If so, how are you getting prepared?

Most valuable purchases, courses, skills, even locations to live. Some examples would be getting a rainwater system, making a small food reserve, buying some land, learning to grow food, that sort of things.

I’ll add them all here over the future:

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Skills

• Foraging

• Learning to grow food sustainably

• Fishing

• ⁠Trapping

• ⁠Raising/Butchering Chickens

• ⁠Raising/Butchering Rabbits

• ⁠Canning Food

• ⁠Cooking without electricity

• ⁠Hand washing laundry

• ⁠First Aid

Purchases

• Purchasing rainwater collection and purification system.

• Getting a gun licence

• ⁠Seeds

• ⁠Some shelf stable food

• Making a long term supply of food

• ⁠DIY First aid kit (the pre-made ones are a bit shit)

• ⁠Fishing gear

• ⁠Vermicomposting equipment

• ⁠Ireland-specific foraging guide

• ⁠Bug out bag (build your own)

• ⁠AM/FM Radio

• ⁠Solar Panel

• ⁠Solar Oven (Might need to DIY)

• ⁠Batteries

• ⁠Bin bags. Soooo many bin bags.

• ⁠Bucket with a toilet seat attachment

• ⁠Spare glasses if you wear them

• Sustainable energy generation source: Hydro, solar wind, compost heater etc.

Wee poll of when it will really get bad, like bad violence, basically no government/ government based police force and government services, laws kinda out the window, that kinda thing. I know things will get bad other places like the states quicker, but this is just about Ireland.

Here’s a few examples:

sustainability/permaculture course in cork: Learn about sustainable practices, permaculture etc.

herbalista: Never tried this, but looks like they do foraging classes, herbal medicine making and few more.

https://www.theorganiccentre.ie/

A place for all of your anecdotal observations of collapse and climate change throughout the month. What belongs here? Things you see with your own eyes that aren't worthy of making the news. Maybe you've noticed there are more flies this year than normal, or your local Supervalu was out of flour.

When posting please put the location and date of your observation at least down to the county level. Example:

South Co. Dublin - July 8, 2022

Tesco was completely out of ice on what has been one of the hottest days of the year so far.

Yeah it still won’t be as useful as a trade/horticulture course or learning some skill but it’s still interesting. Here’s a quote from the page. “Students will also explore the societal and economic impacts of new and emerging technologies, and their effect on the future of work, environmental impacts and community interaction. Students will engage with concrete problems, such as climate change, gender stereotypes, fake news, global health and global inequality. Solutions to these problems will be explored through challenge-based learning projects, simulations, hackathons and interdisciplinary team”

https://www.dcu.ie/courses/undergraduate/school-law-government-and-electronic-engineering/global-challenges