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Zusatztext While it's true I only have 10 of the 100 Skills You’ll Need for the End of the World (as We Know It) ! thanks to Ana Maria Spagna's cheerfully reassuring text and Brian Cronin's charmingly practical illustrations! I am confident I'll be able to handle any and all catastrophes our planet throws at me! — Susan Beth Pfeffer! author of Life As We Knew It / The Last Survivor series Move over! 50 Simple Things You Can Do to Save the Earth. In this trusty little volume! Ana Maria Spagna has created a handbook for how to be a better human: more self-sufficient! more cooperative and kind-hearted! more in tune with your surroundings. This is no mere primer on reskilling; it's a humor-infused exploration of how to live more lightly on the planet while getting in touch with your more virtuous self. — Jennifer Sahn! editor of Orion magazine Informationen zum Autor Ana Maria Spagna lives and writes in Stehekin, Washington, a remote community in the North Cascades. She’s the author of 100 Skills You'll Need for the End of the World (as We Know It), and after 15 years working on backcountry trail crews, she now teaches creative nonfiction in the Whidbey Writers Workshop low-residency MFA program. Her writing on nature, work, and life in a small community appears regularly in Orion, High Country News, Mountain Gazette, Oregon Quarterly, and elsewhere. Klappentext ARE YOU READY? Whether you're prepping for a shipwreck, economic collapse, a zombie attack, or catastrophic climate change, Ana Maria Spagna has you covered with her quirky collection of essential skills for a brave new world -- from blacksmithing and falconry to bartering and music making. Vorwort This clever, illustrated handbook offers up a collection of the most valuable skills you’ll need to survive and help rebuild a community after the world as we know it has ended. Zusammenfassung This clever, illustrated handbook offers up a collection of the most valuable skills you’ll need to survive and help rebuild a community after the world as we know it has ended. Inhaltsverzeichnis Future tenseAnimal HusbandryBarberingBarteringBasic First AidBeekeepingBicycle RepairBird ListeningBlacksmithingBorrowing & LendingBriningButcheringCairn BuildingCanningCapturing EnergyCarvingCheesemakingChild RearingChimney CleaningCloud ReadingCobblingCompostingConversingCutleringDaydreamingDental HealthDisposing of TrashDowsingDry FarmingFalconryFence BuildingFinancial LiteracyFinding Your WayFire FightingFire MakingFletchingForaging LocallyForaging MedicinalsForaging WeedsFrugalityGleaningGlidingGraffitiGraftingGrowing RuralGrowing UrbanHandwritingHidingHoardingHomebrewingHome ChildbirthHorse & Mule HandlingHouseguest HostingHuntingIdentifying MushroomsInk MakingKnittingKnot TyingLatin NamesLatrine DiggingLaughingListeningMemorizingMendingMusic MakingNegotiatingPatchingPlanting NativesPlanting TreesPorch SittingPottery MakingReadingRevisingRiggingRowing & PaddlingSailingSeed CollectingSeed SavingSharpeningShelter BuildingSleepingSnowshoe CraftingSpinningSplicingSquattingStaying HomeStoneworkingStorytellingTailoringTanningTappingTendingTinkeringUsing LeverageWalkingWater CollectingWearing ClothesWeavingWeldingWheel BuildingWhittlingAcknowledgments...
