preppers
Apocalypse readiness enthusiasts
Preppers are people who actively prepare for emergencies, disasters, or societal collapse by stockpiling supplies, learning survival skills, and developing contingency plans.
The term ranges from those with modest earthquake kits to those building bunkers against apocalyptic scenarios: The preppers had enough food and water to last six months.
The practice is prepping.
Accumulated reserve supply
- evacuationRemoval from danger
- disasterSudden ruinous event
- shelter-in-placeRemain indoors for safety
- pandemicGlobal disease outbreak
blackout · hurricane · tornado · wildfire · earthquake · flood · crisis · quarantine
Accumulated reserve supply
- provisionsStockpiled food and supplies
- MREsMilitary sustenance packs
- freeze-driedDehydrated while frozen
- ammunitionWeapon projectiles and charges
Self-reliant land-based lifestyle
- off-gridWithout utility connections
- gardeningTending plants recreationally
- canningAirtight food preservation
- foragingSeeking wild food sources
solar · permaculture · hydroponics · aquaponics · composting · livestock · hunting · fishing
Wilderness survival skill set
- self-defenseProtecting oneself from harm
- huntingPursuing wild game
- foragingSeeking wild food sources
- navigationDetermining position and course
knot-tying · trapping · fishing · OPSEC
Building professional relationships
- like-mindedSharing similar opinions
- retreatSanctuary or withdrawal
- compoundCombined into one
- bunkerReinforced subterranean stronghold
stockpile
Accumulated reserve supply
- evacuationRemoval from danger
- disasterSudden ruinous event
- shelter-in-placeRemain indoors for safety
pandemic · blackout · hurricane · tornado · wildfire · earthquake · flood · crisis · quarantine · alert
stockpile
Accumulated reserve supply
- provisionsStockpiled food and supplies
- MREsMilitary sustenance packs
- freeze-driedDehydrated while frozen
ammunition · flashlights · generators · cache
homesteading
Self-reliant land-based lifestyle
- off-gridWithout utility connections
- gardeningTending plants recreationally
- canningAirtight food preservation
foraging · solar · permaculture · hydroponics · aquaponics · composting · livestock · hunting · fishing · food-preservation
bushcraft
Wilderness survival skill set
- self-defenseProtecting oneself from harm
- huntingPursuing wild game
- foragingSeeking wild food sources
navigation · knot-tying · trapping · fishing · OPSEC
networking
Building professional relationships
- like-mindedSharing similar opinions
- retreatSanctuary or withdrawal
- compoundCombined into one
- Post-Apocalypsewasteland, fallout, survivors, apocalypse, collapse
- stockpilershoarders, packrats
- eco-activistseco-warriors, eco-warrior, eco warriors, climate activists, tree hugger
- end times believersfuturists, Millerites, Adventists, doomsday prophets
- fringe believerstruthers, conspiracy theorists, flat earthers, QAnon, moon landing deniers
- demographicspopulation density, population growth, age distribution, population, gender ratio
- meal prepperOne who cooks ahead