Search Results: skill

practicing at the gun range

10 Skills That Urban Preppers Should Learn

There are many skills you can learn to promote a more sustainable lifestyle while living in the city. Here are 10 skills anyone can begin.

backyard-bushcraft

Backyard Bushcraft Skills: No Wilderness Required

Your journey to self-reliance starts in your own backyard!

5-tips-for-epic-skills

5 Tips for Epic Self-Reliance Skills

Our modern entitlement culture may not reflect this fact – but all humans are hardwired for survival.

sherpa

Skills: A Gear Weight-Loss Program

Imagine, you’ve got 5 minutes to get out. Immediately you realize the weight of your bag alone will make your journey impossible.

iStock_000019639965XSmall

Survival Cross Training – It’s Not Just For The Gym: 17 Skills Everyone In Your Family Should Learn

Cross-training – it’s not just for the gym! Ensure that your family doesn’t rely too much on any one person by having everyone pitch in to learn the different tasks necessary for survival.

tent glows at night with campfire in front symbolizing camping holiday or vacation in the country

10 Essential Skills Necessary for Survival

Although it is important to be prepared for disaster situations, many are not adequately trained to handle the disaster situations in which they find themselves in. Having the proper skills and training will provide an individual with a well diversified knowledge base on how to survive during and after a disaster.

two men in bib overalls greet each other in a garden with a handshake

The Barter Value of Skills

When a long-term or extended emergency occurs, no one can do it alone – there is always going to be something you need that you can’t provide for yourself. Before the emergency event occurs, it’s time to consider what abilities and knowledge you possess that can be shared with others.

Week 41 of 52: Self-Reliant Skills

This our 41st week, we discuss the importance of having skills to fall back on in order thrive to during an extended emergency.

Hunting Skills: A Necessity for Emergency Preparedness

Learning several different hunting techniques using only items that you would find in nature or have in your survival gear will give you one more advantage when it comes to emergency preparedness.

According to the 2019 Hurricane Forecast, as many as 14 tropical storms are predicted this year.  It could be a destructive hurricane season and based on the forecast, two to four of the projected storms are expected to turn into serious large-scale hurricanes. If you live in a hurricane danger zone, the real question is: are you prepared?

What a Category 6 Hurricane Looks Like and Why It Could Be Right Around the Corner

Hurricanes are getting worse and more severe.  They’re getting bigger, wetter, stronger, and slower. Scientists project that the 2022 Atlantic Ocean hurricane season, spanning June 1 to November 30, will be the seventh straight season with more storms than average.

Scroll to Top