Neighbourhood Preparedness

How to survive after the oil runs out and there is no more "grid"

From Publishers Weekly With the assumption that many of us have a false sense of security... assuming that technology will prevail or that some government agency will bail us out in a crisis, this extensive guide gives detailed, down-to-earth advice on what to do when disaster strikes, be it a...

A startling investigation of what people do in disasters and why it matters Why is it that in the aftermath of a disaster- whether manmade or natural-people suddenly become altruistic, resourceful, and brave? What makes the newfound communities and purpose many find in the ruins and crises after disaster...

The wisest version of a Lifeboat I have found is “Gift Community” which is part of an emerging “gift culture” worldview. All this is so new, we’re rolling the carpet out to see what it looks like. It appears that many of us have matured beyond the old “me-first” competitive...

From Publishers Weekly An advocate of a supranational government agency to replace obsolete nation-states and transformation of the military into a national service corps, psychiatrist Peck, author of The Road Less Traveled, etc., argues that physical and spiritual salvation no longer can be separated. The only way to combat the...

From Amazon: We live in an oil-dependent world, arriving at this level of dependency in a very short space of time by treating petroleum as if it were in infinite supply.