Permaculture Technology Jamboree Movie (possible 2023 kickstarter)

Hi, I'm Paul Wheaton and this is my 13th Kickstarter. I want to tell you about an event I've been running for a few years now - it's called the Permaculture Technology Jamboree or PTJ for short. It's pretty much a festival of permaculture learning, over several days, with a bunch of expert instructors where you can learn about how to DIY a whole host of things. Last year we covered everything from natural building, rocket kilns for ceramics, heating, fermentation, mycelium insulation, animal husbandry, solar, hugelkultur and more!

If you want to learn more about these subjects, the PTJ footage is a valuable resource that we're keen to share.  If you already know a bit about these things, the PTJ also includes new experiments and innovations, so there is something for everyone. And, if we get enough backers we could hire more instructors for this year and build MORE stuff and make MORE movies and that would be COOL.

We have all the footage, and it looks magnificent.  The only remaining question for this kickstarter is - do people want this information enough to pay for the editing and distribution?

paul wheaton wrote:Taking a quick look, here are my rough ideas for rewards so far:

$1 thanks

$10 the final movie as HD streaming

$20 the final movie tiny download

$40 the final movie HD download

$65 all of the above plus plans from Andres

$80 all of the above plus extended interviews PLUS a few live interactive webinars with the instructors

$100 all of the above plus your name in the movie!

I'm Paul Wheaton and this is my 13th Kickstarter.

Because I'm goofy about this stuff, I've hosted a Permaculture Technology Jamboree for several years now. Usually about a dozen instructors leading a bunch of builds showing off their expertise!  

One fella felt YOU needed to see this stuff, so he took a bunch of video with the idea that we might make a movie!

Now for the big kickstarter question: is there enough interest to pay for the editing?

paul wheaton wrote:

Because I'm goofy about this stuff,

Because Im keen on building a better world…

Andrés Bernal wrote:Because Im keen on building a better world…?

paul wheaton wrote:Howzabout "because I'm keen on low tech stuff"

Howzabout "because I'm keen on low tech stuff"?

I'm Paul Wheaton and this is my 13th Kickstarter.

Because I'm keen on low tech stuff, I've hosted a Permaculture Technology Jamboree for several years now. Usually about a dozen instructors leading a bunch of builds showing off their expertise!  

One fella felt YOU needed to see this stuff, so he took a bunch of video with the idea that we might make a movie!





Now for the big kickstarter question: is there enough interest to pay for the editing?

paul wheaton wrote:

I'm Paul Wheaton and this is my 13th Kickstarter.

Because I'm keen on low tech stuff, I've hosted a Permaculture Technology Jamboree for several years now. Usually about a dozen instructors leading a bunch of builds showing off their expertise!  

One fella felt YOU needed to see this stuff, so he took a bunch of video with the idea that we might make a movie!





Now for the big kickstarter question: is there enough interest to pay for the editing?

the rocket kiln that changed the ceramics world
mycelium insulation
an all-wood proenneke hinge
log picnic table
spinning wheel made from bicycle parts
hugelkultur building
simple solar pump
spring terrace - making a spring on dry land
many styles of food preservation
take home a rocket heater core
log beehive
a beautiful shaving horse
using animals to seal a pond
sheep shearing and wool processing
robust apothecary
rocket hot tub

Mary Combs wrote:Missing?

Solar dehydrator (unless that's included under food preservation).

james cox wrote:my question is, will more people go for it if it is less expensive.

Oscar Daniels wrote:Would you consider adding a bicycle-powered blender build to the video?

Which is why, for past kickstarters, we made a LOT of stuff available at the $1 level.  Compounded to be even more stuff when you add in the earlybird goodies.  

And, for this kickstarter, the grand product will be available for $10.

Hannah Land wrote:I like the documentary feel of the video.  

Might you consider a rewards tier that offers "'ware updates", a kind of serial video feed?  

So, for instance, when tech is introduced or improved upon this summer, those who opted in for the higher reward tier will get access to raw footage of one or two or however many tracks from the 2023 jamboree.

If not too complicated or too expensive, you could maybe offer something similar for other recorded (annual) event Kickstarters.