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Portland Peak Oil is pleased to announce a new reading circle for the book When Technology Fails by Matthew Stein. This book is an important reference on how to deal with the disruption of services in many critical areas including water, electricity, agriculture, and medical services, and is highly recommended reading.

The reading circle will meet the first Wednesday of every month at St. Francis Church, SE 11th & Pine.

The following months we will cover one chapter per month unless otherwise noted. It will not be necessary to have done the reading to participate in the meetings or online discussions, but it is likely to enhance your level of participation & the quality of your experience. The reading circle is free and open to everyone.

This week we will be reviewing Chapter 4: Emergency Measures for Survival

Contents Include:

Survival Strategies, Basic Strategies, Compact Survival Kit, Developing a Survivor Personality, Typical Survivor Personality Traits, Intuition: A Survivor’s Powerful Ally, Water Requirements, Dehydration, Conserving Water, Fire, Starting a Fire with Matches, Starting a Fire with Flint and Steel, Starting a Fire with Bow and Drill, Starting a Fire with a Hand Drill, Starting a Fire with a Fire Plough, Food, Basic Guidelines, Plants, Insects, Grubs, and Worms, Shelter, Squirrel’s Nest, Building on Fallen Trunks and Trees, • Scout Pits and Coal Beds, Snow Shelters, Emergency Snow Shoes, Cordage, Recommended Plant Fibers, Fiber Test, Preparing Fibers, Spinning Fibers into Cord, Simple Tools, Discoidal Stone Knives, Bone Tools

opening & closing St. Francis:
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