Transition initiatives host reskilling workshops that reteach self-sufficient skills.

Evidence

All over the world, reskilling workshops are being offered to educate folks interested in learning all sorts of things from how to plant and cultivate a garden for food and save the seeds for next year, to how to roof your own house, to how to repair small engines, keep bees, sew clothes, make cheese, brew beer, build furniture, knit sweaters, rebuild bicycles, capture rain water, hook rugs, preserve and cook nutritious food, “husband” animals, and on and on. As Transitions organizers help to support these pluralistic workshops, identifying and drawing together both those with knowledge or skills to share and those who wish to learn, the process has been dubbed “the Great Reskilling.” — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education, 1798

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines ‘the Great Reskilling’ as the educational core of the Transition model—key terminology for teachable curriculum.
• ADDENDUM: Reskilling workshops (seedsaving, beekeeping, home repair) echo the Grafting & Growth essay on reviving practical craft traditions as worldbuilding pedagogy.
• recurring: this claim recurs 2 times within its source