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Maine Local Living School
nurturing the human-earth relationship
Apprenticeship Overview
Apprenticeship Program
Climate resilient living emerging from the confluence of ancestral knowledge, science, permaculture, intuition and good old fashioned hands-in-the-dirt experience
The Maine Local Living School Apprenticeship is training for the transition. Energy downshift, climate resilience, bioregionalism, community living, reciprocity with the living world; these are all frameworks that undergird our daily work. The day to day revolves around building skills and tending the systems that reflect these big ideas -- and sharing this with others. We want apprentices to leave here with the knowledge and skills to create many elements of the world they want to live in.
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8 week experience
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Free/work exchange
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18 years or older
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Substance free community living
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Over 60 apprenticeships since 2009
Apprenticeship Logistics
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Subsistence Scale Agriculture
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Food preservation
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Humanure composting
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Handcraft (bowls, spoons, baskets, etc.)
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Hand tool sharpening and use
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Forestry and food forests
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Alternative building
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Fermentation
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Wild gathering food and fiber
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Mushroom cultivation
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Stonework
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Leatherwork and tanning
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Animal raising including dairy sheep and ducks
Apprenticeship Details
Skill Building at Maine Local Living School
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