Having a plan and a supply of food is well and good. But it’s the skills and ingenuity that will help you thrive and stay alive. Here are 7 ways to use items around your home to survive.
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Fatwood: The Quick and the Tender
Fatwood is one of the easiest ways to get a fire lit – even in wet conditions. This natural fire starter is made from the resinous remains of a pine tree that has died. Learn more on how to locate and harvest fatwood.
The Many SHTF Uses for Alcohol
Alcohol is a very valuable commodity that has many uses now and will be invaluable during a long-term disaster. When used responsibly and safely, it can give you a powerful edge with everything from powering engines, to making medicines and even starting a fire.
Five Eco Friendly Alternatives For Emergency Preparedness
Are you ready for the first 72 hours of an emergency or natural disaster? If an unforeseen event should happen, sustainable and reusable supplies are great tools for you and your family. Here are several eco-friendly and health conscious ways to prepare for the possibility of an emergency.
Primitive Living Skills: Creating Off-Grid Light Sources
So many of us have become accustomed to the convenience of electricity that we’ve forgotten how to get along without it.
A Nifty Tip for Keeping Your House Cool When the Grid Goes Down
In an emergency the Eco-Cooler can reduce the temperature inside your home by about 10 degrees Fahrenheit.
Wood Heat: A Heckuva Lot of Work
Living off the land like and imaging living off the land are two different things. It’s takes a lot of work and planning to create an ideal retreat. Read more about one brave prepper’s journey of starting to live self-sufficiently.
Video: Convert a Washing Machine Motor to Create Free Energy
In our consumption-based society, as soon as something is broken, we don’t think twice about tossing it to the curb and buying a new one. We do this without realizing the other uses these appliances or their parts could serve us in the future.
Are You Ready Series: Off-Grid Refrigeration
Whether a person is planning for a hurricane, EMP or TEOTWAWKI, electricity or lack there of, will pose a problem to those that are not prepared. Off grid refrigeration could be the solution!
Wood Heat: A Heckuva Lot of Work
Living off the land like and imaging living off the land are two different things. It’s takes a lot of work and planning to create an ideal retreat. Read more about one brave prepper’s journey of starting to live self-sufficiently.
Video: Convert a Washing Machine Motor to Create Free Energy
In our consumption-based society, as soon as something is broken, we don’t think twice about tossing it to the curb and buying a new one. We do this without realizing the other uses these appliances or their parts could serve us in the future.
Are You Ready Series: Off-Grid Refrigeration
Whether a person is planning for a hurricane, EMP or TEOTWAWKI, electricity or lack there of, will pose a problem to those that are not prepared. Off grid refrigeration could be the solution!
How to Get a Year Supply of Firewood for $20!
Preppers always look ahead to prepare for storms on the horizon – and next year’s bouts of cold weather is no different. Here is how you can get a year’s supply of firewood for $20!
Sustainable Living: A Primer on Batteries for Use with Solar Storage
Ready Nutrition guys and gals, this article is being posted to address questions posed by one of the readers, as well as any others who might want to know about batteries for use with solar panels.
Video: How To Press Your Own Cooking Oil
Pressing your own vegetable oils is a sustainable way to ensure you have this recommended pantry staple for long-term use.
How to Make a Battery That Lasts (Practically) Forever
If only there was a cheap and simple way to supplement a solar panel array on those cloudy days.
When the Lights Go Out: Tips and Tricks for Priming Off-Grid Light Sources
When the lights go out, you want to make sure these off-grid light sources are primed and ready to go!
Five Brilliant Gadgets for the High Tech Prepper
If approached with respect and moderation, our gadgets can make a huge difference in any survival situation.
New Solar Stove Is Capable of Cooking at Night
It’s capable of cooking at night or in inclement weather, and only needs about 2 hours of sunlight to heat up.
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Everything You Want (and Need) To Know About Long-Term Canned Food Storage. (Plus 10 Signs To Look For When It’s Spoiled)
Will your canned food supply still be good when a disaster arises and you need to start popping them open and consuming the contents?
8 Creative Reasons Why Every Prepper Needs PVC Pipe
PVC is some pretty versatile stuff. PVC stands for polyvinyl chloride, and it can be found both in rigid or in flexible forms. There are also different uses as per the variance in capabilities.
5 Foods that Help to Naturally Prevent Radiation Poisoning
Not since the fall of the Soviet Union have we faced so dangerous and precipitous times that can escalate into a world war in so many theaters at once. With the stakes running high, it’s time you know these 5 natural foods that can be used both preventively and to detoxify after the body has absorbed harmful radiation.
Are You Ready Series: Earthquake Preparedness
Earthquakes have a tendency to wreak havoc everywhere they arise. Knowing what to do, before a disaster such as this ensues, will ensure that you will be able handle these types of emergencies if they happen to come your way.
Botany: The Most Neglected Subject in Survival (and Why You Could Die From Not Understanding It)
Regarding the plant kingdom, there’s a fine line between foraging for food and unknowingly causing your own demise.
11 Emergency Food Items That Can Last a Lifetime
Many see storing food as a necessary investment for themselves and their family. Knowing which foods to store and how long they will last are the key elements to making the most on a food investment. These 11 food items can last a lifetime if properly stored.
Emergency Evacuation Checklist
Free disaster evacuation checklist to help keep the evacuation process running smoothly.
Bugging Out: Training Is What Really Prepares You For the Real Thing
No matter what kind of shape you think you’re in, training to bug out on foot and being prepared for the unique stresses it puts on your body is best accomplished practicing often with the actual gear and in the setting you’re most likely to find yourself when the SHTF.
A Green Beret’s Guide To Relocation and Sustainability: “It Will Take Some Serious Planning”
It will take some serious planning and all of the resources you can muster to strategically relocate to a sustainable area for SHTF planning. Consider these tips from a retired Green Beret.
5 Reasons You Should Be Preparing
If there is one thing we can say about our current economic, financial, social and political climate it’s that we have entered an era in human history of total unpredictability.
