Archive for Downsizer For an ethical approach to consumption
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bulworthy project
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What courses do downsizers provide?We run our charcoal making courses, but we wondered what courses other downsizers are running, where they are held and any relevant details.
www.bulworthyproject.org.uk/courses
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mochyn
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I do various at Acton Scott if Shropshire: one day courses in poultry keeping, pig keeping, duck keeping and veg gardening.
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Wentworth
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We run chair caning and rush courses here in Asturias, our next course is in May.
Details here: http://tinyurl.com/crrsk44
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sally_in_wales
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apart from helping out at the various DS fibre weekends and retreats, I'm doing a two day traditional skills course at Renew in mid Wales http://renew.midwales.org.uk/events in July, and will be doing a number of demonstrations and sessions on historic food, soap, cosmetics, textiles and similar topics in museums around the country throughout the year. Easiest way to see what we are up to is to have a look at the diary at http://sallypointer.com/diary
Happy to travel anywhere, can do sessions on specific skills or on a related group of topics.
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mochyn
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apart from helping out at the various DS fibre weekends and retreats, I'm doing a two day traditional skills course at Renew in mid Wales http://renew.midwales.org.uk/events in July, and will be doing a number of demonstrations and sessions on historic food, soap, cosmetics, textiles and similar topics in museums around the country throughout the year. Easiest way to see what we are up to is to have a look at the diary at http://sallypointer.com/diary |
Do you want to stay with us while you do the Renew thing?
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Chez
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I run 'An Introduction to Chicken Keeping' and 'From Hatch to Despatch'.
http://greenmeadowpoultry.co.uk/courses.html
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wildfoodie
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I've got some wild food walks and mushroom foray experience days
http://www.gastronomicdiscovery.org/
and http://www.foodsafari.co.uk/course/mushrooms-in-a-day/
and my first chutney and preserves course
http://swaveseyvc.co.uk/page/default.asp?pid=64&title=More%20Community%20Education%20Information.
There might be some more, including a coastal wild foods day June 23rd - still planning that one.
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Andrea
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We do Permaculture Design Courses here in central Portugal. Two courses this summer, one in July and one in August.
www.casalinho.com/courses
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gil
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Scythe Association of Britain and Ireland (SABI) representative/contact for the south of Scotland (south of the Great Glen)
Available to run local and regional scything courses through the summer, from May to September, depending on grass conditions.
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sally_in_wales
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Do you want to stay with us while you do the Renew thing? |
Is that like flower arrangement only more rustic? 
I've only just spotted that 
bulworthy project
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Just closed the kiln from this weekends charcoal course. Next course 2nd-3rd June. This is either a one day charcoal making course or there is the option to stay overnight.
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Nell Merionwen
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Ginkotree hosts a variety of different things on her farm. http://www.cwmoernantfarm.co.uk/
The what's on link is broken at the moment by BA will fix it in the next couple of days.
Over the summer we are hosting a few herby days. Now I have the relevant paperwork and public liability ins.
I am also open to running a few others. In the past she has hosted Fibre weekends, Corsetry, basket making, art, pottery, To name a few. If anyone is looking for a venue give her a call, you will be surprised by how much she can accommodate.
I am happy to offer, herbal, Sewing/all things thread related, corsetry, basic massage.
It is also a wonderful location to run foraging weekends from.
She has a huge barn(with it's own kitchen), A sleeping barn, other random and more secluded accommodation, a camping field. There is a separate building that is warm and comfy for smaller groups.
She has an outdoor bread oven.
She provides the most sensational cakes, B&B and is all round lovely.
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steve tomlin
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Hi all,
Some new green wood working courses for this autumn and next spring. Come to the Lake District and learn to make beautiful presents from local wood.
Green Woodwork
Spooncarving 6-7 Oct 2012 - £125
Fan bird carving 17 Nov 2012 - £70
Working with bark 27-28 April 2013- £125
more info at http://stevetomlincrafts.wordpress.com/courses/
Steve
  
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mochyn
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Those look good, Steve.
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Chez
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Those are beautiful!
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DawnMK
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Hi all,
Some new green wood working courses for this autumn and next spring. Come to the Lake District and learn to make beautiful presents from local wood.
Green Woodwork
Spooncarving 6-7 Oct 2012 - £125
Fan bird carving 17 Nov 2012 - £70
Working with bark 27-28 April 2013- £125
more info at http://stevetomlincrafts.wordpress.com/courses/
I do love those birds fantastic I wonder if i could be available 
Steve
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bulworthy project
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We're getting our course programme together for next year and as well as our charcoal courses we have teamed up with a local blacksmith to do a 2 day charcoal making and blacksmithing course.
Hopefully more to come soon.
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mochyn
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Well, I was scheduled to do four one day courses at Acton Scott, but the last one has just been cancelled (like the other three) due to lack of numbers. 
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Chez
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I guess it's the sort of thing that goes first when people are on a tight budget
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Lorrainelovesplants
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We have noticed the same thing here with some courses.
Ive got scheduled some wool extra value event - a visit to the Natural Fibre co, and a home processing/spinning event - no interest, so cancelling them today.
The cider/juicing event on 13th October is popular however...strange that.
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bulworthy project
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We had a few charcoal courses cancelled due to not enough people when we were trying to learn. That was in the boom times. As a result, we always run the course even if we only have 1 person booked on which has happened a couple of times. It's not very profitable but it does mean that people know that if they book on a course, it will run. We have a marquee that we can that we can put over the kiln if it is raining.
So far we've not cancelled a single course.
Now we have people comming in to do courses, it needs to be worthwhile for them. We would probably have got more outside courses if the economy was in a better shape, but we started doing this in the economic downturn and have not yet seen a good economy or a good summer. We're looking forward to it!
Other than charcoal making our courses this year are:
Blacksmithing
Spooncarving
Green Woodwork
Bowmaking
Details on the courses page of our website:
www.bulworthyproject.org.uk/courses.html
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Lorrainelovesplants
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I still have loads of funding for putting on events within Cornwall. They have to be (even loosely) tied to farming, smallholding, rural tourism, diversification, so Im open to ideas.
I cant run qualification courses - ie ones where you NEED the qualification in order to do whatever - eg sprayer or chainsaw competency course.
Looking at gundog training, ice cream making, website design & marketing......
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Bodrighy
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Just seen this thread.
I do one on one woodturning tuition. at different levels. Either in my workshop or in a students workshop. Also do demonstrations at clubs, schools etc.
Pete
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Nell Merionwen
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Well, I was scheduled to do four one day courses at Acton Scott, but the last one has just been cancelled (like the other three) due to lack of numbers. |
Heritage has gone like this over the last four or five years. It's slowly starting to pick up again.
Lorrainelovesplants
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Ive just had a 'work chat' this afternoon - apparently our funding is open to all all over the UK IF they are a farmer or farmworker (the smallholder thing is just in Cornwall).
To be honest, differentiating between a farmer and a smallholder has never been an issue for me. If you have a holding no your eligible.
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Wentworth
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This reminds me.. we are running another two courses this year on chair seat caning (bergere cane work) - combined with a holiday in the most beautiful region of Spain - who could ask for more?
http://ianandluis.blogspot.com.es/2013/02/course-learn-to-weave-cane-seat.html
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shadiya
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Lorraine : I'd really like to do cattle foot trimming if you're going to be running one of those some time? It's supposed to be being offered by the local ish training place but they seem to have a lot more stuff they say they do than they actually do, if you see what I mean..... I have been waiting for what seems like millenia but is probably only a couple of years.
I have a holding number and DEFRA agrees I'm a farmer, even though I've only got a piddly little place....
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Lorrainelovesplants
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yes, the RBS do cattle foot trimming - check the course list ...
go to Duchy Rural Business school and down the left hand menu go to short courses/event.
There should be something nearish to you.
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Jamanda
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I always read these posts as Royal bank of Scotland. They'd be a sight more useful if they did do cattle foot trimming.
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Lorrainelovesplants
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who? the bank?
Would you really let fraudulent crooks let loose on live animals?
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