• Post Reply Bookmark Topic Watch Topic
  • New Topic
permaculture forums growies critters building homesteading energy monies kitchen purity ungarbage community wilderness fiber arts art permaculture artisans regional education skip experiences global resources cider press projects digital market permies.com pie forums private forums all forums
this forum made possible by our volunteer staff, including ...
master stewards:
  • Carla Burke
  • Nancy Reading
  • John F Dean
  • r ransom
  • paul wheaton
  • Jay Angler
  • Timothy Norton
stewards:
  • Pearl Sutton
  • Tereza Okava
  • Nicole Alderman
master gardeners:
  • Christopher Weeks
gardeners:
  • M Ljin
  • Megan Palmer
  • Pete Podurgiel

a pithier way to say it?

 
steward & author
Posts: 48294
Location: Left Coast Canada
20168
10
art trees books chicken cooking fiber arts
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
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.  
 
pollinator
Posts: 1829
Location: Victoria BC
342
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
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...
 
When all four tires fall off your canoe, how many tiny ads does it take to build a doghouse?
It's a bit like "run away to the circus" but with gardening
https://wheaton-labs.com/bootcamp
reply
    Bookmark Topic Watch Topic
  • New Topic