Breaking Away From The Herd

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Join the local Living Movement!

Discover the power of living locally, reclaiming autonomy, and Fostering community resilience.

Local Living

Discover countless ways to move beyond this 'system of living.' LOCAL living is our main focus, beginning with raising awareness, providing education, and engaging in personal daily practices, including food production and energy harvesting! We must build sustainable and resilient local economies and communities... IMMEDIATELY... yes, starting here and now across the globe! Together, we can dismantle this civilization, along with its harmful consequences and the needless suffering affecting all forms of life... WE have the power to make it happen right here and right now! 

HERE is where you begin to make life better for ALL LIFE...

Here is where you... Break Away from The Herd   - General Areas and 100 ways to start are listed below!

  • Awareness and Education

  • Host Community Workshops: Teach skills like gardening, permaculture, sustainable building, and energy conservation.

  • Create Local Awareness Campaigns: Use posters, social media, and community meetings to educate about the benefits of local living and sustainability.

  • Start a Knowledge Exchange: Create a community library or skill-sharing program where people can teach and learn from one another.

  • Personal Daily Actives 

  • Reduce Waste: Compost organic waste, reduce single-use plastics, and repurpose items instead of discarding them.

  • Embrace Minimalism: Focus on living with fewer, higher-quality, locally-sourced goods.

  • Support Local Makers: Purchase goods and services from local artisans, businesses, and tradespeople.

  • Food Sustainability 

  • Grow Your Own Food: Start home gardens or community gardens with an emphasis on seasonal, organic crops.

  • Support Local Farmers: Shop at farmers' markets or join Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs.

  • Promote Seed Saving: Encourage the exchange and preservation of heirloom seeds to maintain biodiversity.

  • Eat Seasonally and Locally: Reduce the carbon footprint of food transport by focusing on local harvests.

  • Energy and Resource Harvesting 

  • Adopt Renewable Energy: Install solar panels, wind turbines, or micro-hydro systems where feasible.

  • Use Efficient Appliances: Replace old, energy-hungry devices with more sustainable alternatives.

  • Community Power Projects: Pool resources to create community-owned renewable energy systems.

  • Community Building

  • Time Banks: Establish systems where people exchange skills and services without using money

  • Collective Spaces: Create community centers where people can share tools, host events, and collaborate.  

  • Barter Systems: Encourage trading goods and services to reduce dependency on centralized economies. 

  • Community Emergency Plans: Develop self-Reliant plans for food, water, and shelter in times of crisis.  

  • Sustainable Infrastructure

  • Build with Sustainable Materials: Encourage eco-friendly construction, such as cob, straw bale, or recycled materials.
     
    Water Conservation: Promote rainwater harvesting and grey water reuse.

    Public Transportation: Advocate for and use local, eco-friendly transportation options. 

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  • Here’s a list of 100 actionable tasks to help Americans build a self-sustaining, autonomous community, fostering local economic strength and independence from state and federal systems.

    Local Economy & Trade

    1. Buy from local farmers, craftsmen, and businesses.

    2. Start a barter system for goods and services.

    3. Create a local currency or trade credits.

    4. Support worker cooperatives instead of corporations.

    5. Open a community-run general store.

    6. Grow and trade medicinal herbs.

    7. Establish a local food co-op.

    8. Sell homemade or handmade products at local markets.

    9. Support and invest in local renewable energy companies.

    10. Develop a community-based lending system.

    Food & Agriculture

    1. Grow your own fruits and vegetables.

    2. Learn and practice permaculture.

    3. Raise chickens, rabbits, or goats for food and trade.

    4. Plant food forests in unused spaces.

    5. Organize seed swaps to ensure biodiversity.

    6. Learn wild foraging to supplement food needs.

    7. Preserve food through canning, fermenting, and drying.

    8. Establish community gardens in empty lots.

    9. Ban or limit reliance on big agriculture products.

    10. Collect and store heirloom seeds for long-term use.

    Energy & Infrastructure

    1. Install solar panels or small wind turbines.

    2. Build rocket stoves or other efficient heating systems.

    3. Develop a local microgrid for electricity sharing.

    4. Construct rainwater collection systems.

    5. Implement greywater recycling systems.

    6. Transition to composting toilets.

    7. Use passive solar design for heating and cooling homes.

    8. Insulate homes with natural or recycled materials.

    9. Reduce dependence on fossil fuels with alternative energy.

    10. Start a community biofuel program using waste oil.

    Housing & Shelter

    1. Learn and practice earthbag, cob, or strawbale building.

    2. Establish co-housing communities for shared resources.

    3. Convert abandoned buildings into housing or resource centers.

    4. Develop mobile tiny homes for off-grid living.

    5. Use salvage materials to construct sustainable homes.

    6. Build root cellars for natural refrigeration.

    7. Install rocket mass heaters for efficient heating.

    8. Teach home repair and DIY construction skills.

    9. Transition away from corporate building materials.

    10. Limit reliance on banks for mortgages—use peer financing.

    Health & Well-being

    1. Grow medicinal herbs and learn natural remedies.

    2. Support or start independent holistic health clinics.

    3. Learn emergency first aid and herbal medicine.

    4. Encourage alternative and preventative healthcare.

    5. Avoid reliance on corporate healthcare systems.

    6. Create a local emergency response network.

    7. Promote exercise and manual labor over sedentary lifestyles.

    8. Educate about food-based healing.

    9. Start a community apothecary for natural medicine.

    10. Limit processed foods and pharmaceuticals.

    Water & Waste Management

    1. Dig wells or install community water collection systems.

    2. Establish water filtration systems using natural methods.

    3. Ban bottled water and use sustainable alternatives.

    4. Develop a community composting system.

    5. Stop buying single-use plastics.

    6. Reuse and repurpose materials instead of throwing them away.

    7. Set up a local recycling and upcycling center.

    8. Develop biogas systems for energy from waste.

    9. Implement zero-waste practices in households.

    10. Teach DIY water purification techniques.

    Education & Skills

    1. Establish independent schools or homeschooling networks.

    2. Teach self-sufficiency skills like carpentry, sewing, and blacksmithing.

    3. Host skill-sharing workshops in the community.

    4. Stop relying on mainstream media—support independent journalism.

    5. Learn and teach survival skills, including fire-making and navigation.

    6. Read books on self-reliance, local governance, and sustainable living.

    7. Develop apprenticeship programs for trades and crafts.

    8. Learn a new language, especially useful for trade.

    9. Teach children about real history and civic independence.

    10. Limit or eliminate reliance on public education institutions.

    Community Organization & Governance

    1. Form a town or village council independent of state oversight.

    2. Hold regular meetings to discuss community needs and progress.

    3. Develop a local conflict-resolution system outside of the legal system.

    4. Draft a community charter that outlines independence goals.

    5. Create a self-defense and security team.

    6. Establish a local judicial or mediation system.

    7. Refuse unnecessary state and federal grants that create dependency.

    8. Work towards self-policing rather than state-controlled law enforcement.

    9. Limit interaction with state agencies unless absolutely necessary.

    10. Promote decentralization at all levels.

    Technology & Communications

    1. Develop local internet networks using mesh technology.

    2. Use encrypted communication methods.

    3. Avoid reliance on corporate social media for community discussions.

    4. Build a community library with printed books.

    5. Learn basic electronics repair and maintenance.

    6. Host local radio or podcasting for news and information.

    7. Create a community intranet for secure local communication.

    8. Limit reliance on big-tech cloud services for data storage.

    9. Use open-source software instead of corporate-controlled programs.

    10. Develop a local news publication independent of mainstream media.

    Legal & Financial Independence

    1. Avoid unnecessary debts and credit reliance.

    2. Use cryptocurrency or other alternative financial systems.

    3. Set up community land trusts to keep land within local control.

    4. Develop alternative dispute resolution outside the court system.

    5. Learn the laws surrounding self-sufficiency and autonomy.

    6. Avoid state-backed welfare programs by creating mutual aid networks.

    7. Set up local insurance pools instead of using major insurance companies.

    8. Limit or eliminate reliance on state and federal funding.

    9. Support only local and regional businesses for essential needs.

    10. Work towards complete independence from state and federal taxation.

    This list provides actionable steps to build a self-reliant, locally driven economy and society—one that no longer needs to rely on the systems that control and exploit communities. By implementing these changes, small groups of people can gradually disconnect from centralized power and create a thriving, autonomous community.

    Which areas do you want to focus on first?

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