Knowledge

After whatever event causes the end of civilisation each of us will have a series of choices to make, do we, one of the most important will be whether to stay on our own or to join a larger group.

If we join a larger group we will need less skills individually to be able to survive, but we will need to find more food.  If we stay on our own, the opposite is true.

We will need a large variety of skills when we come to re-building, some obvious to most people, other not so much.

I have decided that while I am un-employed it is time to increase my skills bank.  The first stage of this is to get as many books on the subject I have decided to study.  After you have absorbed the fundamentals from the books the most important thing is to learn the subject.  I've chosen what used to be called metalwork & vehicle maintenance to get me started, though in the future I may go for loads of other subjects.

The good thing about modern colleges is that most of them offer a night school or part time study option, so depending on classes you can potentially do more than one at a time.

Some subjects that are worth considering are
Wine making/ brewing
Preserve/ jam making
Construction - all elements
Mechanics & Vehicle maintenance - all elements
Metalwork
Home Appliance repair
Nursing
Nutrition
History/ Ancient civilisations
Handy Crafts

But that's just my take on what's needed
ATB
Syd