Reskilling for a Post-Oil Health Care System
“Reskilling” is a term used to describe relearning or reviving skills that were essential to surviving in the days before high-tech everything was easily available. In agriculture, this means using hand tools, using oxen or horses to plow a field, etc. What does it mean for medicine? How do we diagnose and treat illness at times when technology fails due to power outages, rising oil prices, or natural disasters? Are there skills that we are losing that could be useful even when modern technology is available? Where can one learn these skills?
Come to this talk and find out more!
Didi Pershouse will be speaking to Transition Town Putney, Vermont on Friday, February 18th, 2011, from 7 to 8:30pm. The talk will be held at the Putney Libraryr located at 55 Main Street. Open to the public. By donation.
Didi Pershouse is the founder of the Center for Sustainable Medicine. Her work involves developing, practicing, and writing about models of health care that are sustainable: environmentally, socially, and economically.
For more information call 802-785-2503.