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a pithier way to say it?

 
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It's more than teaching a man to fish.

It's...
... teaching them to build and repair the fishing poll and net
... teaching them when not to fish
... teaching them how to clean and cook the fish to transform it into food
...

Something in my mind today I wish I could make shorter and pointier.  
 
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The funny(?) part is that if 'permaculture' hadn't become a diluted, misused, misunderstood buzzword, it seems like this could be phrased this as 'teach someone permaculture fishing', or something along those lines..

But here we are...
 
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