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Skills Exchange
Many people in the community have expressed
an interest in preserving or recovering the skills
and methods of living of the past. For some, this
is about keeping history alive. For others, it is
insurance against hard times, or a deliberate effort
to slow the pace of life, or to keep life
more "local".
This page offers you the chance to exchange
your skills or your desire to learn with other community
residents.
If you have a skill you'd like to pass on, let us know,
and we'll put a note on this page for others to see. If
there's something you'd love to learn, we'll post
that, too.
If you see a match to your skill or interest, you can
connect with each other. If there is a lot of interest
in something in particular, this could become a venue
for setting up a workshop to accommodate the wider
demand. There are even some funds available from the
Health Centre to help cover expenses, in skills training
that crosses generations.
No need to worry that you may not be good
enough to "teach". The intent of this exchange is to
share and pool our knowledge, and to mentor each
other. Often, just an introduction to an idea will get
someone started on their own voyage of discovery.
Every contribution can do that.
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Skills on Offer
| Name |
Vaughn Morrison |
| Phone |
929.2150 |
| E-mail |
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| Skill |
Basic Car Care:
I would be interested in sharing some basic car care
maintenance procedures with anyone who may
be interested. |
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Submit a Skill or a Request
You are free to ask about or volunteer any skill.
Some ideas that have already been suggested to
SABDA include:
- canning and otherwise preserving foods without
freezing or refrigeration
- selecting foods suitable for storage
- designing and growing "knot" gardens and other
kitchen/herb gardens
- knitting or crotcheting
- boat-building
- use of older, unpowered tools in farming or forestry
- techniques for designing or building a home to take
advantage of natural ventilation, heating, and cooling
- identifying and using wild plants as foods or medicines
- making maple syrup
- step-dancing, story-telling, fiddling, etc. (demonstrating
or mentoring)
- propagating heritage fruit trees
- shoe repair
- clothing repair, darning, sewing, pattern-making,
fitting, etc.
- rug hooking, knotting, braiding
- basket and other weaving techniques
If interest exists, other skills that might be exchanged
but that are not necessarily "old" skills include:
- "alternate" power generation
- basic car care
- fitness alternatives like yoga, tai chi, pilates
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