Low Tech Laboratory: Experiments in Permaculture Technology

A project in Missoula, MT by paul wheaton
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A movie with innovations in homesteading, woodland craft, hot tubs, kilns, forges, textiles, bees, foraged clay pottery, mycelium ...
Backers: 1937
Average Pledge Per Backer: $61

Funded: $118,135 of $11,640
Dates: Mar 14th -> Apr 14th (31 days)
Project By: paul wheaton
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Is $115K Your Final Answer?

April 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you so very much! $115K stretch goal reached! Permies supporters are amazing!!   A huge wave of momentum took us from $110K to over the $115K  stretch goal in just a few hours! So now all the $100 and up backers are gonna get the movie, Down... (Read More)

$600+ bonus stuff for just $45! LAST CHANCE!

April 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Just about 4 hours left of the campaign, and we're still hitting stretch goals left and right! You've probably seen all the updates, but we just wanted to reach out to all our $65 backers to make sure you know about the HUGE bundle of stretch goal... (Read More)

$600+ bonus stuff for just $20! LAST CHANCE!

April 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Just about 4 hours left of the campaign, and we're still hitting stretch goals left and right! You've probably seen all the updates, but we just wanted to reach out to all our $80 backers to make sure you know about the HUGE bundle of stretch goal... (Read More)

$110K and in the home stretch!

April 14th - via: kickstarter.com
We hit another one! Thank you to our amazing community! We hit $110K in pledges, with only hours left to go! That means everybody at the $100+ level is getting the Green Infrastructure for Irrigators and Stormwater Management Course!  Green... (Read More)

OMG! We Hit $105K !!

April 13th - via: kickstarter.com
105000 times,  thank you! We're sprinting along with your generous support!   All of our $100 and up backers will be enjoying their pawpaw course soon after the Kickstarter is finished. Yum! Michael Judd's PawPaw Course (6 hours) The next stretch... (Read More)

Last Day to Score Big While Saving the World

April 13th - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)

$100K! And the stretch goals keep ripening!!!

April 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks, Backers!!! Dr. Elaine Ingham Interpreting Soil Micro Organisms' Messages The messages of soil micro organisims will be clarified by Dr. Elaine Ingham in a live webinar for all the $100 and up backers!  Another new stretch goal (they just... (Read More)

Tree-mendous! We did it!

April 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Whoopee! $95,000 stretch goal, done!  We are so grateful for all our supporters.... The Polyculture Project's Tree Guild eBook Bundle All the $100 and up backers will now have the 'must-have' resource for planting trees - the Tree Guild eBook Bundle... (Read More)

You do not want to miss out on this!

April 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Less than 72 hours left... ...and we have locked in the $100k stretch goal!   Raise your backer level to $100 and get access to a live webinar with Dr. Elaine Ingham (plus a dozen other bonus rewards!) Dr. Elaine Ingham from Soil Food Web will be... (Read More)

Smashing the $90K Stretch Goal

April 10th - via: kickstarter.com
With your support, the $90,000 stretch goal has been smashed! Thank you, from one permie to another!! Justin Rhodes' Homestead Design Course Now, all the $100 and up backers will get Justin Rhodes' Homestead Design Course, as well as all the previous... (Read More)

Building up to an Incredible Finish!

April 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you, everyone! With your support, we have blasted past our $85,000 stretch goal.  DIY Chicken Coop Plans Now, all the $100 and up backers will get John White's DIY Chicken Coop Plans. There are 10 complete coop plans to choose from - 349... (Read More)

five bonus goodies!

April 8th - via: kickstarter.com
You ever get the feeling you have a lot more friends than you thought?   Sometimes life is just so good that it washes away all the funk. Not only are people offering up more and more stuff to help this kickstarter be the very best ever, but others... (Read More)

Which Artifact won the Penny Poll?

April 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you to everyone who has participated in the Penny Poll! It really got close there in the end, but only one project could win.  And all though Solar had the lead until the last hour of the penny poll, Flowforms pulled ahead at the last minute... (Read More)

Just hours left...

April 7th - via: kickstarter.com
This is your last chance... to cast your vote for your favorite PTJ artifact in this Kickstarter's Penny Poll.    This is your last chance to vote for your favorite artifact! As of right now, Solar is in the lead with Apothecary and Flowforms... (Read More)

24 Hours to Cast Your Vote

April 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Time is running out... Have you cast your vote for your favorite PTJ artifact yet?  Only 24 hours left to cast your vote!     There is only 24 hours left to vote for your favorite PTJ artifact.  As of right now, here is how the poll stands:... (Read More)

We've made the Penny Vote even better!

April 4th - via: kickstarter.com
In the previous update, we launched the penny vote with a really awesome reward.  A 2-day pass to the 2023 Permaculture Technology Jamboree at Wheaton Labs.   After some deliberation, we have decided that it would be a huge improvement if the... (Read More)

The Penny Poll is back! Vote for your favorite PTJ Artifact!

April 4th - via: kickstarter.com
The Low Tech Lab Movie documents last year's Permaculture Technology Jamboree (PTJ).  This year's PTJ is coming up fast and we want to know what you'd like to see at the event. So, we've brought back the penny vote (drum roll please)!!!Permaculture... (Read More)

Goodbye 80K! Hello 85K!

April 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you!  We have passed $80,000!!!  Excellent work everyone! Home Mushroom Cultivation Class Videos So everyone who has backed at $100 or more will now also receive this brilliant resource to get producing mushrooms abundantly at home (as well... (Read More)

Sneak Peak of What's Ahead

April 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
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Stand back! I'm going to do math!

April 1st - via: kickstarter.com
simulation of me doing math If everybody reading this right now, backed at $100 or more, we would have to scramble to come up with 16 more amazing stretch goals, bringing this to a total of 23 stretch goals!  When we have had that many stretch... (Read More)

$75,000 Reached! Permaculture Abundance for All!

March 31st - via: kickstarter.com
We are so grateful for your support! Alan Booker's Regenerative Scales of Permanence I've said it before, and I'll say it again (!) - you guys are the best and we are continually humbled by your support.  We are cranking out some pretty incredible... (Read More)

Lucky number 7! with 0,000 behind it

March 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you so much!! Golden-Goat-Herbals Fermented Sodas Ccurse + ebook We did it! We hit $70,000! Permaculture is spreading to more people because of you! And all $100 and up backers also get the Golden Goat Herbalism and Fermented Sodas Video course... (Read More)

Giddy up! 65K has cantered into a gallop!

March 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Still rolling! And it's all because of you!  Anna Hess Soil Bundle Gold  Wow - $65,000 has been and gone and we are, as always, humbled and grateful for the epic permaculture community and the support you're throwing our way.  You might wonder why... (Read More)

One Hour Left to Grab the Squirrelybird!

March 24th - via: kickstarter.com
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Another One Bites The Dust – $60K has been and gone!

March 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Knocking the stretch goals down like bowling pins! Excellent Tiny House Mags coming your way! You guys are whopping these stretchies, and we couldn't be more grateful for your support.  For anyone backing at $100 or more, you get ALL the stretch... (Read More)

a wack-a-doodle idea: Squirrelybird

March 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Hello backer peeps.  This is paul the very large.   The kickstarter seems to have stalled!  And I am trying to think of ways to get it unstuck so I can work up a big heap of future magic ...   My plans are that by the end of this kickstarter, I... (Read More)

$55K?! Yes way, Jose!

March 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Another stretch goal down! Another amazing goodie for the $100 and up backers! Y'all are just demolishing these stretch goals!  The line-up for the $100 and up backers is filling out and looking good.  Kelly Hart's alternative architecture program,... (Read More)

This new goodie is as sweet as honey!

March 17th - via: kickstarter.com
You have done it again!  Another one bites the dust! We have reached our next stretch goal and with that victory comes the reward!  All $100 and up backers can add the sustainable beekeeping documentary, "Saving the Life Keepers", to the growing... (Read More)

You did it! We reached $45k!

March 17th - via: kickstarter.com
We hit $45K! and you know what that means... Second Stretch Goal Reached! Our $100 and up backers get access to the amazing video course Soil First Gardening (Extended Edition) by Anna Hess! This video course is the perfect companion for beginner and... (Read More)

Woodworking & Soil-Building - Meet the Stretch Goals!

March 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Beau here with some great news!  We just hit the stretch goal of $40,000, meaning all backers at $100 and up will receive Mortise and Tenon Magazine's Greenwood Apprenticeship Course!  I'm secretly very excited about this one - I really wanted to... (Read More)

And we're off to the races!

March 15th - via: kickstarter.com
We did it! Fully funded! Holy biscuits! This project was funded in just over an hour after launch!  It hasn't even been 24 hours and we have over 750 backers! We ended day one at $21,694, that's almost double our original funding goal! But, don't... (Read More)

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