Learn to make your very own birch basket from scratch with Paul Smith's College instructor Bethany Garretson. Garretson heads up the Osgood Pond Semester, a full academic term that allows students to live in yurts with no electricity or running water, focusing their awareness on lifestyle and consumption choices. Participants learn through communal living, team building, reflection and outdoor recreation. To learn more about the Osgood Pond Semester, visit the Yurts & Dirt blog at http://sites.paulsmiths.edu/osgood.