Lists abound. Here's an alphabetized list I've created based on a year's worth of reading and gardening. The list emphasizes living and travelling as lightly as possible, using materials found around us. This list is not yet comprehensive, but it's a good start.

• Auger (for boring holes)
• Awl (for piercing holes)
• Axes, though experienced outdoorsmen say you can get along without them. Also an ice ax.
• Backpacks / frames. These can be made from natural materials.
• Bandages
• Beans
• Bicycle, for generating electricity.
• Binoculars. A low-light type if possible.
• Blacksmith's hammer
• Blankets
• Books: Gardening, seed-saving, plant identification, insect identification, outdoor survival, first aid, production of alternative energy, educational materials for the young.
• Boots
• Bow and arrow. Can be fashioned from natural materials.
• Broad-ax
• Candles
• Can opener
• Cauldron
• Chains
• Chisels, including wedges for splitting wood
• Clamps, for woodworking
• Clothespins
• Clothing, especially for winter
• Colander. This will come in handy for rinsing seeds.
• Compass
• Containers. For saving seeds and storing insect powder, we can use 35mm film canisters and/or 20-ounce plastic bottles for Coke and Pepsi.
• Containers for water storage and transport.
• Cordage: Rope, twine, etc.
• Crimper, for working with tin
• Drawknife (two handles, for stripping bark)
• Ear protection. Moses reportedly went deaf from sounds generated during the previous shift.
• Electrical tape
• Eyeglasses
• Files for sharpening tools
• Firearms: A topic of serious debate.
• Fish hooks, though these can be made from objects found around us. Fish line and netting, which we’ll need to learn how to make as well.
• Fishing rods
• Flint
• Flotation vests
• Gaiters
• Gloves. Both work-gloves and cold-weather gloves, over which we can wear mittens.
• Hammers
• Hand cranks, for powering electrical devices
• Hand drill
• Hand tools
• Harmonica
• Hatchet
• Hats / balaclavas
• Helmets, for riding out the shift
• Hemostat, for clipping arteries shut
• Hooks for darning
• Hoses
• Hot water bottles
• Jumper cables. These can start a spark for fire and can also be used to attract worms.
• Knives of all types
• Laces
• Laptop computers
• Lighters (disposable). These will produce sparks long after the fuel is exhausted.
• Lighting devices, such as LED flashlights
• Magnesium blocks for starting fire
• Mallet
• Measuring tape
• Medications (which won’t last very long)
• Mesh for insect protection
• Mouse traps
• Nail clippers
• Nails
• Nail header, for making nails
• Needles and thread, for clothing and sutures
• Padding to protect devices during the shift
• Parachute (550) cord
• Pens, but what will we write on?
• Pick (geologist’s)
• Pitchforks
• Planer (for wood construction)
• Pliers
• Pots for cooking. Maybe a wok.
• Protein powder
• PVC pipes. Rubber tubing and hoses.
• Razor blades
• Rice
• Rolling pin (wooden)
• Rotary inverter (not electrical)
• Rowboat
• Safety glasses / goggles
• Safety pins
• Saws, including the easy-to-carry wire (pocket) saw
• Scalpel
• Scarves
• Scissors
• Screening. For rinsing and drying seeds. Can also be used to keep insects out of shelters.
• Screwdrivers
• Scythe
• Seeds. A comprehensive stock of heirloom (non-hybrids). Careful thought must go into protecting these seeds until the time they're usable.
• Sewing kits
• Shortwave radio. According to the Zetas, this is the best means for humans to contact one another.
• Shovels. Remember, you get what you pay for.
• Sickle
• Sledgehammer
• Sleeping bags, though we can easily live without them.
• Snare wire. Some people recommend brass.
• Snowshoes
• Suction device for snake bites.
• Sunglasses for snowy conditions.
• Tarps. Parachutes are light and strong. Painters’ drop cloths.
• Thimbles
• Tin shears for cutting metal.
• Tongs for forging metal
• Toothbrushes, for as long as our teeth last.
• Trowel
• Tweezers for pulling out ticks.
• Utensils for food, including ladles.
• Vise grips
• Vitamins, to help ease the transition into an insect-based diet.
• Watches. Preferably the wind-up variety.
• Water filtration system
• Wheelbarrow
• Whisk, for stirring
• Whistle. Also, foxcalls and special whistles for attracting animals.
• Wire (electrical)
• Wrench set