The Old School Wish List
We’re always looking for more teachers in new subjects we haven’t yet covered, and new ideas for classes we haven’t yet thought up.
Here’s a list of classes we’d love to host, if we could just find willing teachers. Got one of the skills below? Know someone who does? Suggest a teacher!
Home / Garden / Farm
- Keeping goats
- Cloth diapering
- DIY geothermal heat pumps
- Three-sisters gardening
- Traditional adobe construction
- Straw-bale construction
- Xeriscape
- Hydroponic gardening and/or aquaponics
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Food & Drink
- Root beer
- Apple cider and/or hard cider
- Mead
- Homemade pasta, ravioli
- Pumpkin butter or apple butter
- Peanut butter & other nut butters
- Intro to CSAs and co-ops
- Intro to cowpools & meatshares
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Crafts
- Rug-braiding
- Basket weaving
- Bookbinding
- Upholstery
- Tatting
- Macrame
- Spinning
- Felting
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Recycle / Reuse
- Biodiesel fuel
- Plarn (recycled plastic bag yarn)
- Homemade recycled paper
- Reclaiming wood
- Dumpster diving
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Repair / Maintenance
- Bike repair
- Auto basics: changing oil, tires
- Basic plumbing: unclogging a drain, fixing a leaky sink
- Home handywork
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Survival / Emergency Prep
- First aid
- DIY campstove
- Basic home prepping
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