Handy Village Institute

The ​Handy Village Institute primarily offers workshops for adults seeking to gain knowledge about and experience in:

• practicing small-scale energy generation and storage,
• managing and using water, soil, and vegetation resources on their landscapes,
• engaging in working relationships with like-minded individuals that will ensure transmission of essential aspects of human culture related to food, shelter, and furnishings.

Our experiences living off-grid, installing renewable energy systems, studying, practicing, teaching, traveling worldwide, and engaging with our community at home through times of abundance and disaster have inspired us to create a folk school in the Piedmont region of North Carolina.