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"Most people in our country, and apparently most people in the "developed"
world, have given proxies to the corporations to produce and provide all of their food,
clothing, and shelter. Moreover, they are rapidly giving proxies to corporations or
governments to provide entertainment, education, child care, care of the sick and the
elderly, and many other kinds of "service" that once were carried on informally
and inexpensively by individuals or households or communities."
-- Wendell Berry in
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"You don't need all
the baggage from left, right or whatever. You just need to get free, do for yourself, and
work with others."
This site promotes local self-sufficiency, community survival,
practical skills, and simple, sustainable living. There are hundreds of other places
for political activism, but this is not the place. This is not about changing
society but avoiding the high cost of conforming to it. It's not about making
everybody agree with us, but using the freedoms and resources we still have to be more
independent. It's not about gaining power but freeing ourselves from it.
Compiled here you find extensive links & online resources for
independent-minded people of all types, family farmers, rural merchants, for two and
three job families, retirees and youngsters who can't make ends meet, and those who just
don't want the rat race. One realistic option is rebuilding in rural communities
where practical skills and knowledge can provide a livelihood and sustainable lifestyle.
"To forget how to dig the earth and tend the soil is to forget
ourselves."
... Gandhi
 simple living skills &
knowledge |
 Here are the most practical resources for cutting costs, living
better, do-it-yourself, value-added products & self-employment 
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be, once again, a nation of self-reliant farmers, craftsmen, hunters, ranchers and
artists, then the rich would have little power to dominate others. Neither to serve nor
rule: That was the American dream," Ed Abbey wrote in his journal.
From Earth Could Use Friends Like Abbey, John Balzar in |
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| sustainable agriculture |
 Links here cover community supported agriculture (CSA), food
storage and cooking, alternative crops for profitable family farms, gardening, compost,
soil, Biodynamic, small livestock, water and irrigation, fertilizer, greenhousing, and
much more.
"Sustainable agriculture is creating a farm that your children will want"
says Joel Salatin, a 3rd generation organic livestock farmer, SARE 2000 conference
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| food plants |
 Many souces on production for just about every species that can be
home grown or marketed locally, from amaranth to winter squash. Most advisories are geared
to US conditions & markets unless noted otherwise. This does not include
large-scale commercial field crops but does include some oil, fiber, and biofuel
resources.
See also Food Publications
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| sustainable building |
 These resources cover almost all
approaches to building for human shelter, passive solar, earth materials and methods,
concrete, stone, straw, timber, cordwood, recycled materials, rainwater collection,
greywater, constructed wetlands, wells, waste systems, solar and wind power, masonry
heaters and ovens, toxic materials, building codes, building publications, and more.
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| local resources by states |
 What can you find close to where you live? This is a
listing of links by US states along with other regional resources in the US, Canada, and
worldwide.
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| community self-sufficiency |
 These links focus on the "how to" and the "why" for
strengthening local networking and local production for local consumption. From food
production to retailing, to bypass the costs and disadvantages of depending on the
infrastructure and national economy.
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"People are
trying to find ways to shorten the distance between producers and consumers, to make the
connections between the two more direct, and to make this local economic activity a
benefit to the local community. They are trying to learn to use the consumer economies of
local towns and cities to preserve the livelihoods of local farm families and farm
communities. They want to use the local economy to give consumers an influence over the
kind and quality of their food, and to preserve and enhance the local landscapes. They
want to give everybody in the local community a direct, long-term interest in the
prosperity, health, and beauty of their homeland."
-- Wendell Berry in |
| getting free |
 Here
we link to useful sources for personal freedom and simple living, beaking the
employee-consumer-debt cycle. Not get rich schemes, noncommercial.
"I must create my own
System, or be enslaved by another Man's. I will not Reason and Compare - my business
is to Create!" - William Blake
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| family freedom, natural
health, & survival |
 Here we link to many of the best resources on homeschooling, home health
care, vaccine problems, freedom in childbirth, toxics and health, tools, and emergency
preparedness
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 natural
affinity areas instead of artificial state boundaries
A BIG PAGE - OUR OWN links to locally focused organizations -
pick any state
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"The real argument against aristocracy is that it always means the rule
of the ignorant. For the most dangerous of all forms of ignorance is ignorance of
work." -
"Our society is so abnormal that the normal man never dreams of having
the normal occupation of looking after his own property. When he chooses a trade, he
chooses one of the ten thousand trades that involve looking after other people's
property."
-- G.K. Chesterton
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