Develop new skills

Collect skills information - build a library

• Collect how-to info.
• Craft info and trades.
• First aid information & drug use.
• Collect old magazines for specific subject matter.
• Find edible plant, medical plant, & cooking info.
• Organic farming  and permaculture info.
• Animal husbandry info.
• Tool making info.
• Survival info.
• Small engine repair info.
• Home repair info.
• Construction info.
• Collect information on any needed skill you can learn from a book.

Sustainable living

• Take a class in Voluntary Simplicity.
• Take a class in permaculture.
• Make longterm friends with your classmates.
• Take sustainability as a long term personal philosophy.

Growing food

• Become a Victory gardener, like your grandparents.
• Learn to garden in winter with a cold frame.
• Plant berries & nuts.
• Start composting and improve your soil.
• Think like a person who plans to live in the same house for 30 years.
• Develop your garden plan for what it will be like in 30 years. </li