Abstract Communities, tribes and individuals operate as best they can within the parameters of a larger environment surrounding and influencing them.  Recent trends indicate an increasing number of large-scale issues that can and frequently do impact on local situations and individuals.  Trying to negotiate a meaningful and satisfactory way through these perilous times and issues that can have enormous impact calls for strategies to minimize harm, and maximize well-being.  A number of global issues are briefly discussed, and are followed with some ideas on ways individuals, groups, tribes and communities can cope and manage more effectively.