Education Queensland Sustainability Curriculum – Enough for All Forever
Educating for a Sustainable Future – Australian Government
Peace Child International

Our local State MP Geoff Wilson has recently supported an increased role for on-going adult  education. At present there is only a little use of the school facilities in our community for adult and community education and they represent a valuable potential resource for the community.

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How to live sustainably in the suburbs::

 

  • Living sustainably in the suburbs U3A Pine Rivers course held at Arana Library 3851 1016

||||How to make  bread::
||||How to make  yoghurt::
||||How to make  beer::
||||How to make ginger beer and cordial::
||||How to dry fruit::
||||How to prune vines and fruit trees::
||||How to protect your garden against pest damage::
||||How to make wine::
||||How to raise seeds & propagate cuttings::

  • Ferny Grove State High School Agriculture Program
  • Grovely TAFE Horticulture program
  • Phil Ryan

||||How to preserve food::
||||How to cook traditional food dishes of cultures living sustainably::

||||How to grow sprouts::
||||Permaculture:: 
||||How to store & manage food ::
||||How to make compost & look after soil::

  • Phil Ryan

||||How to make and keep a worm farm::
||||How to keep backyard poultry::

chooks & quail in your backyard
||||How to grow fruit and nut trees::
||||How to grow organic vegetables & herbs::

 

  • Phil Ryan

||||How to use tools::
||||How to make things out of wood::
||||How to make boats and stitch & glue structures ::
||||How to work with metal::
||||How to maintain a bicycle::
||||How to maintain engines and vehicles::
||||How to make pottery & prepare clay::
||||How local currencies & local exchange systems work::

  • LETS systems

||||How to get out of debt & live within a sustainable budget::

||||How to manage your own health::
||||How to look after your eyesight::
||||How to look after your teeth::
||||First Aid::

  • Senior First Aid
  • First Aid Refresher
  • CPR coronary pulmonary resuscitation

||||How to care for people who aren’t able to look after themselves::
||||How to look after a baby::
||||How to cut your family’s hair::
||||How to keep bees & harvest honey::

||||How to manage change::
||||How to write & perform songs & poetry ::

||||How to make paper::

||||How to sew::
||||How to tell stories::

||||How to knit crochet & weave ::
||||How to grow silk worms and make silk::
||||How to reduce your energy bill ::
||||How to set your home up for 12 Volt appliances & solar power ::
||||How to defend yourself ::

  • Kung Fu
  • Judo
  • JuJitsu

||||Practical skills::

||||Voluntary Simplicity::

||||Practical life skills::

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