Seven systems. Seven exits.

Grow your own table. Community gardens, food preservation, seed sharing, and neighborhood food systems that don't depend on a supply chain you can't see.

Power your own grid. Solar, battery storage, community microgrids — the tools to generate and store your own electricity instead of renting it from a monopoly.

Keep value local. Time banks, lending circles, local currencies, and cooperative economics that build wealth in your community instead of extracting it.

Own what you know. Skill-sharing networks, community libraries, mentorship circles, and practical knowledge that lives in people, not platforms.

Control your signal. Mesh networks, community newsletters, local media — communication infrastructure that doesn't vanish when an algorithm changes.

Build the safety net. After-school care circles, tool libraries, nanny shares — the informal systems that catch people when institutions won't.

Start on your block. The relationships, agreements, and shared infrastructure that turn a collection of addresses into a functioning neighborhood.