Plant the Village
  • The Essay
  • The On-Ramp
The Onramp
The Onramp
Foundational Skills
Phase 1: Foundation
  • Food
  • Water
  • Energy
  • Waste
  • Construction
Phase 2: Intermediate
  • Food
  • Water
  • Energy
  • Construction
Phase 3: Advanced
  • Food
  • Water
  • Energy
  • Construction
  • Governance
Community
Formation track
  • Finding your people
  • Building trust
  • Alignment conversations
  • The forming group
  • Governance models
  • Health and care
Soft skills
Interpersonal tools
  • Nonviolent communication
  • Consensus facilitation
  • Conflict resolution
  • Meeting management
  • Emotional intelligence
Cottage economy
Phase 1: Individual income
  • Validating what you make
  • Pricing for sustainability
  • Legal basics
  • Sales channels
  • Reinvesting in your craft
Phase 2: Group income
  • Collective production
  • Cooperative structures
  • Shared brand
  • CSA and subscriptions
Phase 3: Community identity
  • Signature product or craft
  • Community brand
  • Apprenticeship as product
  • Specialize vs. diversify
  • Reinvestment at community scale
Health
Phase 1: Household preparedness
  • First aid and CPR
  • Home herb garden
  • Nutrition and food as medicine
  • Mental health first aid
  • Home pharmacy
  • Knowing when to refer out
Phase 2: Deeper preparation
  • Wilderness medicine
  • Expanded herbalism
  • Preventive health systems
  • Health record-keeping
Resources
  • Books
  • Videos
  • Workshops
  • Communities to visit
The Onramp›Health›Phase 1: Household preparedness

Phase 1: Household preparedness

First aid and CPR

Scope, stated plainly: first aid certification covers stabilizing someone until professional help arrives. It is not med…

Home herb garden

Scope, stated plainly: medicinal herbs used the way this page describes, teas, tinctures, simple salves, complement conv…

Nutrition and food as medicine

This page does not prescribe a diet; the internet has enough of those. It offers a frame: treat food as health infrastru…

Mental health first aid

Scope, stated plainly: mental health first aid is not therapy. It's the capacity to recognize a developing mental health…

Home pharmacy

A well-stocked home pharmacy means routine illness doesn't require a 10pm pharmacy run, and supply disruptions don't cat…

Knowing when to refer out

This is the most important page in the health track. Everything else, first aid, herbalism, nutrition, the home pharmacy…