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#34 Diversify your immune system

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

The Wildlife Conservation Society has identified twelve relatively uncommon diseases that are likely to become much more widespread after the global climate change cataclysm. Listen here to learn more. Or click here to read tip #34: Diversify your immune system.

[No Fun by Iggy Pop and the Stooges]

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#31 Learn to count your own change

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

After the cataclysm, swindlers and sociopaths will come out of the woodwork. With the right preparation, you can protect yourself from some of the worst. But you’ll need to be able to count your own change. Get an abacus and learn how to use it., or learn some basic math. Listen here for more, or read the post at blog52.wordpress.com.

[Solar Race by the Ventures]

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#29 Prepare for the green jobs of the future

Thursday, September 4th, 2008

Will there be any green collar jobs after the cataclysm? Of course there will! Jobs like subsistence farming and just trying to survive. Listen here, read the post, or watch the slide show.

[Reel Ten by The Plugz]

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#26 Mending is better than ending

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

I don’t care what anybody said before the cataclysm; afterward, mending will be better than ending. You can learn how to do it under duress, or you can start practicing now, while you still have access to these few pointers. Listen here or read the post at blog52.wordpress.com.

[Leopard-Skin Pillbox Hat by Bob Dylan]

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#25 Learn to identify skin cancer

Friday, August 1st, 2008

As the ozone layer shrinks, skin cancer rates are rising. Even today, many dermatologists don’t care. After the cataclysm this will only get worse. Learn to identify skin cancer if you want to survive. Listen below, or read the post at blog52.wordpress.com.

[Who Loves the Sun by the Velvet Underground]

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#23 Forget your sleep number

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

After the global climate change cataclysm when you find yourself on the streets, you’ll have to sleep on the ground, in trees, on tables and chairs, or perhaps even the tops of filing cabinets. You can lug around a sleeping bag with you, but definitely not your sleep number bed. Listen here to learn how to prepare, or read tip #23 Forget your sleep number.

[Common Disaster by the Cowboy Junkies

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#22 Edibles in the ‘hood

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

After the global climate change cataclysm, you will eventually get hungry. Your cataclysm survival kit that looked so big inside your closet, will look so small beside your hunger. Once you’ve run through all the power bars, granola and canned beans you’d stocked up on, you’re going to come up with new options. Listen here for one of those options (click here to read the post or watch the video).

[The Message by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five

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#21 Treasure your maps

Friday, June 20th, 2008

After the cataclysm, the soft, sweet voice of your GPS system will fail. To survive, you need to learn to read a map, and to practice. Listen here for more, or read the post at blog52.wordpress.com.

[96 Degrees in the Shade by Third World

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#18 Take back the land

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

Join the guerrilla gardening movement, and get three great post-cataclysm benefits! Listen here for more, or read tip #18 at blog52.wordpress.com.

[A Rose for Emily by The Zombies]

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#15 The wind-up radio workout

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

Get yourself in shape for all the new physical activities you’ll have to know well in order to survive the global climate change cataclysm. Like winding your wind-up radio, the third exercise in the Cataclysm Workout. Listen here.

To read the post (workout video included!), click here.

[Intro music: Playing and Singing by the Hohak Band.

Workout music: Let’s Have a War by Fear

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#14 Low power FM to the people

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

What will you listen to on your wind-up radio after the cataclysm? Commercial radio might not be around, so you might as well just start your own station. Read the post here, or listen:

[Listener Supported by Michael Franti

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#12 Chick-a boom boom boom

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

I was going to do this whole, long post all about the importance of learning how to raise chickens in preparation for the global climate change cataclysm. Turns out, I don’t have to. Listen to Bucky Buckaw of the Sagebrush Variety Show, and you just might survive the cataclysm.

To read the post click here, or listen below.

[Chick A Boom by Ursula 1000.]

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#11 Know your poison ivy

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

Poison ivy: it’s everywhere you’ll want to be. Learn to recognize it now, to avoid pain and anguish after the cataclysm. To read the post, click here. Or listen below.

[To describe poison ivy, simply Unpack Your Adjectives. Classic Schoolhouse Rock! tune, recorded by Daniel Johnston.]

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#9 Finding yourself, analog style

Friday, March 14th, 2008

How will you find your friends after the climate change cataclysm when you can’t use your CrackBerry, cell phone, PDA or GPS device? Listen here to learn how.

[Music: Ashwa by Natacha Atlas

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#8 Post-cataclysm technology: the stereo

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

How will you enjoy your favorite music when the batteries on your mp3 run dry after the climate change cataclysm? Listen here to learn how.

[Music by Ursula 1000.]

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