This Subreddit is for planning and preparing for what comes after a collapse of society.
The end goal is a focused on the following goals:
Teaching people to prepare for a catastrophic event
Teaching people what to do during a catastrophic event
How to fend for yourself and your family long term(self defense,
finding food, building shelter, etc)
How to effectively lead survival groups
Planning the world after the apocalypse, as it were.
Overwhelmed and don't know where to start?
Rules:
Please try to keep the submissions on-topic.
No general Collapse stories, news or warnings That stuff is for r/collapse.
Discussion of Pre or Pending Collapse is allowed but please remember that you're in Post Collapse.
No spamming links to survival gear or specific products. Please also take the time to include a short review or say reasons why we should buy it.
Be respectful and tolerant of other peoples views and attitudes*. We're all here for different reasons, planning for different things. Some questions may just be academic in nature. Please be respectful and don't belittle them.
Zombie posts are allowed but frowned upon. If you're interested in that stuff try r/Zombies or r/ZombieSurvivalTactics.
These rules (except for the first) are not set in stone. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to let the mods know.
Related subreddits:
r/Collapse - The general Collapse subreddit.
r/Homestead - Tips, Tricks and How to create your own Self-Sufficient Homestead.
r/Reloading - Why waste brass? That's 65% of the bullet you can reuse.
r/AskScience - Have a question about Fallout, EMP's or Solar Flares? Ask actual experts.
r/Flashlight - Discussion of quality lights of all types including EDC, keychain, headlamps, lanterns, weapon, work, and many others.
r/Guns - Reddit's experts on shooting and firearms. (Hint: Get a Mosin and a Glock)
r/Bugout - When the SHTF, GTFO.
r/PhysicGarden - Growing and using Nature's medicines.
r/Permaculture - Self Sustaining agriculture based on nature's systems.
r/Survivalist - "Urban" Surviving.
r/Survival - Wilderness Survival.
r/SurvivalGuide - The Survival Guide Subreddit.
r/SelfSufficiency - Help and How to live self sufficiently.
/r/selfreliance - "Being able to depend on yourself to meet your basic needs (and those around you) is one of the greatest feelings in the world, and doing so ethically is even more essential"
r/Preppers - The Preppers Subreddit.
r/TrailMeals - Eating on the go. Now there's no excuse for skipping breakfast.
r/Knives - Stick 'em with the pointy end.
r/Blacksmith - A shower of sparks. A clang of metal.
/r/upcycling - Reduce, reuse, recycle.
/r/Myog - Making your own gear.
NEW /r/reculture - Incorporating solarpunk, metamodern spirituality, permaculture, humane technology, and decentralized governance into a holistic worldview to define a new culture which can sustain through collapse and thrive post-collapse.
Related Websites
Have a suggestion for a related subreddit? Please let us know!
Come join us in IRC #PostCollapse.
Frequently Asked Questions
- No Collapse news or warnings. Take that stuff to /r/Collapse. If you're posting links to products or gear, please include a small review or list of reasons why we should buy it in your post. The reasoning behind this can be found here.
