Three years ago Raleigh and I created Sustainable Design Masterclass to shorten the distance between people out in the field and people that wanted to be.  There were too many unknown success stories, and I thought we could spread their good news. 

We have had some amazing people on our show:  folks like Tony Rinaudo who just won an alternative nobel prize for his work on FMNR.  Nicolas Netien, who produces the world’s healthiest olive oil (and has for the last three years) in the Cyprus desert.  Rebecca Burgess, the founder of fibershed working with multinational corporations to create regenerative textiles.  It's been a good ride.

At this point, we are considering letting Sustainable Design Masterclass go; we have been able to pay for our software costs, but not for our time, and both of us have big projects we are pursuing.  However,  before we make a final decision, we are going to try something new. 

 We are releasing all of our previous webinars on youtube.  It is likely you have only seen a fraction of our webinars,  and while our production quality has not been awesome, the content has been remarkable.  And it seems a shame that we have had them squirreled away behind a paywall. 

Worst of all, because we were operating through Vimeo, we couldn’t see who our subscribers were.  Or interact with you (if you were a subscriber).  If you are one of the people who subscribed, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts.  We never would have continued without your support.

We have a vision of what Sustainable Design Masterclass could be, but we don’t have the resources to do it. 

Today we are asking for your support:  We will keep SDM going if by December 31, 500 people commit 10 dollars a month through our new patreon account.   Otherwise, we will just have one of the most inspiring and educational youtube channels ever.

Are we offering you anything extra if you choose to participate?  To start off,  exclusive rights to view and participate in all future live webinars.  Also, better production quality in our webinars.  Short, graphically rich videos you can send to friends as explainers when you get into arguments about anything sustainability related.

 

Thanks for being with us on this journey thus far.  Whether it ends here or keep going is up to you.