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New March 17, 2009: What to do in an extreme civil emergency. PDF version. This flyer is customized for Oklahoma City. Here is a rich text version that you can edit to customize the flyer for your own local situation, wherever you are. RTF version
July 9, 2008: How to make a hectographic duplicator. HTML | PDF
Hectographic copying has a long history of utilization in extreme situations such as prisoner of war camps, the Soviet gulag, and in civilian societies under
tyrannical governments or foreign occupation. It does not need electricity and the materials are commonly available.
For much greater detail about my plans for adapting my "urban homestead" to meet the looming challenges of peak oil, climate instability, and economic irrationality, see Gatewood Urban Homestead, the permaculture design for my home.
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Printable flyers for promoting frugal living
(Nov 2007): Managing Winter Energy Bills.
(Winter 2006-2007) For exceptional situations, including information on what to do in case of utility cut-offs or prolonged power outages during the winter, see Keeping warm in a winter emergency . htm file: Text
June 25, 2007: How to stay comfortable and safe in the hot summer
Saving money on energy in the winter HTML
Family Food Security HTML ..
Saving money on summer energy bills HTML ..
How to make your own snacks HTML
Easy, very tasty recipes made with typical emergency pantry groceries HTML ..
Printable Flyers for use during a big, long-lasting, fast-happening disaster. . .
The world is afflicted with unjust and irrational economic structures and faces multiple threats including resource exhaustion, climate change, and economic collapse.
An unsustainable system will not go on forever. Unless the stress is relieved and the system made sustainable, it will eventually collapse. We hope that a "soft landing" can be engineered for our currently unsustainable systems of economics and lifestyle, but just in case we are wrong. . . or you get stuck in a disaster in which help is delayed. . . or there's some sudden need to jump start a sustainable society real quickly. . .here is a selection of "printable flyers" we hope would be useful. Absent a collapse or destablized situation, they have more ideas about sustainable living and the importance of knowing and working with your neighbors which are useful for families and neighborhoods.. . Use your browser's back button to return to this page.
Cover Sheet - this makes a handy intro to the concept of "printable disaster flyers" and could be included as a first page in sets that you decide to go ahead and give away now. PDF version.
The Seven Habits of Personal, Family, and Community Resilience | PDF version
All of the flyers below, plus the summer and winter utility bill flyers, in PDF format.
Printable flyers were slightly revised, June 2008.
#1. Keeping warm in a winter weather emergency Text ...PDF
#2. Hygiene, Trash, Disposal of Human Wastes Text ...
#3. Food preparation and Safety Text .
#4. Water Purification Text
#5. Building community during a major disaster Text
#6. Disaster preparations on a limited budget Text
#7. Community food security projects during a major disaster Text
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