Beginners Guide to Self Sufficiency (I)

DESCRIPTION

Learn how to live self sufficently in this modern age! With this course, develop your understanding of self sufficiency. Learn about food and nutrition, and making the right decisions about changes in lifestyle; as well as showing you how to do a whole range of practical things such as mud brick building, making crafts, growing fruit, vegetables, herbs, and other crops; raising poultry, sheep and goats, extending the life of clothing, conserving energy, recycling, simple home medical care and first aid, and lots more.

Content

This course covers many aspects of self sufficiency, including the following:

how to live with lower income

identification of essential and non-essential services offered by society

identification of services that one can be self sufficient with

identification of self skills that can aid in self sufficiency

skills that can be developed to assist in self sufficiency

identify needs, wants and likes; and the purpose of prioritising needs

identify items one can provide for oneself

development of cost efficient meals

identify purpose of fitness to self sufficiency

LESSON STRUCTURE

There are 10 lessons in this course:

1. Introduction - “What can I grow or make myself?
2. Health, Nutrition and Clothing- Learn the importance of good nutrition and health
3. Horticulture - Learn about the relevance and application of horticulture to self sufficiency with Fruit and Vegetables
4. Horticulture - Learn about the cultivation and use of herbs.
5. Animal Husbandry - Learn about Poultry and Bees
6. Animal Husbandry  - Learn about Grazing Animals and Pigs
7. Building - Learn about the applications of building self sufficiently
8. Energy - Learn about the application of alternative energy sources
9. Craft and Country Skills - Learn about skills to make the most of your new lifestyle
10. Making Decisions - Decisions that are made in a self sufficient lifestyle are differnet to those in modern society.

Each lesson culminates in an assignment which is submitted to the school, marked by the school's tutors and returned to you with any relevant suggestions, comments, and if necessary, extra reading.

AIMS

Discuss the nature and scope of self sufficiency.

Explain the importance of good nutrition and health.

Explain the importance of suitable clothing and clothing care.

Explain the relevance and application of horticulture to self sufficiency.

Explain the cultivation and use of herbs.

Explain the main requirements for successfully raising animals.

Explain the fundamentals of caring for grazing animals.

Explain the available alternatives to eating meat.

Discuss various building techniques that can be used to construct buildings.

Discuss alternatives to conventional energy sources.

Determine and describe accessible craft and country skills that may contribute to self sufficiency.

Analyse potential changes in lifestyle to increase a person’s level of self-sufficiency.

DELIVERY

Correspondence

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