[Cob] Surviving & building the future-When Technology Fails, A Manual For Self Reliance

[Ocean Liff-Anderson]

Greetings Charmaine,

We are so glad you weren't severely injured or killed!

Blessings and quick healing to you this Christmas season.

Ocean Liff-Anderson
FireWorks Restaurant
http://fireworksvenue.com
Ahimsa Sanctuary
http://peacemaking.org



On Dec 24, 2009, at 2:54 PM, Charmaine Taylor wrote:

> Cheerful greetings!   I found a  big book online to download, plus
> others you can search for at this FREE site.       www.slideshare.net
>    where people upload their books and presentations.  this one below
> is 400 pages on    "homesteading & self reliance" everything from
> spider bites to extending harvest in cold climates.   my little 'gift'
> to you all.
>
> I will write this once, on Christmas eve, I hope no one minds, but I
> am happy to be alive today to send it.
>
> While driving for Christmas at friend's  on Friday night  I was struck
>  in a head on collision that completely totaled my Subaru Forester,
> and I  was able to walk  away alive  at the scene.
>
>  Of course I can't drive now for a while, and need to recover from the
> impact shock and   injuries.
>
> So,  PLEASE always wear your seat belt, and if you can choose a safer
> car  next time you need one, please DO..
>
> The ONLY reason I am alive now is  my 7 year old  Subaru took the
> impact of the head on- estimated at 100+ mph blow. The  guy in a truck
> at fault (impatiently trying to pass  a slower car, into my lane on a
> two lane road)    made it too, and my car protected me.
>
> So I feel blessed to share this-- and I want to OFFER  all of you the
> two free books I am giving to customers, just email me and I will send
> you the link to download Earthbag Building  tools & tips by Kaki
> Hunter,  $29 and Appropriate Building Materials from the UK- $33..
> see them  here:  http://www.dirtcheapbuilder.com/adandearbuil.html
>
> Charmaine Taylor- really ready to retire now!
> RETIRING on JAN 15  from the bookstore-
> visit for 2 FREE books (pdf) with any order!
> www.dirtcheapbuilder.com
>
>
> When Technology Fails, A Manual For Self Reliance
>
> http://www.slideshare.net/mrhempAThotmailDOTcom/stein-matthew-when- 
> technology-fails-a-manual-for-self-reliance-amp-planetary- 
> survival-2000
>
> ALSO    Ralph waldo Emerson   - self reliance
> http://www.slideshare.net/mumphrey/excerpt-emersons-self-reliance- 
> presentation
>
>   Table of Contents I An Introduction to Self-Reliance I Flint and
> Steel • Starting a Fire with
> Bow and Drill • Starting a Fire with a Hand Drill • An Uncertain
> Future I Starting a Fire with a
> Fire Plough Why This Book 2 Food 57
> Preindustrial Self-Sufficiency 3
> Basic Guidelines •
> Plants • Insects, Grubs, and Old-Fashioned Self-Reliance and Modern
> Worms Sustainable
> Technology 4 Shelter 59 References 5 Location • Squirrel's Nest •
> Building on Fallen Trunks
> and Trees • Scout Pits and Coal Beds • II Present Trends, Possible
> Futures Snow Shelters 7
> Emergency Snow Shoes
> 61 Current Trends
> 7 Cordage
> 62 Sustainability and Limits to Growth
> Recommended Plant Fibers • Fiber Test • Preparing Oil Reserves 9
> Fibers • Spinning Fibers
> into Cord • Splicing Water and Food IO Simple Tools 64 What about the
> Weather? IO
> Discoidal Stone Knives • Bone Tools Systems Modeling and Systems
> Response References &
> Resources 66 Earthquakes and Volcanoes i8 Prophecies 20 V Water 7°
> What Can I Do? 21
> Water Requirements 7° Planning for the Future 22 Stocking Up for
> Emergencies 7° The
> Hundredth Monkey Phenomenon • Guidelines for Coping with Disaster 71
> Effective Action 2 5
> Water Pollution 71 References & Resources Types of Contamination III
> Supplies & Preparation
> Disinfecting Your Water 74 31 Are You Prepared? Heat Sterilization •
> Portable Water Filters •
> My 3l Filter Recommendations • Chemical Planning for the Short Term 32
> Sterilization Short-
> Term Preparedness Checklist • 72-Hour Preserving Water by Using Silver
> 80 Survival Kits •
> First Aid Kits • Earthquake Using Silver to Preserve Water Precautions
> • A Short-Term Survival
> Manual Treating and Finding Water the Low-Tech Way 80 Longer-Term
> Planning and Storage
> 35 Treating Water • Finding Water • Wells Basic Supplies and Portable
> Equipment • Protecting
> Your Water Source 86 Calculating a Year's Food Supply • Storage Tips •
> Modern Water
> Treatment 87 Dry Ice Fumigation • Vacuum Packaging • Chlorine  
> Treatment • Ozone
> Treatment • Shelf Life Guide Activated Carbon Filtration • Reverse
> Osmosis • Notes on
> Camping Gear 40 Distillation Tents • Clothing • Sleeping Bags •
> Insulating References &
> Camping Gear 40 Distillation Tents • Clothing • Sleeping Bags •
> Insulating References &
> Resources 89 Sleeping Mats • Backpacks • Stoves • Cookware • Footgear
> 42 VI Food:
> Growing, Foraging, Hunting Planning for the Long-Term Future 43 &
> Storing 91 References &
> Resources World Population and Food Supply 91 IV Emergency Measures
> for Survival 46
> Agricultural Productivity • Irrigation Gains and Survival Strategies
> 46 Losses • Soil Health and
> Soil Losses • Basic Strategies • Compact Survival Kit Sustainable
> Agriculture Developing a
> Survivor Personality 50 "Grow Biointensive" 97 Typical Survivor
> Personality Traits • Intuition: A
> Double-Dug, Raised Beds • Intensive Planting • Survivor's Powerful
> Ally Composting •
> Companion Planting • Whole Water Gardening • Seed Propagation •  
> Pest Control •
> Requirements • Recommended Emergency Extending the Harvest in Cold
> Climates Measures
> • Dehydration • Conserving Water Sprouting: Your Own Minigarden on a
> Fire 53 Windowsill
> 105 Starting a Fire with Matches • Starting a Fire with The  
> Sprouting Process
> 6. Foraging for Food 107 Symptoms • Treatment for Shock Brief Guide to
> Wild Edible Foods •
> Poisonous Fractures and Dislocations i87 Plants to Avoid General
> Guidelines for Treating
> Dislocations and Preserving and Storing Food Fractures • Special
> Precautions for Fractures •
> Root Cellars and Other Cold Storage • "5 Reducing Dislocations •
> Sprains and Strains Drying
> and Smoking Food • Bites and Stings 191 Preserving Meat Animal Bites •
> Snake Bites •
> Spider Bites • Tick Dairy, Tofu, and Tempeh 117 Bites • Stings Making
> Butter • Ghee • Yogurt
> • Cheese • Making Eyes 192 Rennet for Cheese First Aid for Foreign
> Object in Eye Raising
> Animals 120 Moving Injured People 193 Hunting and Trapping 121
> Clothing Drag for Single
> Rescuer • Multi-Helper Bow and Arrow • Traps • Skinning and Cleaning
> "Stretcher" Rescue •
> One- and Two-Person Fishing 125 Carries Angling • Catching Fish by
> Hand • Spearing Fish •
> Emergency Childbirth i97 Fishing with Nets Signs of Impending Delivery
> • Stages of Labor •
> References & Resources 128 Emergency Childbirth Supplies • Delivery •
> After Delivery VII
> Shelter & Buildings i31 References Green Buildings i31 Rammed Earth
> 139 IX Low-Tech
> Medicine & Healing 202 The Process • Soils • Moisture Test • The Forms
> • The Holistic Health
> Movement 203 Wall Systems • Windows and Doors The Low-Tech Medicine  
> Cabinet 203
> Adobe H5 The Essence of Healing 207 Modern Adobe Methods • Adobe  
> Blocks • Adobe
> Genetics and Cellular Growth • Body Energy Walls • Adobe Roofs
> Colloidal Silver 208 Cast
> Earth H9 Healing with Herbs Straw Bales H9 Types of Herbal
> Preparations • Powerful Herbal
> In-Fill (Non-Load-Bearing) Straw Bale Combinations for Better Health •
> Caisse's Tea
> Construction • Load-Bearing Straw Bale (Essiac) • Jason Winters'
> Herbal Tea • Dr.
> Construction • Finishing Straw Bale Walls Clark's Herbal Parasite
> Cleanse • Kidney Building
> with Insulated Concrete Forms 153 Cleanse • Liver Cleanse Pumice-Crete
> Detoxification
> Passive Solar Design Naturopathic Healing • Fasting Passive Solar
> "Rules of Thumb" • James
> Supplements and Food 223 Kachadorian's Patented Solar Slab Homeopathy
> 224 Traditional
> Low-Tech Structures i58 The Origins of Homeopathy • Homeopathic Log
> Cabins • Timber
> Frame Construction • Tipis, "Potencies" • Effectiveness of Homeopathy
> • Yurts, Wickiups,
> and Wigwams Homeopathy Practices Earthquake Resistance i65 227 Healing
> with Energy
> Improving Earthquake Resistance The Power of Prayer 228 References &
> Resources 167 230
> Shamanic Healing Hypnosis for Pain Control and Healing 231 VIII
> First Aid 1 j6 Fractional
> Relaxation Induction • Hypnotic Initial Evaluation IJ6 Suggestion •
> Awakening Technique 2
> Survey the Scene • Consent and Liability Visualization and Mind-Body
> Healing 35 ABCs of
> First Aid 177 General Guidelines • Visualization for Mending a
> Treatment Priority •
> Unconscious Victim Broken Bone • Egyptian Healing Visualization Some
> Notes on Death and
> Dying 236 CPR 180 References & Resources 257 Survey for Injuries and
> Control Bleeding 181
> Pressure Points • Tourniquets Wounds 183 X Clothing & Textiles 25I
> Abrasions • Incisions •
> Puncture Wounds • Fiber Arts 2 5I Abdominal Wounds • Head Wounds •
> Chest Preparing
> Fibers • Sustainable Fibers • Spinning • Wounds Weaving • Knitting and
> Crocheting Choking
> Furs and Skins 258 Heimlich Maneuver Brain Tanning Overview • Dealing
> with Furs •
> Bandages and Dressings Bark Tanning Leather Patterns and
> Custom-Tailored Clothing 267
>
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