Peritia School of Self-sufficiency and Arts
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Peritia School of Self-sufficiency and Arts is an informal school of w:self-sufficiency skills and arts, located in rural NSW, where participants live, learn, and teach.
General notions
Self-sufficiency
Courses related to self-sufficiency (w:sustainable living) include:
- Growing, preparing food, and cooking
- Promoting health (physical, emotional, interpersonal)
- Building and furniture construction and woodworking
- Clothing and fabric making (sewing, building and operating looms, creating fibres)
- Gardening
- Electric - 12V (e.g. lighting, motors)
- Chemistry (e.g. food, cleaning products, combustibles)
- Mining and recycling
Arts (and crafts)
Courses related to arts and crafts include:
- Visual arts (e.g. painting, sculpture, printing, 3D modelling and animation)
- Performing arts (e.g. theatre, film, juggling, circus)
- Literature (e.g. fiction, journalism)
- Music (e.g. composing, playing instruments, crafting instruments)
- Physical/spiritual and martial arts (e.g. kung fu, tai-chi, yoga)
- Health related (e.g. nutrition, massage, psychotherapy)
