Sunday 16th May 2010 - The Great Reskilling - Skilling up for the power down

The Great Reskilling - Workshops

• The greatest eco-woodworking workshop ever!
  
  
• You are a change creator - Realise it
  
  
• Deep Ecology - with Helene Fisher
  
  Taking heart as times get a little tougher! What has resilience got to do with community? What does it actually look like in everyday thinking, being and doing?
  
  
• Theories Of Change - with Dominique Lieb
  
  This workshop is about acknowledging and challenging your assumptions around change. It is interactive, participatory, has games, fun, discussion and activities structured so you will get out what you and others put in. Some topics to tempt: Who do you think currently has power in society? Where do you want power to be held? What kind of action are you thinking about when you feel that fire in your belly? And are these the actions you put your time into? If you choose, you can come out of this workshop with your own theory of change...
  
  
• Garden Tour
  
  
• Radical Rags - Make your own pad
  
  
• Beer brewing - with Dave Coremans
  
  Dave Coremans is an Environmental Scientist that has been enjoying brewing beer for over 15 years. He has completed a graduate diploma in Microbrewing at Edith Cowan, has recently constructed his own all-grain brewery and is passionate about making beer. Dave brews under the name Maltmans, and had achieved awards in local and state amateur beer competitions. Dave is going to discuss the process of beer making, how to do it simply, how to make your own equipment and how to avoid some of the common pitfalls of making quality beer at home.
  
  
• Felt making
  
  
• Basket weaving from recycled materials
  
  
• The ultimate sourdough workshop
  
  
• Pickling and preserving
  
  
• Raw Food workshop
  
  
• Alternative currencies
  
  
• Natural Skin care making
  
  
• Organic Gardening - with Charles Otway (Gwelup Organic Growers Association)
  
  Charles Otway is a self made and passionate organic gardener. His presentation will be on his personal experiences in the sandy soils of Perth, and why organic, 'ecological' gardening is the sensible option. Basically it’s urban Permaculture in action! His talk is a must for anyone interested in organic growing in Perth, with plenty of time for your questions and open discussions.
  
  
• Resistance to resilience - Transition training
  
  
• Findhorn: Building sustainability through community - with Helene Fisher
  
  How can a strong sense of community support our actions toward sustainable living? This workshop is based on Helene's experience of living and working in Findhorn, a thriving eco-village in Scotland which since its beginnings in the early 1960s, has developed innovative social, economic and ecological solutions for sustainable living.
  
  

Plus music from the Justin Walshe Folk Machine to finish the day and boogie down too... !

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