Our friend B made her own vegan ricotta (using Miyoko Schinner’s recipe) and put it on homemade pizzas! (She used the leftover pulp to make crackers.)
Making more of our own food is just one way to be more collapse resilient.
See the recipe: vegnews.com/recipes/wate...
Collapse isn’t a sudden event. It’s the breakdown of systems built on warmongering, capitalism, white supremacy & extraction. The ecological destruction, violence, political chaos & economic hardships are all connected. Resilience = rejecting those systems + creating new ones based on mutual care.
When crises arise, chaos & disorganization aren’t your friends. Periodically, we hit the thrift stores & Buy Nothing lists looking for storage bins. We don’t always know the exact use, but as we continue to organize our home for short- and long-term #CollapseResilience, we always find them useful.
Thanks for sharing your experience with it. Be prepared—“Talents” has some things happen that are hard to read about, but it’s well worth it. Let us know what you think once you’ve read it!
That’s a great tip! 🙏
Building #CollapseResilience means rethinking a lot of our systems & practices--including our addiction to animal agriculture. Read how centering animal products affects water availability for millions (& our wild kin): link.vox.com/view/66b40a6...
Then take steps to eat more plant-based meals.
There is no #CollapseResilience for humans without liberation for animals and the planet. We can't single-handedly control governments or corporations, but our choices and collective actions matter. Start today: do more good, less harm—for all beings. ✋🐾🌍💚
With most things we use—from toothpaste to brush our teeth, to ketchup on our potatoes—we use more than we need. Using a little less of everything you can not only saves money, but it helps you prepare for stretching out what you have in times of emergency/crisis. How have you practiced using less?
In many areas, now’s a great time to start seeds inside to prep for spring planting. Our friend E. has been starting loads of veggies, herbs, and flowers with her indoor growing system.
Are you starting seeds this year? What have you planted so far?🌱
Water shortages are escalating worldwide, which means taking steps to reduce water use (going plant-based is a great step), and finding ways to safely store water for drinking and for watering your food garden.
How have you been using less water? What water storage solutions are you exploring?
Capitalism is killing many of us; yet the system compels us to contribute to our own exploitation & destruction. Building community, mutual aid & alternative systems/practices are key to dismantling these destructive systems & creating a world founded on interspecies compassion & justice.
Whistles are gaining popularity as a rapid response tool. They’re also useful for bringing help if you or someone else is under threat; to guide rescuers to your location; or to call attention for other emergencies. I carry mine on my key chain. Get one today and gift them to your loved ones!✋🐾🌍💚
Octavia Butler’s must-read duology is as compelling as it is prescient. I was gut-punched reading it again recently & noting how many parallels there are w/ today (the book begins in 2024, when the US is unstable due to the climate crisis, wealth inequality, authoritarianism & corporate greed).
Eating plant-based, walking more, and using buy nothing groups are just a few ways we’ve reduced complexity in our everyday lives.
What ways are you building more resilience and mutual aid in your own life? ✋ 🐾 🌍 💚
Most of us have seen loved ones shut down when we mention collapse. But prepping, mutual aid & lifestyle shifts are becoming normal—and there are gentle ways to invite people in: ask how they’re feeling, share what’s helped you, start small (tools, skills, gardens), & tell hopeful community stories.
Building healthy soil is key, & veganic gardening (only plant-based inputs) is a vital strategy for growing food & building healthy soil & ecosystems. Anyone can garden veganically, & common materials such as leaves & chipped branch wood are fantastic for building healthy, happy garden soil.🧵
Scientists warn that we’re losing fertile soil so quickly due largely to unsustainable agricultural practices that more than 90% of Earth’s land surface could be degraded by 2050, exacerbating the growing food crisis and putting more human and animal lives at risk. 🧵
We’re planning several skill-building workshops for the year, including on triaging injuries, storing and purifying water, growing sprouts, dehydrating what you grow, and more. What workshops would you like to see us offer? Share below!
Growing our own food veganically builds resilience and resistance. If you're in the Portland, OR, USA, area, join us for our first event of the year to swap seeds and get tips for growing seeds and starts! 🧵
www.facebook.com/events/90804...
Harmful practices—from supporting white supremacy to eating animals to overconsuming—persist because most people do them. We’re social animals; we like to belong. But systems are upheld by individual choices. We can follow the crowd or start aligning our choices w/ the world we say we want. ✋ 🐾 🌍 💚
You plan to make it back to your kids, pets & home. But what if you don’t? Accidents, illness, even being kidnapped off the street happen. Plan now: who cares for your family & home? Write it down. Prep for short- & long-term emergencies. Have backups—& be ready to help neighbors & loved ones.
🔥Emergencies can happen at any time: fires, extreme weather, organized violence. If you need to evacuate/escape quickly, you won’t have time to stop & fill your gas tank/charge your car. Keep your car fueled/charged at no lower than ¾ full & know the fueling/charging stations near you.
There are many great organizations in the Portland, OR, area working to help folks build #CollapseResilience, including @makewithpdx.bsky.social They offer in-person & virtual classes on useful topics, e.g. upcoming classes for creating a go-bag/building a stay-kit. 👉https://events.makewithpdx.com/
What examples of gathering people in and working toward liberation have you seen in your community?✋🐾🌍💚
Digital maps are great—until we don’t have access to them. Collect paper maps of your & surrounding regions (& get a road atlas of your country) in case you need to evacuate or escape to a safer area & grids/Wi-Fi are down.
Most US states will mail you a free road map.✋🐾🌍💚
#CollapseResilience
@haymarketbooks.org is giving away 3 terrific ebooks about migrant justice and border abolition; they're also offering discounts on several other terrific, relevant titles. Download and get to reading!✋🐾🌍💚
This is a must-watch. Learn more about your rights related to documenting fascist activities, how to reduce your risks, best practices, and more. Resistance is #CollapseResilience.✋🐾🌍💚
Humanity continues to make stupid, selfish, and dangerous choices. It's important that we work together to build interspecies communities founded on compassion, justice, cooperation, liberation, and resilience. We can start with our families and our neighborhoods.✋🐾🌍💚
Refusing to cooperate w/ systems that exploit people, animals & the planet only works if we simultaneously create alternatives that meet our individual & collective interspecies needs: mutual aid, community care, shared food, habitat protection, etc.
Resistance & reinvention go hand-in-hand. ✋🐾🌍💚
