Trainings

This is a list of trainings, schools, workshops, events, conferences, internships, apprenticeships and anything else that gives you the skillz you need. Some of these are for free (or offer scholarships/work trade), and some require money. Please add to this list! Post a comment under the appropriate section, and feel free to suggest new categories and sub-categories!

Permaculture – Trainings related to permaculture

Food – Trainings related to sustainable food production, building community/local food systems, aquaculture, tempoculture, urban gardening, greenhouse design, mushroom growing, wild foraging, bioremediation, biochar, humanure

Water – Trainings related to water systems

Fuel – Trainings related to heating and cooking (solar, wood-fired), sustainable biofuels, wind power, biomass gasification, and post-petroleum transportation

Shelter & Space – Trainings related to building from earth-based and salvaged materials, land rights and access, squatting, collective ownership

Health – Trainings related to alternative health care models, community health systems design, mental health, herbalism/self-care, caring for people with special needs

Transforming Social Relationships – Trainings related to anti-oppression, nonviolent communication, consensus / group process, forming intentional communities, conflict resolution & transformative justice, teaching & learning for liberation

Sharing Resources – Trainings related to income-sharing, alternative economic models

Preparedness – Trainings related to peak oil & collapse, primitive/traditional living skills, disaster relief & emergency response, and other ways of preparing for the future.

Networks & Movement-Building – Trainings related to building social movements or put on by other related networks