Please note that offering the following links is not endorsement of the websites or the concepts and information offered on them.
A few of the websites are not considered secure sites for lack of https status, and that is indicated below. Note also that due to the dynamic nature of the internet, some of the links may become obsolete. (We check, but we may not catch them immediately.) Nonetheless, in browsing, you may find similar, perhaps even better sources of information.
Some sites included provide a glimpse of the many points of view and potential new ways of being, thinking, and doing that can be found “out there.” The majority teach skills once commonplace but now all but extinct, and show how to make products that we have come to take for granted in this industrialized world ― products that may become unavailable.
Lastly, the sheer volume of skills listed below, though by no means complete, drives home the point behind the name of this website: “I” must transform to “we” because there is no way one individual, or even one family, can do it all. It takes a community to provide all the essential services and products needed for each of us to survive and thrive. And it takes all of us together to take back our world and our freedom from those who have stolen it from us. Divided and isolated we fall. Together we rise.
Let’s rise.
ALTERNATIVES TO THE OLD SYSTEM
The New Blueprint For Humanity, The Peoples Club, a youth perspective (currently unavailable), One Small Town, Motherland Party, Freedom Network interview, Lottery in Vote out system
SOVEREIGNTY
Ten Basic Rules for Better Living, thinking from the heart and mind
LAW
Frank O’Collins videos, Awareness Project, Ucadia
EXCHANGE
current system reality, CBDC system warning, The Great Taking documentary
NEW WAYS OF LIVING
PERMACULTURE
permaculture, how does it work, why permaculture, more about permaculture, Shepherd alley crop 1, small space gardening, off grid living, permaculture and homeschooling
HOMESTEADING SKILLS
what is homesteading, starting to homestead, homesteading family, more about homesteading, all things self-sufficiency, smoke-dry fruits, make sauerkraut
FOOD
A unique find: a large database of gardening and soil information
manna collection (has a language converter), food growing, food forest, seed saving technique, gardening in desert, electroculture, more about electroculture, composting, making white vinegar, making apple cider vinegar, herbs, biochar, garden north
HOUSING AND BUILDING
alternatives, cobins & palletcob, live tree architecture, building with cob, Cob Cottage Company, cordwood, cordwood faq, bag foundation, cobwood (not considered a secure site), log homes, earthbag building, joinery, woodworking (not considered a secure site)
MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS
HEATING AND COOKING
DIY stoves, rocket stoves, Russian bell designs (not considered secure; has a translation function activated by clicking the tiny flag at top left), another DIY stove
WATER SUPPLIES
harvest rainwater, harvesting rain, rainwater catchment, simple catchment systems, hand dig deep well
WATER PURIFICATION SYSTEMS
constructed wetlands for wastewater. constructed wetlands, banana circle and greywater recycling, fruit circle and greywater recycling, humanure handbook, humanure composting
ANIMAL POWER
draught animal advantages, draught animal
PROVIDING FUELS
make charcoal, Wiki coppice, coppice, coppice how-to, wood efficiency, wood safety
ENERGY ALTERNATIVES
water pump, electricity from air, off-grid power, ethanol, car conversion to acohol, car conversion two, biodiesel
SKILLS FOR INDIVIDUAL AND COMMUNITY SELF-SUFFICIENCY
SURVIVAL BASICS
NOTE: Local guidebooks pertaining to plants and animals are always advisable. Books containing information on edible, medicinal, poisonous, and utility species in your area may prove essential.
wilderness survival, survival 101, survival basics
KNOTS
25 types of knots and their uses
FIRST AID
what to put in a first-aid kit, basic first aid, more first aid for emergencies, downloadable PDF about emergency aid
HOME REMEDIES
activated charcoal, herbal medicine, home remedies, types of herbal remedies with how-to
TOOLS
knife-making 1, knife-making 2, knife-making 3, kitchen knife, make nails, handmade nails
METAL MAKING AND WORKING
how metals are made, cast metal from scraps, blacksmithing for beginners, blacksmithing, general smelting information, smelting, smelting iron
POTTERY AND GLASS
pottery, wikihow pottery, types of pottery, advanced pottery, make glass, glass-making, glass-blowing
ROPE MAKING
PAPER MAKING
MAKING INKS AND DYES
LAUNDRY
Solvents, History of laundry (not considered a secure site), homemade recipes for cleansers (links to secondary pages), more cleanser recipes (links to secondary pages), hand crank laundry wringer, glue removal
MAKING SOAP
homemade soap, another DIY soap
LEATHER MAKING
SADDLES
make a saddle, saddle-making video, saddle making
SHOES AND BOOTS
how to make shoes, making shoes, 10-step guide to making shoes, boot-making, make boots, make your own boots
PRACTICAL FIBER ARTS
FIBER PLANTS
PDF of cordage fiber plants, fiber plant use, fiber plants, various fiber plants
PROCESSING PLANTS FOR FIBER
linen processing, prepare linen, linen seed to yarn, processing tools for linen
WOOL
wool preparation, card wool, carding techniques, spin wool, wool spinning
MAKING YARN
from fiber to yarn, spin your own, spinning fibers, electric spinner, spinning nettle fiber, spinning tools
WEAVING
weaving history, weaving types, weaving basics, DIY weave, cardboard loom, small DIY loom, build a frame loom, use a frame loom, photo of large hand-weaving setup, how-to weave wiki, weaving types how-to
NEEDLE BINDING, KNITTING, and CROCHET
needle-bind knitting, needle-bind knitting video, wikihow knitting, knitting how-to, knitting for beginners, beginner knitting, crochet how-to Martha Stewart, crochet how-to, beginners crochet, how to crochet
HATS
sew hat, make a hat, warm shearling hat, handmade hat, cowboy hat, shape a hat
MENDING CLOTHES
darning, mending a hole, visible mending, mend tears, Japanese mending technique, shoe repair Wiki, DIY shoe repair, Guide to repair footwear
HISTORY AND HOW WE ONCE LIVED