The Functional Future
See summary parent article on short-term disaster resilience and prepping for other priorities. Storing Water Just thought this spoof on storing “dehydrated” water was pretty funny (see picture), although the source of the picture apparently took it seriously! In any case, the US Government recommends buying commercially purified water for storage, but they also provide […]
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Enlightenment is the elimination of suffering, not pain
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Aquaponic low nitrogen level solution. (Add more fish). As your plants mature they need more nitrogen. My test is to add more fish. Test Formula (More fish) = (more poop) = (more ammonia). (More ammonia passing through the biofilter) = (increased nitrogen levels).
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Some of Randy’s favorite links to survival/resilience information. A book to get you started When There is No Doctor (book) How to build DIY solar panels out of pop-cans 25 practical uses for duct tape
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Kennie D’s homemade biofilter for the Aquaponics system described in this post. Two videos here, one biofilter without aeration tube and one with aeration. Also, very cool explanation about the chemistry involved in turning ammonia (from fish excretions) to nitrites and then to nitrates for the plants. This one has no aeration. This one has
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Kennie D. shows us how he built an experimental, indoor aquaponics system for testing plant growth. If you want more information, comment below and Kennie D. will get back to you. Some misc. notes: See this post on home-made biofilter. White “tanks” where plants are resting are actually 4 x 4″ plastic fence posts
See summary parent article on short-term disaster resilience and prepping for other priorities. Financial resilience means financial diversification and is obviously a subset of resilience more generally. For a starter, download FEMA’s Emergency Financial First Aid Kit in which they discuss finding and safely storing documents, reviewing insurance policies, and a checklist to ensure you
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Our two boys were very excited to join the Cub/Boy Scouts. Because of their excitement and our desire as parents that they learn wilderness/outdoor/resilience skills, consistent with learning to thrive on one planet (see this brief post for the big picture of One Planet Thriving) that we urbanites couldn’t teach, we checked it out by
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Hopefully, we will gradually transition from the dysfunctional status quo to long-term thriving using the planet’s available resources (one planet thriving) through expert use of physical technologies (like alcohol, stirling engines, and rocket mass heaters) and social technologies. Storing food is part of preparing for relatively short-term disasters, one of 10 prepping priorities for short-term
