This book, The Ecology Center’s first, was inspired by our local community’s response to the launch of our workshop series, Backyard Skills. The popularity of this DIY adult education program reinforced our belief in and hopes for an existing appetite for knowledge of practical sustainability strategies. Now, the belief in Backyard Skills the book is that it can be an invaluable tool, whether used as a starting place, a reference document or something in between. The hope is that you will bring the tools, strategies and practices featured in Backyard Skills into your home and then - and here’s where you can really make a difference - share them with your community. Why? The Ecology Center operates on the principle that, only collectively, can we recreate a diverse, safe and healthy environment. We are thrilled that you brought a copy of Backyard Skills into your home. Now - use it, get it dirty and pass it on!
This first edition of Backyard Skills offers a collection of 19 Do-It-Yourself solutions, practices and projects to help get you going. Divided up into five themed chapters – WATER, ENERGY, FOOD, SHELTER and WASTE – Backyard Skills was inspired by The Ecology Center’s Do-It-Yourself workshop series held on site in 2009-2010.
This means that real-life folks, members of our local and your global community, have already gotten a taste of how these simple projects can make a big difference. And, now, it’s your turn to put these ideas to work on a bigger scale.
In fact, our hope is that this manual becomes dog-eared and faded from so much use, and that, when you’ve worked your way through it, you pass it on down to one of your friends over a bottle of your organic beer under your newly planted shade tree.
Sound good? Turn the page, then, and let’s become the solution!
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