wilson on May 9, 2012 at 7:31pm

hey kief- i would be interested in volunteering at a repair cafe

Comment by K!EF on May 9, 2012 at 2:21pm

any "fixer's" in Victoria who want to duplicate this?? please let me know

Repair Cafe

Comment by Erica Rose Idee Champagne on June 9, 2011 at 8:29pm

Yeah, the pirate thing did occur to me!

Comment by Billy Metcalfe on June 9, 2011 at 12:43pm

It takes weeks to sail to California. Unless you are hauling cargo, the only advantage of sailing over cycling is if things collapse so far that civil order disappears and the roads are full of robbers. But in that grim case, the seas will be full of pirates, after your boat if nothing else.

Sailing, however, opens many other possibilities here on an island on a furrowed coast - see Dmitir Orlov's current post on Energy Bulletin

Comment by Erica Rose Idee Champagne on June 9, 2011 at 11:40am

I wonder if I should learn how to sail, so that I can still go visit my sister in California after oil peaks. I was hoping for High Speed Rail, but it doesn't look like it will happen soon. :(

Anybody know how long it would take by boat?

Comment by Denise Dunn on April 29, 2011 at 7:14pm

Thanks for this link Jackie. The two moving sidewalks metaphor speaks to me and wise words about:
"Job retraining?
Select an industry which is likely to endure
Peoples’ “core needs” rather than luxury items (bottom of the Maslow pyramid)
Industries (or subcategories of those industries) that have low energy inputs and low resource demands;
Locally sourced rather than international and dependent upon globalization.
Expect survival-level cash flow rather than replacement of the salaries of the last decade.
Expect to put in place all of the cash-conservation measures listed in bullet #2 of this series.
Perhaps try out new skills via Time banking or LETS. (#5 of this series). Build your resume through barter-funded work. Meanwhile the barter credits can help ease your living expenses while you are out of U.S. dollar-generating work."

Comment by Jackie MacDonald on April 29, 2011 at 3:02pm

This is a good link about reskilling.

http://transitionus.org/blog/economic-resilience-3-rethink-idea-jobs

Comment by Eileen Nielsen on April 24, 2011 at 10:41am

Thought some of you might enjoy this ... inspired by a Women's Weaving group in Guatemala:

http://weavingwomen.org/

Comment by Heather Cosidetto on January 27, 2011 at 4:21pm

Denise, et. al:
Yes, Shannon Hayes's words are compelling ones, to be sure! I will be giving a lecture on this subject as part of the Wayward School line-up... I'm no expert, but I'm certainly keen to get more people talking about it!  (sorry about late reply, only just now seeing your comment Denise).

REskillers, if you want to be on the roster of potential teachers for the March/April program, here's a link to the form:

http://waywardschool.wordpress.com/participating/

Comment by Denise Dunn on January 7, 2011 at 3:33pm

Hi Heather

Are you aware of the book Radical Homemakers?  It's in the public library - good info. about (US) families refusing to join the consumer economy and doing quite well on it.

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