North Valley Survival Skills is the organizer of courses and workshops led by internationally acclaimed survival expert, Toby Cowern. Toby Cowern teaches Wilderness and Urban survival skills courses to all ages. In addition we provide other courses about violence, self defense and safety. The courses about violence are taught by Rory Miller, author of Meditations on Violence. Self defence classes for women and SafeKids children safety program is led by Lee Lavi Ramirez, 4th Dan black belt.

Are Families being Pushed Underground? We need families in our communities, and families everywhere are looking for communities that are friendly, welcoming, safe and offer healthy opportunities to thrive, flourish and have FUN! Unfortunately, this is not easy to find, and sadly, families are being pushed away. WELCOME to FUN! We believe that Families are the backbone of every community and unless we're having fun, we're not going to stick around, let alone survive! FUN workshops offer Families …

OUR MISSION STATEMENT: A community of like-minded prepared citizens, who actively meet to group life long friendship bonds, and develop survival skills among ethical trusting people - prepared for whatever may come! As residents of Ventura and LA Counties, we created this group to come together and prepare for any foreseeable crises.  We feel it is important to also build close supportive relationships in the event of a disaster. The purpose of this group is to interact with like-minded individu …

This meet up is all about exploring Los Angeles on foot.  There are so many interesting parts of Los Angeles that you never notice as you drive by it in your car.  By getting out and exploring the city, we'll discover new things we didn't know existed.  We'll try to keep most hikes between 4-7 miles to make sure we have time to complete the hike and have time to explore during the hike. What is Urban Hiking? An urban hike gives us the chance to explore the terrain we live in, to contemplate how …

Permaculture is a holistic design science and open source technology for building sustainable communities. Preparedness is a state of mind and lifestyle that improves quality of life now, while increasing individual/family/community self-reliance when disruption to normalcy occurs. By combining permaculture and preparedness we're able to grow beyond the finite duration of self-reliance and mature to an infinite state of community sufficiency.

Ventura Skills, Training & Emergency Planning Network Are you interested in the art of self-reliance and being prepared for Southern California's common disaster scenarios, such as fires and earthquakes?  If so, check us out! We learn from each other and outside sources to better support ourselves, families, friends, neighbors, and community both in times of tranquility and during emergencies.  We keep our focus on building skills and not on discussing political or religious views.  We encourage …

Whether your interested in wild food foraging, plant uses, native living skills, exercise or you just want to get out and meet some new people, then come on out and let's go grub in the hills!! As with anything hiking can be potentially dangerous, so by joining this group you and your family assume full responsibility for your well being and agree not to file any civil actions against the group, the organizer or it's members incase of injury.

This is a group for anyone interested in learning about emergency preparedness and survival skills. We will discuss many topics including prepping, what to do wtshtf, protective bunkers, homesteading and canning. We own an emergency preparedness store in Lake Elsinore and classes pertaining to these topics and group meet-ups will be held there. We started this group to connect with other people in the community who are interested in learning more about survival and emergency preparedness. We loo …

This group is dedicated to helping its members get to 3 months self-sufficiency; then 6 months, then eventually a year.  That includes water, sanitation, food, cooking and security needs.  It is designed to connect people who know how to prep for various events in different ways so that any member can blend these ideas to suit the needs of themselves and their families. Whether it's an earthquake, flood, mother-in-law dropping by unannounced, hyperinflation induced total collapse of the financia …

At its heart, prepping is simply preparing for the future. And since there is no certainty of what that future may bring, we have created this preppers group for anyone interested in prepping for economic collapse and other catastrophic events. We are hoping for the best but are preparing for the worst. Our mission is to gain knowledge in self sufficiency, preparedness, safety, security in an unsafe world, You will learn about guns, ammo, training, food storage, gardening, tools, bug out bags an …