LEARN HOW TO PROTECT YOUR FAMILY IN THE TIMES TO COME.
Prepare Your Family
Learning about peak oil and the other converging challenges of the 21st century can be daunting--it is hard to know what to do or where to begin.
How can we prepare? What do we need? How will we protect our loved ones in the times to come?
20 THINGS YOU CAN DO NOW TO PREPARE FOR PEAK OIL
1) Grow a garden
2) Weatherize your house
3) Join or start a relocalization group
4) Preserve and store food
5) Make and eat meals with your neighbors regularly
6) Get healthy
7) Learn wild edible plants
8) Volunteer in your community
9) Learn a self-reliant skill
10) Read James Howard Kunstler's "The Long Emergency"
11) Learn about permaculture
12) Promote and use renewable energy
13) Support local farmers
14) Get rid of your fossil fuel addiction
15) Pay back your debts and get rid of your credit cards
16) Reduce your material possesions
17) Think independently
18) Start a post-peak oil library
19) Take a Firefighting, EMT or First Aid course
20) Join Ohio Peak Oil Action!
USEFUL Things in case of emergency
1) Food Storage- Canning supplies, honey, dry beans, rice, hard red wheat, canned goods, vegetable oil and shortening, pressure cooker, salt (iodized and canning), MREs, grain mill, powerded milk, ammunition boxes, can openers, food-grade containers, vitamins, cast-iron cookwear, yeast, bleach, etc.
2) Water Storage and Purification- Water tanks, 55 gallon drums, 5 gallon buckets, other water containers, iodine, hand pump, gravity-fed purifier, tarps, hand pumps, etc.
3) Heat and Light - Sleeping bags, cold-weather jackets, sturdy wool clothing, wood-burning stove, cross-cut saw, generator, candles, kinetic energy flashlight, headlap, lanterns, etc.
4) Gardening Supplies- Open-pollenating seed bank, shovels, hoes, hoses, fencing, stakes, etc.
5) Camping and Backpacking Supplies- backpack, tent, hiking boots, sleeping bags, camp stove, stove fuel, etc.
6) Post Peak Oil Library- Survival guide, etc. (see "Resources Page")
7) Tools- Cross-cut saw, hand saws, tin snips, carpenters brace, measuring tape, screwdrives, other non-electric tools, honing oil, duct tape, sharpening tools, etc.
8) Local Renewable Energy- solar panels, microhydro, wind turbines, battery bank, etc.
9) Weatherization Supplies- blower door, infrared laser, measuring tape, fiberglass batting, cellulose insulation, cellulose blower, etc.
10) Emergency Supplies- Hand-cranked radio, flashlights/headlaps, etc.
11) Hunting- Rifle, shotgun, ammunition, knife, bow, slingshot, compound bow, dogs, animal traps, etc.
12) Animal Husbandry- draft horse supplies, chicken coop, nesting boxes, beehives, sources for goats, chickens, and rabbits, etc.
13) Building Supplies- Concrete, sand, gravel, wood for building, tarps, roofing materials, etc.
14) Emergency Medical Supplies- bandages, gauze, tamiflu, vitamins (especially vitamin C), bleach, etc.
15) Clothing, Hygiene and Baby Supplies- soap, toothpaste, dental floss, clothes line and pins, treadle sewing machine, clothe diapers, baby formula, bleach etc.
16) Transportations- Bicycles, innertube patches, bike tires, bike tools, bicycle trailer, etc.
RESOURCES:
100 ITEMS TO DISAPPEAR FIRST IN A PANIC
PREPARATIONS FOR PETROCOLLAPSE AND CLIMATE DISTORTION
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