[IAEP] Fwd: [permaculture] Courses needed in public education institutions: Re: Who is this + 'GOT BALLS?'

[Laura Vargas]

Interesting points of views from the permaculture list :D

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From: venaurafarm <venaurafarm at bellsouth.net>
Date: 2013/2/27
Subject: [permaculture] Courses needed in public education institutions:
Re: Who is this + 'GOT BALLS?'
To: permaculture <permaculture at lists.ibiblio.org>


On 2/27/2013 10:53 AM, deston denniston wrote:
> Its nice to see so many people coming aware of the need to get a
> national conversation and standard set in regards to certification.
> Its also nice to see that the six years Ive been watching Vlad and
> calling him a menace is finally being seen by others (there have been
> a few, but this is the surge of awareness I had hopped to see six
> years ago, when I had some verbal sparring right here on ibiblio with
> him, prior to his exorcism... Yay! a national standards conversation
> and some headway made to a national certifying body! Our permaculture
> mind is often moribund- many people fail in permaculture 'businesses'
> not because permaculture is flawed, but because they think it solves
> all the problems. However, it doesn't directly model the necessary
> actions for business success- that's not its job. It also says use
> multiple elements for each function. So it pays to have other forms
> and models of life assessment and arrangement to work with that are
> complimentary to ones cash resliency and stability. With that, I
> entreat you to check out our kickstarter project. VETS_CAFE is
> producing Illuminated text and site designs for 2.5 acre veteran
> owned organic  permaculture farm via a PDC. Your support gets you
> seedballs, which we have the capacity to produce at a few hundred
> pounds a day, and capacity increases every time we tinker with it...
>
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/694901181/vets-cafe-a-permaculture-design-project/posts.
..
> GOT BALLS?

Other things people need include coursework to prepare them for economic
survival. A high school course in 1) permaculture would be very useful
plus 2) courses in computer programming to teach them how to think and
3) the following from a friend in NC:

"I always used to wonder why high school students never got any
coursework in household finances. You'd think the most important things
they'd ever need to know would be:

1) How to do your own taxes, and take advantage of the tax code;
2) How to prepare (and stick to) a realistic household budget;
3) How to make large purchases: how to buy a car, and a house, without
    getting ripped off;
4) How to understand financing paperwork; when to sign, when not to
    sign;
5) How and when to sue; how to respond to being sued;
6) How to set up a small home business.

These are the most important things everyone needs to be able to
understand."
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