On the end of the world as we know it. Crashes, disasters, wars and famines. Diminishing resources, the decline of civilizations, empires & societies. But not necessarily The Apocalypse.

How will we survive? Any ideas?

Discussing peak oil, energy, sustainability, climate change, food, farming, gardening, water, shelter, health, medicine, security, infrastructure, recycling, transportation, scavenging, black markets, bartering.

• Our own FAQ wiki - Note it's editable by all, and underfed - feel free to add to it. (Ignore errors, it always says that. Just see whether it looks ok. Note that the wiki syntax is not the same as normal Reddit markdown.)

IRC for live chat: #collapse on irc.freenode.net, (easy: http://webchat.freenode.net/)

Related Subreddits:

Short and sharp:

• /r/apocalypse, /r/TEOTWAWKI

Big picture, long-term:

• /r/energy
• /r/overpopulation, /r/environment
• /r/Renewables, /r/sustainability

Coping:

• /r/postcollapse
• /r/selfsufficiency
• /r/FoodSovereignty, /r/seedstock
• /r/homestead, /r/PhysicGarden
• /r/survival, /r/bushcraft
• /r/Preppers New

Economic:

• /r/economy, /r/DeclineofUS

Social:

• /r/resilientcommunities, /r/transition
• /r/Anarchism, /r/revolution

For police state / abuse-of-power, New World Order, conspiracies or general "Things are badly wrong and out of control":

• /r/policestate, /r/Bad_Cop_No_Donut
• /r/Cryptogon, /r/conspiracy