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Is there a good collection of survival knowledge compiled somewhere? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Zuberi@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I'm looking for a wide variety of topics. Feel free to call me crazy :)! But I would love any/all info regarding the following:

Self-sufficient farming and gardening techniques
Solar power installation and maintenance
Water collection and filtration methods
Off-grid food preservation options (canning, fermenting, dehydration)
Constructing and maintaining off-grid shelters (tiny homes, yurts, earthships)
Sustainable waste management practices
Home remedies and natural medicine for common ailments
Wild foraging and hunting skills
Basic wilderness survival skills (fire building, shelter construction, navigation)
Off-grid communication methods (shortwave radios, Morse code)
DIY appliances and tools for off-grid living
Sustainable living practices (permaculture, composting, recycling)
Essential off-grid kitchen equipment and cooking techniques
Emergency preparedness and disaster management
Financial planning and budgeting for off-grid living.

Please feel free to include any topics along those lines. I'm sure if you've read to this point you get where I'm going.

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[–] gears@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Download Wikipedia and put it on a USB drive. Then buy a portable solar panel so you can charge some electronic device to view the wiki. There's a lot of farming, gathering, hunting, etc knowledge on Wikipedia.

The text only download is way smaller than the media download, but the media may be worth it for identifying plants.

[–] thru_dangers_untold@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

For anyone curious, here's a link to all the different downloadable versions of wikipedia: https://wiki.kiwix.org/wiki/Content_in_all_languages

The English "all maxi" version is just over 100 GB, updated Aug 2023