Our story is the creation of a path for families to transition from a city lifestyle to a country culture of self-reliance, living in a community of like-minded people. The first steps are… [read more]

Our story is the creation of a path for families to transition from a city lifestyle to a country culture of self-reliance, living in a community of like-minded people. The first are families are as follows:

1. Help define what it is they want
2. Help them assess what they have in terms of knowledge and resources
3. Help them devise a plan to achieve what they want, starting with what they have
4. Helping them executing their plan

For tools we use:

• Weekly Webinars with Q&A at the end of each live session
• Content review of each webinar including a searchable transcript
• Additional relevant resources associated with each topic
• Personalized journal to create a record of the journey down the path
• Forum for questions and answers
• Assessment tools
• Calculators for building costs, production capabilities, and other needed activities
• Newsletter for current events and project progress as well as the introduction of; specialists who contribute content, Ambassadors, and Facilitators
• Assigned facilitators to coordinate online focus group conversation and networking
• Ambassadors who promote the Academy in person or with online introductions and in-home cottage meetings
• Recognition activities to highlight achievement
• Schedule of workshops available for hands on experience

Our end goal is to help families to remain debt free while building;

1. Energy efficient home
2. Barn
3. Greenhouse
4. Garden and orchard
5. Water supply
6. Alternative energy sources
7. Sanitation system