Scrapbook
This page is a scrapbook of things that I will obtain and achieve. It is a sensory rich portfolio of experiences, locations, achievements and items.
Listing all of the different experiences and ventures is important to me. I am currently facing lots of opportunities and choices. These choices range from what courses I should attend, to what I should spend my money on, to where I should live and work. Laying out all of my options will allow me to assess them with greater clarity. I can choose my priorities and allocate resources accordingly. Some things will fall by the wayside when I decide that they are not worth investing in. Other things will be such a priority and so awesome that they will act as motivators for action.
Mindless consumerism is a large problem in our world. Even in alternative media and shopping there are bombardments of advertising, marketing, and promises that if you buy x then it will make your life complete. This page will allow me to more consume more consciously, which will be better for the planet and my wallet alike!
Listing all of the different experiences and ventures is important to me. I am currently facing lots of opportunities and choices. These choices range from what courses I should attend, to what I should spend my money on, to where I should live and work. Laying out all of my options will allow me to assess them with greater clarity. I can choose my priorities and allocate resources accordingly. Some things will fall by the wayside when I decide that they are not worth investing in. Other things will be such a priority and so awesome that they will act as motivators for action.
Mindless consumerism is a large problem in our world. Even in alternative media and shopping there are bombardments of advertising, marketing, and promises that if you buy x then it will make your life complete. This page will allow me to more consume more consciously, which will be better for the planet and my wallet alike!
Hang Drum
I found out about these on my Permaculture Design Course. Quite simply, if aliens came from the heavens, this is what they would bring. Amazing instruments. The are made by a couple in Switzerland and cost between £1500 and £2000. Two slight complications: there is a waiting list of around two years and you have to go to their Swiss workshop to pick one up. The only way to get on the list is to write them a letter. So if I write to them now then that gives me two years to save up... WINNING!
Alderleaf Wilderness Certification Programme
Encompassing bushcraft, permaculture, ecology, ethnobotany, wildlife tracking and outdoor leadership over nine months in Washington State. Could anyone design a course more ideally suited to my interests?! $9500 course fees + flights, accommodation and living costs. More info on their website.
10 Week Internship at Permaculture Research Institute Australia
Covers advanced Permaculture topics such as Earthworks, Permaculture Aid Work, Urban Landscape Design, and teaching permaculture. Taught by Geoff Lawton, one of the most eminent Permaculturists in the world. AUD$6,600 + flights. More info here.
MA Economics for Transition
Run by Schumacher College, in association with the New Economics Foundation; Center for Alternative Technology; and the Transition Network - this would be an ideal Masters degree for me to pursue. The other MA that they offer is in Sustainable Horticulture. Living on campus in this setting, in Totnes of all places, with such driven and like minded people would be massively empowering and help accelerate my voyage of sustainable change. £11,960 tuition and £8,480 food and accommodation. More info here.
Rebounder

A rebounder is basically a mini trampoline. They look like a fun way of getting aerobic exercise and improving my fitness. They also reputedly have health benefits as the bouncing action stimulates the lymphatic fluid in your body, removing toxins. However, a good one is expensive.
Land
Simple. This forms the foundation of my greatest dreams and desires. Approx £10,000 per acre. Ouch.