Here is an article that discusses being healthy in a simple way, read it here. Commentary: Let’s face it, being healthy is not hard at all. The only real obstacle I see is peoples laziness, lack of time and probably most importantly the influence from the outside such as the news and our social circles. [...]
How is this made?
Here is a great stand up comedy piece by Joe Rogan talking about how today, people don’t know how to make anything. Commentary: Although, it is comedy, the point is straightforward, we don’t know how anything is made. We have put so much trust into the service industry that we ourselves don’t know how to [...]
Worth Reading: “Surviving a Wilderness Emergency”
"Here's my definition: Survival is the ability and desire to stay alive, all alone, under adverse conditions, until rescued. Survival is an attitude." - Peter Kummerfeldt
Where does your food come from?
With so much variety and our constant battle to find the cheapest price, have we really thought about where that item comes from and how it came into production? Here is an article out of Peru about working in a clothing factory, and an article discussing idolatry with major corporations. Commentary: I find it ridiculous [...]
The A-Frame Tarp Shelter: Simple, Lightweight and Effective
TV survival shows to the contrary, it is virtually impossible to make a waterproof shelter out of natural materials, even if you have the time, tools and practice! Even with a tarp, you must have some idea or plan on how to fashion a refuge from the elements
The Coming Famine
Here is a great article that goes into detail about the coming food shortages including water, farmland and provides great solutions. Commentary: The article states the following are the coming shortages: fresh water farmland peak oil I am sure to a certain extent we have all been aware about most of those concerns but understanding [...]
Living to Work
I found this shocking article about the treatment of factory workers in China making computer parts, read it here. Commentary: Right when I was reading it, I started to ask a few questions: Is our world coming to the point where all we do is work longer hours, less pay, less vacations, less benefits just [...]
The Founding Fathers Of Survivalism (Updated)
The modern survivalist movement has been influenced by a number of people. But a select group of influential authors and speakers have virtually shaped or perhaps created the modern survivalist movement. This article is dedicated those special people, those founding fathers of survivalism. *Note, this list is in no particular order Mel Tappan Howard Ruff [...]
Louis Theroux – Survivalists
Intro From BBC (1998): In Idaho, Louis meets military enthusiasts and right-wing patriots who are preparing for a global catastrophe, including trips to survivalists’ store Safetrek and a mountain refuge for conspiracy theorists called Almost Heaven. Louis also visits the Aryan Nation Church and helps to build a straw-bale home. The episode focuses on the [...]
Carl Etnier: Survival 101
Carl Etnier – Published: September 14, 2008 Can a young person risk going to college these days?_ That’s a question nagging me after reading Zachary Nowak’s “Crash Course: Preparing for Peak Oil.” Nowak urges us to apply home-insurance reasoning to a future with less energy. Homeowners generally think the likelihood of their house burning down [...]
A Philosophy For Survivalists – Kurt Saxon
By Kurt Saxon You need a specific set of attitudes to keep you on course toward any goal. You must feel right about what you are doing. Otherwise, you might feel guilty about going your own way while people around you are united in doing nothing and suffering from it. But why should you survive, [...]
Emergency Plan
So, I was digging around on the ready.gov website and I came across a cool widget (Quick Share) that allows you to generate an email text containing emergency contact info for you to share with family, friends, etc. In addition to your info, it shares your emergency contact, out-of-town contact, and neighborhood meeting place. Right [...]
Be Sensible When Testing Your Survival Skills
With popular TV shows like “Man Vs. Wild” and “Survivorman” demonstrating their hosts survival skills in exotic places such as, the Arctic Circle, deserts of North Africa, and the jungles of Panama, I think as viewers we tend to forget these guys are the best at what they do and have been training and fine [...]
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