Free. Kits at cost.
- Length
- 8 weeks.
- Price
- Free; optional kits at cost: crystal radio $9.97; two LoRa (Meshtastic) nodes about $36 to $40; Pi Zero 2 W $15.
Outcomes.
Build a household “save point” plan; rank local hazards; set up a tower-free text mesh; build an offline library (“Ark”); run a restore drill.
Weeks.
| Week | Topic | Activity |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Collapse is logistics and knowledge (1989 Québec storm; CPUC 72-hour rule; FEMA water) | Household water math |
| 2 | Top 10 natural disasters + solar storm + asteroid (DART, Apophis) | LA hazard map |
| 3 | Homestead systems: food (4,000 sq ft/person), water (623 gal per inch per 1,000 sq ft), soil, seed | Garden plan |
| 4 | Energy honesty: micro-hydro, solar, wind; myths (perpetual motion, Schumann power) | Power budget |
| 5 | Off-grid networks: listening radio, ham rules, Meshtastic | Two-node mesh test |
| 6 | Storage that lasts: paper, microfilm, M-DISC, Kiwix Ark | Build an offline library |
| 7 | Passive cooling (Eastgate, termite-mound research) | Indoor vs outdoor temp log |
| 8 | Restore drill | A newcomer rebuilds one save point from the manual |
Hands-on build.
Build a household “save point” plan; rank local hazards; set up a tower-free text mesh; build an offline library (“Ark”); run a restore drill.
Research deliverable.
A neighborhood resilience report (hazards, skills census, mesh coverage map, restore-drill time) for the Foundation’s open resilience library. No personal addresses published.
Scholarships for kits are based on need, merit, portfolio and service, never on photos or looks. All courses.