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
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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