The Urban Homesteading School of Powell River organises individual workshops and classes, evening intensives, and weekend-long bootcamps on themed topics useful to anyone who wants to improve their urban homesteading skills.

Many people want to grow more of their own food, make more of their own necessities, become more self-reliant and insulate their families from the problems of the mainstream industrial economy. Most of those people don't have a large lot or traditional homestead with several acres of land: they need to start where they are, in their existing space. UHSPR classes will provide those people with information and skills that they can put to use right away.

Powell River has seen many, many sessions on self-reliance topics, presented by many individuals and organisations. This has resulted in many excellent workshops but also duplication and gaps in coverage. The UHSPR aims to provide a greater breadth and depth of co-ordinated coverage of topics, and affordability and accessibility for participants, while providing payment for teachers, venues and the coordinator.

Class locations will vary from instructors own locations, to community gardens, to rented spaces. UHSPR aims to support small, locally-owned and community venues.

Co-ordinator: Kevin Wilson