Whether your motivation is global warming, the terrifying decimation of the bee population, or being up too late at night reading dystopian futures, have you wondered, if it really all went down, how you could know whom to rely on, and how much you could fend for yourself? Have you tried being proactive, now, learning how to create networks, grow or raise your own food sources, build your own mobile shelters? Folks involved in such proactive individual, family, and community endeavors facilitate a discussion, ideally with avid audience participation, towards innovating ideas and sharing what works.