Image shows a lawn sign that says: “Whatever you allow your government to do to others, they will eventually do to you.”
I walk by this sign almost daily. While we should fight for others’ rights (human & nonhuman) regardless of threats to ourselves, this sign's sentiment reminds us how quickly state-sanctioned oppression expands & why we must work collectively & urgently to dismantle all exploitation/subjection.
Image shows a list on a fridge that shows meals made and the date they were made, as well as some defrosted ingredients. Text says: Collapse Resilience Quick Tip: Track Your Fridge Food.
#CollapseResilience Quick Tip: whenever we make a batch meal, defrost something, or need to use up an ingredient quickly, we write the name of the item & the date we made/defrosted/bought it on a piece of paper we keep on the fridge.
Saves money, reduces food waste & increases food resilience!
Image shows a person’s hands wrapping another person’s arm in gauze. Text gives the details for the Disaster Triage workshop on May 2 at 2 pm in Portland, Oregon.
What can you do during a disaster when expert medical help isn’t readily available? In this in-person workshop, learn the basics of prioritizing injuries and starting early medical care for the most common injuries that can happen during a disaster.
👉Register: bit.ly/CRCDisasterT...
Image shows a smiling person standing in front of containers of sprouts and a laptop screen in a kitchen.
Image shows containers full of sprouts.
Image shows a plate with samples of sprouts.
Image shows people sitting around tables talking about sprouting.
Our recent sprouting workshop was a delightful success!
Workshop presenter Sue S. led us through the basics of sprouting, followed by a tasting. Sprouts sampled included clover, alfalfa, radish, lentils, and mung beans.
Have you tried sprouting? What's your favorite?
Image shows old-growth trees and a graphic of a tree branch. Text is a quote from Terry LePage: “Living with less is not a failure. It is a vital part of respecting the limits of the nonhuman world.”
Fundamentally transforming how we humans live on earth can initially feel scary, esp. since we’ve been trained to believe that “less” means sacrifice & suffering. But living w/in ecological & ethical limits actually brings great freedom, joy & connection.
How are you joyfully living w/ less?
Image shows flash drives. Text says: Collapse Resilience Challenge: Gather and Store Important Docs.
#CollapseResilience Challenge: Keep key documents (IDs, medical records, insurance, financial info, pet info, etc.) stored in both print + digital forms, in multiple safe places. Have them ready for when you need them. Search online for credible lists of what to store.✋ 🐾 🌍 💚
Jars of seeds
Redwood Seeds is hosting a free virtual Seed Saving workshop: Saturday, 4/18 at 1 pm PT. Register to "learn the basics of seed saving, including how to select, harvest, clean, and store seeds from open-pollinated, heirloom plants." See: www.facebook.com/events/15105...
Image shows old-growth trees and a graphic of a tree branch. Text is a quote by Shay Stewart-Bouley: “As long as our actions and events involve little in the way of personal risk and/or true disruption to the current systems, there is little chance of changing the course that the regime has set us upon.”
Taking meaningful action to fight fascism, the climate emergency, and all the other crises facing us is going to require us to embrace discomfort, sacrifice, and risk. And it will be a lot less scary and hard if we do it together.
Image shows a gardener using a watering can to water crops. Text says: Collapse Resilience Challenge: Pee on Your Garden.
Did you know you can use your own (diluted) urine as a powerful fertilizer for some of your garden plants? Our pee has nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorus & potassium. Read more from the Veganic Agriculture Network: goveganic.net/gardening-ho...
#CollapseResilience
Image shows a hand holding a water Sillcock key.
Here’s another handy tool for accessing water in an emergency: A Sillcock key allows you to access the handleless water faucets you can find on the outside of many commercial, industrial, and public buildings.
We have one in our car kit and one for our go-bag.
They’re inexpensive and useful.✋🐾🌍💚
Image shows old-growth trees and a graphic of a tree branch. Text is a quote from Timothee Parrique: “Anything that has been socially constructed can be socially deconstructed.”
#CollapseResilience means remembering: our economic, healthcare, food, transportation & other systems aren’t set in stone. They were built—and can be rebuilt.
We can choose cooperation, care, and community over profit + exploitation.
Let's start with our daily choices.✋ 🐾 🌍💚
Tasks include:
💊 Researching reputable lists, strategies & sources for responsibly stocking up
💊 Asking your doctor/vet for 60–90 day prescriptions
💊 Refilling on the earliest eligible date to build a buffer
💊 Buying extra OTC items you regularly use
💊 Having the most essential meds in a grab-and-go
Image shows two hands holding medications. Text says: Collapse Resilience Challenge: Stock Extra Meds for Your Whole Family
Stable access to essential medications is becoming more uncertain. Fascist policies strip away healthcare protections, and wars, climate chaos & corruption disrupt global supply chains.
This week’s #CollapseResilience Challenge: stock extra medications for yourself, your kids & your pets. 🧵 (1/2)
Image shows a storage bin full of packages of soy curls with two packages of soy curls in front.
Soy curls are a must for your deep pantry. They’re made from the whole soybean and are a good source of protein and fiber. And they’re versatile. We use them for sloppy joe’s, stir-frys, casseroles, stews, curries, and more.
What’s your favorite way to use soy curls?
#CollapseResilience
Image shows an old-growth forest with a graphic of a tree branch toward the top. The text is a quote by Hannah Arendt: “The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism.”
Fascists want us to believe empathy is weakness. But empathy is resistance + liberation. The US's foundation of capitalism, white supremacy, patriarchy, & speciesism normalizes cruelty. Let’s build multispecies communities of care + mutual aid as a strike against cruelty & domination. ✋🐾🌍💚
Image shows two 55-gallon water barrels, a 5-gallon water barrel, and a couple of 1-gallon jugs of water. Text says: Collapse Resilience Challenge: Store Extra Water.
Clean water is one of our most precious & vulnerable resources. As part of #CollapseResilience, start storing extra now:
✔️ Begin w/ a few food-safe gallon jugs.
✔️ Work up to larger containers (5, 15, 55 gal).
✔️ Store water wherever you can.
✔️Follow safety guidelines.
Share your water storage tips!
Image shows a container of sprouts. Text says: Spring (& Winter) Greens Sprouting Workshop, Saturday, April 11, 2026 at 2 pm.
Growing greens in winter can be a challenge, so get started on your sprouting adventure! Learn about sprouting nutritious alfalfa, radishes, mung beans, and more from long-time sprouter Sue Staehli. Workshop is in Portland, OR.
Register here: bit.ly/CRCSprouting...
Image is old-growth trees and a graphic of a tree branch. Text is a quote by Audre Lorde: “To refuse to participate in the shaping of our future is to give it up. Do not be misled into passivity either by false security (they don’t mean me) or by despair (there’s nothing we can do). Each of us must find our work and do it.”
When Audre Lorde wrote this, she was talking to Black people about their role in actively working for liberation. Her powerful words are relevant to all of us striving to defeat fasc1sm and build mutual aid and #CollapseResilience.
No one is coming to save us. It’s up to us.✋🐾🌍💚
👉 4. What skills and knowledge does my family currently have that’s useful for collapse resilience?
Can you cook? Construct things? Do first aid? Knit? Grow & preserve food? Maintain your bike? Mediate conflicts? Organize people?
Write down all the skills and relevant knowledge you can think of.
👉 3. How much time and money do I have to work with?
Reflect on how much time & money you have to dedicate to achieving your collapse resilience goals. Creating a timeline can be helpful.
Remember that there are creative ways to get some of the stuff you might need free or cheap.🧵
👉 2. What supplies and/or resources do I already have on hand that are useful for collapse resilience?
Consider what you’ll need for food, water, shelter, heating/cooling, cooking, power, special family (human & nonhuman) needs, first aid, transportation, etc. Make lists & include backups.🧵
👉 1. Where in my home is there space to store needed supplies? Where could I make additional space?
Consider closets, cupboards, garage, basement, attic, multi-purpose rooms, under beds, etc. Take a careful look around for extra & hidden spaces. Get creative. Consider areas to declutter. 🧵
Background image is world map. Foreground image is a person with a thoughtful expression looking up. Text says: 4 Questions to Help Assess Your Collapse Resilience. Other slides show a series of questions.
With the impacts of tariffs, war, and impending supply chain issues, it’s a good time to get a handle on where you are in your #CollapseResilience. ✋🐾🌍💚
🔥To get you started, here are four important questions to ask yourself.🧵
Image shows homemade vegan ricotta.
Image shows homemade vegan pizzas with vegan ricotta.
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...
Image shows an old-growth tree, with a line drawing of a tree branch on top. The text is a quote by Nafeez Ahmed: Collapse is not a singular event but a systemic transition where interlinked ecological, energy, economic, and political crises converge, leading to the unraveling of existing structures.
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.
Image shows storage bins inside a larger storage bin. Text says: Collapse Resilience Quick Tip: Stock Up on Storage Bins.
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! 🙏
Background image shows cows in a feedlot. Foreground image is a Vox pie chart showing what percentage (47%) of Colorado River water is used for growing feed for cows, as well as how the other uses are divided. Text says: About half of Colorado River water goes to growing feed for cows.
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.
