Hands-on, small groups
Mostly outdoors, mostly doing. You build real systems alongside experienced instructors.
Nonprofit school · Puerto Rico
Learn to live independently — with your own hands.
Water, food, energy, waste and shelter. Real systems, taught on the land in Puerto Rico.
Classes will be announced in early 2027.
A Puerto Rico nonprofit teaching decentralized water, food, energy, waste and shelter systems through small, hands-on courses.
Built for the tropics
Designs sized for Caribbean sun, humidity, hurricanes and heavy rain — tested where we live.
Homegrown Meals
Shared meals each course day, grown and cooked on the land and the island around us.
What we teach
The systems of an independent homestead
Water
Catchment, storage, filtration and gravity distribution — reliable water without a utility line.
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Waste
Composting toilets, greywater, black soldier fly and closed-loop nutrient cycling.
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Agriculture
Tropical food forests, soil building, propagation and year-round harvests.
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Animals
Poultry, goats, bees and other small livestock — housing, feed, health and how they fit the land.
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Cooking
Cooking from the land, Caribbean staples, fermentation and food preservation without refrigeration.
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Healing
Plant medicine, first aid and everyday wellness practices for life far from the pharmacy.
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Electricity
Off-grid solar, hydro, batteries, inverters and safe DC/AC wiring sized for real loads.
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Fuel
Biogas, wood gas, biochar kilns, rocket stoves and efficient combustion for cooking and power.
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Structures
Bamboo, aircrete, domes, timber and treehouses — shelter you can build and repair yourself.
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Tools
Choosing, using, sharpening and repairing the hand and power tools a homestead runs on.
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Mindset
Self-reliance, planning, resilience and community — the habits that keep every other system running.
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Courses
Upcoming courses
Water Filtration with Biochar
Make your own biochar and build a layered biochar-and-sand filter that turns rainwater and stream water into clean water for the household.
- Price
- $1
- Length
- 1 day
- Level
- Beginner
Classes will be announced in early 2027.
Details & registerComposting Practice
Turn kitchen scraps, yard waste and manure into rich soil in weeks, not years.
- Price
- $1
- Length
- 1 day
- Level
- All levels
Classes will be announced in early 2027.
Details & registerMethane Digestion
See how a biodigester turns food scraps and manure into biogas and liquid fertilizer.
- Price
- $1
- Length
- 2 days
- Level
- Intermediate
Classes will be announced in early 2027.
Details & registerBamboo Construction
Build with one of the strongest and fastest-growing materials in the tropics.
- Price
- $1
- Length
- 3 days
- Level
- All levels
Classes will be announced in early 2027.
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