How to

The library tells you what to do and why. These pages tell you how to actually do it.

• Water 15 of 15Filtering, storing, treating and finding water when the tap stops.
• Fire, heat and cooking 17 of 17Making fire without matches, and cooking and heating on very little fuel.
• Growing, foraging and keeping 19 of 19Producing food: the bed, the coop, the hive, the hedgerow.
• Preserving food 17 of 17Making a glut last, without making anyone ill.
• Medical and health 28 of 28What you can genuinely do at home, and where the ceiling honestly is.
• Sanitation and hygiene 9 of 9Waste, washing and pests, when nothing is being collected.
• Energy and power 9 of 9Small electrical systems, safely, and the fires they start when done wrong.
• Shelter and home systems 11 of 11Keeping the building watertight, warm and hard to get into.
• Making and mending 18 of 18Repair first, then the crafts that only matter if this runs long.
• Navigation, comms and mobility 12 of 12Knowing where you are, reaching people, and moving safely.
• Security, mindset and training 9 of 9The drills. A plan you have never rehearsed is a guess.
• Documents, money and the hard things 10 of 10Paperwork, cash, caches, and the conversations nobody wants to have.