"The vision of the Academy lives in the preservation of the rapidly disappearing knowledge and mastery of traditional artisan skills, in training students in this mastery, empowering them in self-reliance, strong ethical values, the ability to generate alternative boutique cottage-industries and strong, supportive community relationships, and in so doing, to confront the future challenges of a politically and environmentally challenged world with creative resourcefulness".        Roz Benson, Balingup Academy.