Learning has been top of mind for me throughout the 2020-21 window of time.
I started to see how much I enjoyed taking care of plants, gardening and composting, so I started with the Permaculture Design Course offered by Verge Permaculture. It was a 72-hour course offered over 12 weeks. The property I started renting mid-course was a beautiful blank canvas for me to apply the dreamwork to, and how to design a permaculture property. I knew after doing the first video for my own course submission that I wanted to do this work for others – reimagine their property to become a self-sustaining, function-stacking, producer of goods.
Being granted work-from-home status from my current employment for the majority of this window of time, my early mornings in spring of 2020 to spring 2021 were spent tuned into Good Morning Crypto, learning about blockchain and cryptocurrency, produced by Ivan on Tech on YouTube, out of Sweden. I received information in previous years of a monetary shift, so I was open to the idea of currency changes. His videos and content are so engaging, I loved hearing the lingo, there are funny memes, there was global financial news discussions, he boasts about anyone being able to work in crypto/become a blockchain developer, I wanted to learn more about the tech, and I wanted to be involved in this world. I’ve pursued 4 courses so far via Ivan On Tech Academy – Crypto for Beginners, Blockchain & Bitcoin 101, Ethereum 101, and Blockchain Business Masterclass.
Loading my course certificates recently on Linkedin had me realizing that I haven’t discussed any of my Adobe Premiere Pro video editing work here. I was fortunate to have Community Futures Yellowhead East invest in that education in the fall of 2018 for the development of their Community Awareness video series of 10 issues. Lemonade Day 2019 was another example of community work I’ve been able to produce through that organization – that program encourages youth entrepreneurship, learning about one’s community, their business community, and the local economy dynamics.
There’s lots more to dive into, where I’ve expanded my skills and whatnot since the writing here eased in ’17. I know I have permaculture content I’m looking forward to presenting. I’ve had a second property now to observe and plan for since taking the course. This has been a delight. I love when new design challenges come forward, and permaculture projects have so many layers. Below, 1 of 2 blueberry plants, and planting parsley seeds as companions to peas that are not sprouting.
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