Skills for the Long Descent
Jun. 24th, 2024 01:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
claire_58I found this a list as I was going through my paperwork looking for the notes I had made on Trade Goods for the Long Descent. I have a printed version of just the list and I have no idea where I got it. I went looking for the original to share here and found this post by Jeffery Green. His name and website, countercurrents.org, were on the paper. The article is from 2010. I have only skimmed the preamble to the list and he is definitely talking about fast collapse. The original title is "10 Skills Needed To Thrive in a Post Collapse World."
https://www.activistpost.com/2010/11/10-skills-needed-to-thrive-in-post.html
IIRC there was a flurry of fast collapse stuff written in the last days of the peak oil movement. Most of it had useful info but all of it was pretty apocalyptic. Still, it's a good starting place. For those of us who understand JMG's theory of catabolic collapse the gaps become apparent. I bet we could add a few more skills to the list.
I decided to post this as a companion to my post on trade goods. Thinking about trade goods is an interesting speculation and there is certainly some value in trying to preserve the abundance available to us for the benefit of future generations, but skills are a solid investment not a gamble. It's well worth considering how many you have, or could easily acquire, or are interested enough to master.
I count #1 Organic gardening and seed saving #2 Food processing and Preservation as skills I have. Although I'm still a newbie seed saver. #8. Basic First Aid and Natural Medicine is one I could brush up on and could be reasonable skilled though not expert by any means. I used to have a first aid ticket and I have always done herbal home health care.
I'd love to hear comments on skills you have or ones you think should be added to the list.
https://www.activistpost.com/2010/11/10-skills-needed-to-thrive-in-post.html
IIRC there was a flurry of fast collapse stuff written in the last days of the peak oil movement. Most of it had useful info but all of it was pretty apocalyptic. Still, it's a good starting place. For those of us who understand JMG's theory of catabolic collapse the gaps become apparent. I bet we could add a few more skills to the list.
I decided to post this as a companion to my post on trade goods. Thinking about trade goods is an interesting speculation and there is certainly some value in trying to preserve the abundance available to us for the benefit of future generations, but skills are a solid investment not a gamble. It's well worth considering how many you have, or could easily acquire, or are interested enough to master.
I count #1 Organic gardening and seed saving #2 Food processing and Preservation as skills I have. Although I'm still a newbie seed saver. #8. Basic First Aid and Natural Medicine is one I could brush up on and could be reasonable skilled though not expert by any means. I used to have a first aid ticket and I have always done herbal home health care.
I'd love to hear comments on skills you have or ones you think should be added to the list.
