Come learn some new skills, or share what you know!! The Sustainable Skills Society is a member-to-member skill-sharing collaboration. We are committed to living a simpler, more sustainable way of life which is more connected to our community and invested in the resilience of its members. Through a focus on a healthy balance of self-sufficiency and local reliance we imagine a more sustainable existence, at peace with each other, and in harmony with our environment. Our mission is to inspire e …

Economic hard times are coming: Let's get ready! We may not be able to stop job losses, bankrupt city & state budgets, cutbacks in essential government services, bank failures, worldwide economic collapse, civil unrest, power grid failures, increased severe weather occurrences or other natural and man-made disasters but we can have a back-up plan! The purpose of our group is to get people together to learn and practice basic and advanced survival skills, gardening, foraging, alternative energy …

The New England Trackers group was formed in 2003 to provide a gathering place for individuals with an interest in the natural world. We are dedicated to cultivating awareness and a deep appreciation for nature. We share and practice the skills that our ancestors used to survive in the world, a kind of ‘primitive technology’ that allowed them to live in balance and harmony with their environment, rather than dominate it. Many of our members have taken courses taught by Tom Brown, Jr. and the Tra …

Massachusetts Preppers is a group for people who feel there is a need to prepare for an event that will completely alter “life as we know it today”. This event can be, for example: a megaquake, economic collapse, global pandemic, a nuclear war, solar-flare-induced power failures, or an extreme oil crisis that leads to the unraveling of society. Whatever your reasons for prepping, we would like to hear it and how you are preparing for it. Let’s share information and become better prepared individ …

We are a community of foragers and friends gathering together and learning from each other in NY and NJ. Mission Our mission is to gather together as a community and have fun teaching, learning and practicing sustainable living through our wilderness adventures in our backyards and beyond. Our Motto is "Gather Together". We are fun, friendly, local, outdoors, sustainable, organic, wild, educational, teaching, healthy, healing, laughing, smiling, eating, creative, playful, nutritious and deli …

If the world as we know it ended. What would you do? Lets figure it out, and prepare for it together. All levels of interest and experience welcome.

This group is for anyone interested in learning more about Emergency Preparedness. What you can expect from any kind of survival situation, and how to protect/provide for yourself & family when circumstances arise. Always... "Be Prepared"! -Boy Scout Motto

Welcome to the Original Long Island Tactical Preppers: the original tactical prepping group. Like many other prepping groups, our primary goals are disaster preparedness and survival! However, we have added a tactical aspect to our prepping approach. As such, we place and elevated emphasis on defending our prepping efforts from those who would threaten our survival and the survival of those we are responsible for. We are looking for likeminded preppers to share their information and expertise in …

It is rather simple . . . what one knows, what one believes, what one feels, and what one needs all influence the way one lives. First Connection is a group dedicated to learning wilderness living skills, and furthermore, to ‘cross-pollinate’ this sacred knowledge among many people. Everyone is a teacher, and everyone is a learner, and our goal is to learn the Art of Self-Sufficiency. This is a gradual process, and we do not do this to shun the modern world, which has been a source of both pollu …

What we are about The Orange County NY Preppers Group is seeking members who wish to organize with us and prepare for possible major disasters that lay ahead. Optimally, we would like to organize a meet monthly to discuss how our group could survive and live beyond a major disaster.  All of us have the survival instinct, and learning together will enhance our chances of protecting our families and loved ones. Feel free to join our group if you know this group would suit your interest, and have …

Wyomanock Center was conceived to promote the ethos of sustainable living and environmental education. It will become a venue where people can learn about topics within the realm of sustainability, natural history and creative arts. This can be accomplished in many ways such as workshops, discussion groups, film screenings, camps and performance. Topics could include renewable energy, natural building, health and healing, primitive skills, nature study, to name a few.

This is a group for folks who love tea, who want to learn more about using herbs to be healthy, who want to be able to find their own herbs and make their own medicines, and who just love plants! We plan events that range from evening classes to plant walks to tea parties to wilderness weekends. Join us for classes and outings all about herbs and plant medicine - all with a tasty cup of tea, of course!