Did you know that you can grow edible, tasty, and valuable mushrooms indoors, with simple equipment, in just a few weeks? The beginner course "Growing Mushrooms Indoors for Business and Pleasure" will teach you what mushrooms need and how to grow them successfully on a budget, in small spaces. In this comprehensive course, you'll learn the full mushroom growing and … [Read more...]
Herbalism: Medicinal Mushrooms Certificate
Did you know that mushrooms are some of your best medicine? They are superior longevity tonics keeping you full of vitality and energy. They nourish and revitalize you on all levels. When taken regularly, they keep your health and wellbeing in balance. If your health does become imbalanced, medicinal mushrooms are superior remedies to gently and quite effectively bring you … [Read more...]
Grow Healthy Vegetables And Fish With This Aquaponics 4 You Course
Some years ago, researchers from the University of the Virgin Islands discovered and experimented with a new way of growing plants organically. The process is revolutionary because your plants grow faster, and you can grow up to ten times the plants in the same amount of space. How does it work? Aquaculture is the process of growing fish in a tank... and it has one big … [Read more...]
Permaculture Design and Sustainable Living
The course "Sustainable living made simple: Basics of permaculture design" provides a general outline to living off the land. This course presents dozens of strategies for how we can be responsible custodians of the earth. In two and a half hours of content, participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of the principles and practices of sustainable … [Read more...]
Growing Microgreens for Business and Pleasure
Get a healthy body and wallet - Vertical Farming techniques for Gardeners and Entrepreneurs (Hydroponics and Soil) Welcome to the course "Growing Microgreens for Business and Pleasure". This is a how-to guide for growing microgreens on a shoestring, for health-conscious growers and budding entrepreneurs. The lecturer passes on the lessons he's learned from years of growing … [Read more...]
Online Basic R Course – A Free Course
Basic R tutorial in which a climate change analysis tool will be created using real meteorological data from the CRONOS database. Objective Create an R library able to retrieve weather data from the CRONOS (//www.nc-climate.ncsu.edu/cronos) database and plot the following information for the selected weather stations: Yearly accumulated rainfall. Mean monthly … [Read more...]
Understanding Soil – A Free Course
Soil is the skin of the earth It begins as rock that is broken down by plants, animals, and the elements; it blends with other materials, and becomes the foundation of our the forests, grasslands and fields. In this course we will explore how soil works and what makes it possible for plants to grow in soil at all. 1: Soil Basics The Story of Soil Living Soil … [Read more...]
Healthy Soils (Videos) – A Free Course
Soil Stories - The Whole Story In "Soil Stories", our protagonist, Francine, embarks on a journey of discovery that begins with her realization that soil is alive and that without soil, life as we know would not exist. In her journey of discovery she meets with soil scientists who help her "see" beneath the surface of the soil and help her understand how diverse yet ordered … [Read more...]
Honey Bee Health and Pollination / BioForum – A Free Course
Relationship Between Honey Bee Health and Pollination in Agro-ecosystems Dr. Rangel will address: The importance of honey bees as pollinators, value of honey bee pollination services in the US, and some definitions of ecosystems, agro-ecosystems, and ecosystem services (pollination being an important ecosystem service to humans) Basics of pollination biology, … [Read more...]
The Habitable Planet – A Free Course
The Habitable Planet is a multimedia course for high school teachers and adult learners interested in studying environmental science. The Web site provides access to course content and activities developed by leading scientists and researchers in the field. Course Audience The Habitable Planet was designed for teachers, educators, and adult learners with a science … [Read more...]
Edible Education: Telling Stories About Food and Agriculture – Free Course
As the costs of our industrialized food system become impossible to ignore, a national debate over the future of food and farming has begun. Telling stories about where food comes from, how it is produced (and might be produced differently) plays a critical role in bringing attention to the issues and shifting politics. Eating Oil, Eating Sunshine Social Practice The … [Read more...]
