Planning, Prediction and Preparation Survey
This is a survey to fine-tune and expand the content of the next
In the Wake booklet, Planning, Predication and Preparation, currently
in progress. If you are interested in answering the questions, you
can email your answers to editorial at inthewake dot org. Please fill
in any questions you like, and ignore those you would rather not answer.
If you'd rather answer with complete anonymity, you can always use
an anonymous remailer like this
one in Italy.
If you are particularly interested in working on one section, or
if you have expertise in one area and would be willing to act as a
"consultant," please yet me know.
Thanks for your time.
About you:
If any of your comments are quoted or referred to, what name would
you like to be given credit under? Would you rather be credited anonymously?
If you prefer named credit, do you want me to contact you before associating
a name with any particular quote? What is the best way for me to contact
you?
What bioregion do you live in?
Where do you live right now? A city, a farm, etc?
Is there anything about your living situation now that you'd like
to share which might be of interest to folks reading this?
Introduction
The introduction of the booklet will offer background
information on the In the Wake project, and some of the project's
premises, as well as the purpose of this particular booklet.
Planning:
The planning section includes discussion on how
to plan for collapse in general terms, and help you to create your
general strategy for dealing with it.
This section will include:
- some signs of collapse, and what to watch for,
- a quick overview of the anatomy of the industrial infrastructure
and industrial interdependence,
- suggestions for finding and consolidating your community or cooperative,
and
- suggestions on talking about collapse with friends and family.
There will also be a large section on brainstorming for your general
strategy. It will include many questions to help jog discussion and
thought in different areas:
- Personal
- Landbase
- Community
- Infrastructural
- Population/Demographic
That discussion comes with a discussion about Exit Routes
-- the way that someone gets out of civilization to the situation
they want to be in, and not strictly in a physical or geographical
sense. (It could mean geographically going from a city to a farm,
it could mean getting together what you need to be relatively self-sufficient
in the community you are in now.)
There will also be a look at the pros and cons of urban vs.
rural locations, and a discussion about different community
considerations (size, hierarchy, etc.). Importantly, there
will be a section on collapse and people with disabilities.
Questions: Is there anything else you'd like to
see in this section?
Have you come up with an Exit Route or other general strategy for
the collapse? Would you like to talk about it? I'm especially interested
in the strategies that people have developed for various different
bioregions.
Do you have suggestions for people who are trying to find or consolidate
their community or cooperative, or for people who are trying to talk
about collapse with friends and family?
What do you think are some of the "warning signs" of collapse?
Prediction:
The prediction section is all about looking at how
collapse might play out, and different possible scenarios. It will
also look at opportunities offered by different scenarios and situations
to build communities.
There will be a discussion of applicable global trends,
and also a quick summary of the current Peak Oil
and energy situation. Some possible timelines will be laid out for
oil, gas and coal depletion, as well as for climate change.
This section will also include a quick overview of some historical
collapses, a look at the psychology of disasters
and survival, and an examination of the approach of those
in power to collapse.
There will be a discussion of various scenarios for collapse, including:
- a best case scenario
- several middle case scenarios ("business as usual",
and "very rapid collapse"), and
- worst case scenarios (nuclear war, and runaway greenhouse effect).
Questions: Is there anything else you would like
to see included in this section? Do you know of any good sources for
information about this?
How do you think collapse might play out? What are
some of the trends that you think are relevant?
What do you think are some of the opportunities for good change that
might come up?
Preparation:
In the first two sections, you develop your own general strategy
and vision for collapse. The preparation section
gets down to the practical and concrete ways that you can prepare,
in terms of learning skills and getting equipment, seeds or gear together.
It will also look at which skills and equipment are most important,
and where you can learn skills or find gear and seeds.
Thus far, the general skill topics covered include:
Key Skills and Checklists:
- Gardening and Seed Saving
- Wilderness and "Primitive" Skills
- Forest, Trees and Orchards
- "Exit Kits" / Disaster Preparation, including
- Stocking Up on Food
- Medical Supplies and First Aid
Mobility Skills and Gear Checklists:
- Walking and Hiking
- Bicycling
- Winter Travel: Skiing and Snowshoeing
- Water Travel
- Adaptation for People with Disabilities
General Equipment and related Skills:
- Firearm Selection and Firearm Safety
- Caching
- Clothing and Outerwear
- Tents and Quick Shelter
- Metalworking and Toolmaking
- Electrical Improvisation
- Building Materials
Questions: Are there additional topics you would
like to see covered in this section?
Do you have expertise, experience, or information that you'd like
to contribute to one of these topics?
Do you have an "exit kit" / "bug-out kit" / "grab-and-go
kit" or other prepacked emergency kit? What is in it?
Do you stock up or do other preparations? What sorts of preparations
do you do?
Bibliography
Are there any books or sources that you think just have
to be included in the recommended readings on any subject?
Concluding
Are there any particular areas that you'd be interested in proofreading
or offering comments on once that draft of that section is complete?
Thanks for your time.
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