SOS - SAVE OUR SKILLS
WHAT? A NEW INITIATIVE WHY? TO SAVE OUR MANUAL SKILLS FROM EXTINCTION WHERE? EVERYWHERE BY WHOM? EVERYONE FOR WHOM? ALL OF US HOW? BY SUPPORTING SOS–SAVE OUR SKILLS
It is imperative that we reverse the continuing degradation of the manual skills employed to make cheap 'tourist' souvenirs, designed by people ignorant of either the history or cultural identity of the makers, with no specific purpose or use in mind and with no possible function for the local community.
It is imperative that we not only research and document these skills but also return to them the superior environmental, intellectual and economic value that they deserve.
That we start treating the practitioners not as impoverished members of underdeveloped societies but as representatives of man's most precious assets - his own abilities and his creative independence. And, as a result, that we pay prices appropriate to their skills to ensure their economic and cultural survival.
It is imperative that we not only research and document these skills but also return to them the superior environmental, intellectual and economic value that they deserve.
That we start treating the practitioners not as impoverished members of underdeveloped societies but as representatives of man's most precious assets - his own abilities and his creative independence. And, as a result, that we pay prices appropriate to their skills to ensure their economic and cultural survival.
TEXTILES
made only from natural fibres without any chemical treatmentBASKETRY
made only from natural sustainable materialsCARPENTRY
only small-scale functional furniture and household objects from natural sustainable materialsPOTTERY
sun-dried pottery made only from locally available materialsLEATHER
made only from non-endangered species
SAVE OUR MANUAL SKILLS
SAVE OUR CREATIVE INDEPENDENCE
SAVE OUR CULTURAL IDENTITY
SAVE OUR ENERGY RESOURCES
SAVE OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
SAVE OUR CREATIVE INDEPENDENCE
SAVE OUR CULTURAL IDENTITY
SAVE OUR ENERGY RESOURCES
SAVE OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT