While thinking of ways I can enrich my local community, I figured I should host cookouts/potlucks as a venue to share some useful stuff with the world. I want to cover things like degoogling, basic computer skills, etc. as that’s where my skill set is primarily, but I plan to host guest “host’s” to cover a wider breadth of knowledge.

If you were one of my neighbors, what would you like to see covered or cover yourself?

  • PrincessTardigrade@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Local foraging: edible and medicinal flora native to the area, along with which plants to avoid. And perhaps less practical, but I’m partial to local wildlife identification because it’s fun :D

    Someone else already mentioned comms, and I just want to add that this is a very valuable thing. Building a network of trustworthy people in your community and teaching them how to program and use radios would be absolutely life saving in emergency/disastrous situations. Maybe it’s the prepper in me, but it’s good to prepare for the worst and hope for the best with the current climate.

    I’d say a series of basic survival courses that could be broken down by topic:

    • First aid/CPR
    • How to start a fire without a lighter
    • Building shelter
    • Wilderness survival
    • Methods for obtaining potable water