Ten ways preparing for a zombie attack will help you live greener

Avoid zombies & be green

Zombies are trending right now. I can’t say I understand the appeal. Much speculation has been done on ‘what if’ scenarios . How should I avoid them? What can and can’t zombies do? If your best friend was a zombie, would you have the courage to kill them, and save yourself?

I have no answers to those. I can show you some tricks on how if you feel the need to prepare for the zombie apocalypse, you could be doing the environment some good too.

10. Hiding

Good for zombie apocalypse: Living stealthily will help you avoid the swarms of undead.

Good for the earth: You eliminate noise & light pollution. Your neighbors and any nocturnal wildlife will thank you.

9. Water

Good for zombie apocalypse: You can go maximum a few days without good clean water. So you had better know where to get some from a fresh stream near you!

Good for the earth: Advocating for fresh clean water means you are enuring environmental problems like pollution, sanitation, fertilizer use, industrial waste, erosion and desalinization are valued.

8. A solar or wind up light and radio

Good for zombie apocalypse: Society has descended in to chaos. You need a light to survive the night and a radio to keep up to date on survivors.

Good for the earth: There is a huge variety of solar lights and radios out there. There is no reason you should still be plugging in or using one use batteries for every light, radio or stereo – so check out these products with a free, unlimited power source.

7. Living off the electricity grid

Good for zombie apocalypse: Just because some people didn’t have the decency to stay dead, doesn’t mean you should miss out on movie night on you 50 inch plasma TV, and microwave to pop the popcorn! Better get your own power supply.

Good for the earth: Renewable energy options for individual homes such as solar and wind are becoming more affordable. Many governments will even subsidized the purchase price and pay you for excess electricity fed back to the grid.

6. Physical fitness

Good for zombie apocalypse: Darwinism will have its heyday! Survival of the fittest!



Good for the earth: In an effort to get fit you will reduce your consumption of food, meaning your impact on the earth decreases. Also you might walk more and reduce carbon emitting vehicle trips.

5. Food



Good for zombie apocalypse: Assume you can’t dial a pizza, pop out for a sandwich or stock up at the supermarket. You need to know where to get food locally. Plus any fans of the ‘Plants vs. Zombies’ games know that zombies are easily killed by an exploding watermelon.



Good for the earth: Growing your own food is great! You can control fertilizers and pesticides. Also buying local and in season often reduces the energy and water needed to get that food to you.

4. Self sufficient transportation





Good for zombie apocalypse: With all this confusion about if a person walking around, is dead or alive, you can’t expect the trains to run on time (even in Germany!).



Good for the earth: Walking, cycling, sailing and rowing all rely on good old fashioned people power! The impact to the earth here is just our breaths out, which has way less carbon dioxide then the back of a car. Next best alternatives include beasts of burden such as horses, ox, donkey, mule, and even elephant. Getting around by animal is cool for the earth and cool for you Indiana Jones type look!



3. Emergency preparedness

Good for zombie apocalypse: If being 6 foot under doesn’t keep people down, who knows what will happen! Learn from the boys scouts and “Always be prepared”.



Good for the earth: With climate change most scientist predict more extreme weather events such as storms. Being prepared for emergencies is a part of facing the reality of climate change.



2. Know the threats

Good for zombie apocalypse: Know thy enemy. They already died once, there has to be trick to killing them a second time.



Good for the earth: Educating yourself on what threats the world is facing is the first step towards change. Keep up to date on the threats facing our world locally, nationally and globally.



1. Hope, courage and a determination to survive

Good for zombie apocalypse: A horror film has come to life. The person who breaks down and gives up hope, usually dies pretty quickly in most film plots.



Good for the earth: Information about today’s environment can get pretty overwhelming at times. Keeping positive and proactive is the only way we can overcome these challenges facing the earth and humankind. Remember what Jane Goodall said, ““The greatest danger to our future is apathy.”

