The term “Prepper” is often misunderstood. Most think of the “Extreme" or "Doomsday Preppers” as seen on T.V. A Prepper is anyone who wants to be or is prepared for an emergency/disaster. That might be a major earthquake, wild fire or other natural disaster.  It might be unemployment or a solar storm. It’s up to you to decide what your concern is and prepare for it.  Practicality has a place in prepping and we like to approach being prepared with a dose of pragmatism. NCPreppers is a group for A …

Ventura Skills, Training & Emergency Planning Network Are you interested in the art of self-reliance and being prepared for Southern California's common disaster scenarios, such as fires and earthquakes?  If so, check us out! We learn from each other and outside sources to better support ourselves, families, friends, neighbors, and community both in times of tranquility and during emergencies.  We keep our focus on building skills and not on discussing political or religious views.  We encourage …

This group is for those with a desire to live a more self-reliant life.  Knowing how to do things yourself can save lots of money, and serve your family during an emergency situation.  Now is the time to learn some new skills and get back to basics! Examples of skills that will be shared in this group are:  DIY laundry detergent and shampoo, frugal living, baking/cooking from scratch, canning, dehydrating, gardening, seed-saving, cheese-making, food storage, hand-mending, caring for backyard chi …

Survival, Preparedness, and Sustainable Living Organization. This group is design to help people be prepared for anything mother nature can through at us - specially being in earthquake prone California - to economic collapse to starting a new community to a coup d'etat. If you are just starting and need information or guidance, or if you are already a prepper that would like to share your skills with others we would like you to join us. “The aware and prepared … those understanding just how out …

Survival, Preparedness, and Sustainable Living organization for Palmdale and surrounding areas

At its heart, prepping is simply preparing for the future. And since there is no certainty of what that future may bring, we have created this preppers group for anyone interested in prepping for economic collapse and other catastrophic events. We are hoping for the best but are preparing for the worst. Our mission is to gain knowledge in self sufficiency, preparedness, safety, security in an unsafe world, You will learn about guns, ammo, training, food storage, gardening, tools, bug out bags an …

Survival, Preparedness and Sustainable Living organization for Temecula, Murrietta, and surrounding areas. This group is intended for every range of prepper imaginable, from the hardcore bunker dweller to the uneasy family people just trying to make sense of that weird feeling deep down in their guts! With prepping, just like in business, networking is important because no man is an island and in a SHTF scenario our strength will be eachother.

Hi! I'm Alan Halcon, former field Editor and Writer for Wilderness Way magazine (Now Defunct), owner of outdoorselfreliance.com and part owner of Dirttime.com. For many years, I've traveled the country teaching and training others in Outdoor Self-Reliance and Wilderness Survival skills. I've trained everyone from civilian, to scouts, to military personnel the skills they need to help keep them alive. Currently, I hold the world record at starting a fire by rubbing sticks together, so making fire …

The United States Civil Defense Association (USCDA) is a private organization and not a government entity and it exists to provide humanitarian aid, and disaster response and relief on behalf of the duly elected county sheriff's across America and help provide emergency relief where needed in his/her area of jurisdiction and to those citizens in need, which may also include search and rescue, safety, improved force protection, and all aspects of security. During manmade or natural disasters. USC …

The purpose of this group is to discover, explore and understand the natural resources existing in an urban environment. During the weekend I teach classes in what I call "Urban Outdoor Skills" and once a month, I take people on a donation-based hike/meeting to explore the city wilderness where we learn about wild edible food, the various uses of plants (medicinal, aromatic, etc...) and how to use nature to become more self-reliant. The hike/Meeting is very informal - we have a mix of experts an …

"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." — Robert Heinlein, Time Enough for Love

This group is dedicated to helping its members get to 3 months self-sufficiency; then 6 months, then eventually a year.  That includes water, sanitation, food, cooking and security needs.  It is designed to connect people who know how to prep for various events in different ways so that any member can blend these ideas to suit the needs of themselves and their families. Whether it's an earthquake, flood, mother-in-law dropping by unannounced, hyperinflation induced total collapse of the financia …

North Valley Survival Skills is the organizer of courses and workshops led by internationally acclaimed survival expert, Toby Cowern. Toby Cowern teaches Wilderness and Urban survival skills courses to all ages. In addition we provide other courses about violence, self defense and safety. The courses about violence are taught by Rory Miller, author of Meditations on Violence. Self defence classes for women and SafeKids children safety program is led by Lee Lavi Ramirez, 4th Dan black belt.

Ancient Pathways is for people who realize that our gatherer-hunter past is still alive within us. For hundreds of thousands of years, our ancestors lived directly with the land, and our ancient instincts are still present, though covered by a thin veneer of modern sophistication. Re-learning our connection with the land and the fascinating skills necessary to meet our needs: Teaches us how to satisfy our needs and builds confidence. Teaches the value of cooperation. Teaches an indigenous perspe …

Wolves for Freedom is an initiative to protect and assist the citizens of the United States from Foreign Threats, National Disasters, Emergency Situations and if the occasion were to rise from a Tyrannic Government by exercising our giving right as passed by the Congress: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." Just like our forefathers I believe that it is absolutely necessary that we pra …