ISLAND’s workshops teach folks to do for themselves. These workshops build self-sufficiency and community self-reliance. They include topic areas like canning, root storage, food preservation, home mushroom production, basic building skills, seed starting, beekeeping basics, cheese making, and chainsaw safety. We will host over 75 workshops in 2012.

This year’s workshops included:

• Art, Film, Philosophy Series
• Introduction to Community Gardens and Garden Design
• Seed Selection and Starting
• Growing Shiitakes at Home
• Building Soil
• Beekeeping Basics
• Vegetables in the Garden
• Tractors and Chainsaws
• Cordwood Workshop
• Introduction to Welding
• Butoh Dance Workshop
• Fiber Arts Workshop
• Canning Pickles and Dilly Beans
• Canning Tomatoes
• Charcuterie and Whole Hog Butchering
• Canning Applesauce
• Canning Peaches and Apricots
• Seed Saving

Institute for Sustainable Living, Art & Natural Design (ISLAND)
5870 Cottage Drive
Bellaire, MI 49615