self sufficiency tasks against time for a small town community

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Self Sufficiency Tasks Against Time

for a Small Town Community

Dr Simon Michaux


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Tasks Need Against Phase Map


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Educate as many peopleto can and preserve food

of all kinds

Establish fruit tree

orchards in public spaces

Established seed

swapping practice and a

seed savers network on

the mountain

Establish a market place

where people can sell

their produce

Phase1

Food

Production

Water

Collection

Waste

Sewerage

Waste

SolidsHealth Energy

Housing & Property

Development

Phase2

Phase3

Educate as many people

as possible how to grow

fruit and vegetables

organically

Public Awareness Public AwarenessPublic awareness of

the need for self

sufficient

management ofsolids rubbish and

what useful

methods of recycling

garbage in the home

As many water tanks as

possible have stand

alone powered pumpsor manual pumps,

preferably both

Chicken coops

Establish the first

community garden

Educate as many people

how to compost and

generate fertiliser

Mountain self sufficient in:

fruit and vegetable

production

dairy products & eggs

beef production at a

sustainable level

Have several

tradespeople develop

the method of repairing

and maintaining water

tank systems with parts

made on the mountain

Compost fertiliser system

functional and stable

Build communitywarehouse(s) for food

storage

Establishment of a

number of dairy cows on

the mountain

Establish multiple

community recycling

centres across the

mountain. Each centre

would process that

garbage into something

useful, or into something

that can be put in landfill

where it will quickly

biodegrade in a locally

sustainable fashion

Protocol to completely

maintain and repair

water tanks using parts

manufactured on the

mountain developed

and shown to be

hygienically safe

Several community

water bores in place and

working, all with stand

alone power generation

and manual pumps

Community workshops

or small scaleconsultations in how to

develop

houses/properties on

the mountain

Prepared storage sheds in

place to store useful

recycled products for later

use

Establish a wrecking

yard to house broken

equipment (fridges,cars, etc) that can be

used for parts in

manufacture of other

things. A place to dump

things that are rubbish

now but may be useful

later

Have all systems with

stand alone power

generation (solar or wind)

Have a systemfundamentally

overhauled using parts

manufactured on the

mountain, and shown to

run safely for an allocated

period of time

Get the right trades

people with local

sewerage system

expertise working to

develop methods for

making / modifying

spare parts with locally

sourced materials and

machinery

Public Awareness

All properties on

the mountain are

self sufficient to this

degree

More than 50% of

properties on the

mountain are selfsufficient to stated

degree

Public awareness of:

the need for self

sufficient

management of ourhealth needs

link between health

and nutrition in our

diet

benefits of

preventative health

measures

Training and

support of a

midwife to assistwith childbirth

Community

herbal garden for

medicinal

purposes

Network of

health

practitioners and

facilities

Develop the

medical centres

on Mt

Tamborine to

be able to

handle the

more serious

medical needs

Manufacture

the disposable

products used

in medicine

Support for the

ambulance

Develop procedure to

make:

Biodiesel

Generate power

with biofuels

Manufacture a

windmill

Power spike filters

Turbines for power

generation

Stand alone power

generation source

for several

community

facilities

Biodiesel manufacture

established and

sustainably supplying

fuel for community use

Manufacture/purchase

of an oil press large

enough to make

practical quantities of

biodiesel

Educate as many

people as possible

with regard to the

importance of

power and energyto our society and

the current systems

vulnerability to peak

oil and peak coal


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Planning for what

would be required

to transition

between a nation

state/global

economy and a

local self sufficient

small town

economy

Develop skills

handling and

riding horses

Encourage the

purchase of good

shoes & bicycles

Public Awareness

Phase

1

TransportEducation and

Re-skillingCommunication

Business and the

Economy

Community

Coordination

Manufacturing

& RepairFinance

Phase2

Phase3

Make/purchase a

large oil press

Develop ability to

breed and break in

horses

Learn to make

biodiesel

Shoe making

(leather work)

Phase out dependencyof the mobile phone

network

Farrier and horse

shoeing (black smith)

Develop horse and

cart skills

Develop skills to

make horse gear

(leather work)

Biodiesel

manufacture

established

Network of non fossil

fuel freight transport

across mountain

Establish on mountain

expertise in HF/UHF ham radio

operation to communicate with

other communities

Network of non fossil

fuel freight transport

between communities

Development of a community

based information resource

hubs at the Mt TamborineLibrary and at any community

garden markets

Support and

nurture existing

community groups

Recycle rubbish intouseful feed stock into

manufacturing

processes.

Develop means of

transport of postal items

that are not dependent on

fossil fuels

Public Awareness Public Awareness Public Awareness

Establish trade with

other communities

based on locally

produced goods

Encourage and

support the

development oflocal business that

contributes to the

sustainability of the

mountain

Develop a vibrantlocal economy that

services all the basic

needs of the Mt

Tamborine area

Encourage the

phasing out of

business practices

that detract from

the sustainability of

the mountain

Have practicallogistical support to

engage local

business with:

A LETS scheme

The purchase

goods with gold or

silver bullion

Existing Federally

issued fiat currency

Replacement for

the existing

Australian dollar

Encourage

individual people to

personally purchase

gold and silver

bullion

Development and

implement a LETS

scheme

planning for what

would be required

to transition

between a Federally

issued fiat currency

to a hard asset

(gold/silver) backed

currency

Encourage those

people to acquire or

make the necessary

tools to apply their

craft

Encourage the re-

skilling of people on

the mountain intouseful crafts that

were prevalent in

1880-1945

Map existing

resources on the

mountain

Develop a Skills

register

Public Awareness

Establish a chemistry

laboratory to make

useful items from

raw materials

Develop the use of

steam technology to

power larger machinery

Build metal foundry

blast furnace

Have people using theskills in various crafts

learned in the reskilling

process. Have the

products of their labours

being used by parts of the

community on the

mountain

Establish a skills register

Conduct an awareness

raising campaign

concerning the need toreskill for greater local

resilience

Start to think about how

formal schooling for

children would work in a

post peak oil world

Run community based

workshops for reskilling

Establish a library of

useful books that contain

knowledge of self

sufficiency

Establish formal school

training for children in a

post peak world

Public Awareness

Development of

And support of

community

activities/groups.

Start to develop a

fast word of mouth

communication

network

Use communitygroups to determine

the best places for

community based

assets

Start to get existing

community groups

to coordinate some

of these tasks

Encourage links

between existing

community groups

Use community

groups to

determine the

schedule of these

tasks


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Community

Structure

Mapping what is where in the

community

Maintaining communicationhubs

Community scale food &

product crops

Management of appropriateland stewardship in

community environment

What tools and

community assets

will be used?

Who benefits from the

outcome?

Where it will be done?

Who will do it?

What needs to be done?

Building and construction of

community assets

Dispute resolution

Interaction and trade with

surrounding communities

Attended to by people

in the community, to

be used by the

community

A series of Mountaintop

Councils, each

representing a

geographic area small

enough for people to

walk to meetings


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Household scale food

production


living on the property

Vegetable

Garden

Chickens,

Ducks &Geese

Fruit

Trees

Chicken

Poo

Soil Health

& Testing

Compost

Heap

Livestock

Poo

Waste

Food

Scraps

Recyclable

Food

Scraps

Green

Waste

Worm

Farm

Equipment to

preserve crops

Storage of

preserved crops

Appropriate land stewardshipTree

Trimming

Mineral

Based

FertiliserDate tracking

and stock

rotation

Household Scale Food Production

Dairy

Cow


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Community Scale

Running of Livestock

Community scale livestock

on vacant land



be used by the

community

Appropriate

land

stewardship

Beef & Dairy

Cattle

Meat smoking

and curing

Administered by

people in the

community, to be used

by the community

Herd improvement & breeding

Containment of

Billy Goat/

Bull/Boar/Ram

Abattoir and

butcher Blood & bone

fertilizer

Leather

hides

Sheep Goats Pigs

Community scale storage

& distribution

Veterinarian

Long term soil

health &

pasture quality


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Community Scale

Fruit and Vegetables

Community scale food crops



be used by the

community

Community

herb crops on

vacant land

Milking

cattle on

vacant land

Community

vegetable

crops on

vacant land

Fruit & nut

trees on

vacant land

Making

dairy

products

Food

processing,

preservation

and canning

Secondary food

products

(cooking oil etc)

Community scale storage

& distribution

Administered by

people in the

community, to be used

by the community

Large scalecompost

fertilizer

Appropriate

land

stewardship

Date tracking

and stock

rotation

Tracking of seasons and moon phase

Bee

keeping

Long

term soil

health

TreeTrimming

Mineral

Based

Fertiliser


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Manufacture

Manufacture of

useful devices fit

for purpose

BlacksmithMetal feed

stock

Tree felling &

timber dressing

Woodwork

Metal Casting

Clay feedstockPottery

Energy to run

(gas, charcoal

or coal)

Electrical

power

Rubber Casting

Wood Turning

Glass Blowing

Animal hideLeather Work

Milling

Machine

Metal Lathe

Metal Machining

Workshop

Hydraulic Press

Welding

Metal

Wood

Recycle and Recover

Nails, bolts,

washers and

screws

Plastic

Rubber

Electrical/

Mechanical

parts

GlassLeather

Steam

Technology

Shredded

rubber

Forge & bellows

Blast furnace

Pottery Kiln

Glass Kiln

Skill setRaw materials

neededTechnology

Basket weavingBamboo &

HempTextiles and rope

Ground glass


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Gas BBQ

(full gas bottle)

Bucket & Rope

(boil water for

drinking)

Power

Generation (?)

Water Tank

Pump

Sewerage

System

Washing

Machine

Growing Food

Household

Cooking

Chicken Run

Lighting

Washing Bucket

(different to water

tank bucket)

General Stores

Vegetable garden

Refrigerator

30 days food

5 days drinking

water

Toiletries Medication

Transport

Communications

Land line

Telephone

Candles

CampingPortable Toilet

Good Walking

Shoes

Kalgoorlie Fridge

Consider developingalternatives

Household: First things first

(when there is a power blackout)

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