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Every single one of us has been in a situation where the weather forecasters and civil authorities have warned of an oncoming crisis.
AS the second series of UK Preppers begins tonight, we meet the first Scots prepper - Stuart Fish - who reveals his apocalypse preparations.
Joerg Sprave, aka the Slingshot Guy, is a master at crafting weapons from just about anything. Recently, he accepted a new challenge.
In tornado tracking terminology, an EF5 funnel formation is often referred to as the “Finger of God.”
Don’t look for Band-aids or Neosporin in this medical kit.
Certain forward-thinking folks are reinventing farming as we know it. Indoor, organic urban farms growing food vertically using hydroponic and aquaponic principles, are sprouting around the country.
When it's suggested that our food system be comprised of millions of small, organic gardens, there's almost always someone who says that it isn't realistic.
The Natural Cottage Project's Building Courses Building the Straw Bale and Cob Hobbit Sauna July 13 – 26, 2013 Oxford, Michigan Building the Complete Cob and Timber Cottage II September 28 – October 11, 2013 Woodbury, Ten
Making it through a worst case scenario in a two bedroom apartment is not my idea of a good chance of survival.
Satellite telephones were the stuff of off-gridders’ fantasies – until now.
One of the very first things I did when I first started prepping was to bolster my pantry with basic staples that could be used for variety of purposes.
Developed by British engineer James Bentham, the Solar Kettle can boil water simply by using sunlight.
One of the very first things I did when I first started prepping was to bolster my pantry with basic staples that could be used for variety of purposes.
Chef Dan Barber squares off with a dilemma facing many chefs today: how to keep fish on the menu. With impeccable research and deadpan humor, he chronicles his pursuit of a sustainable fish he could love, and the foodie's honeymoon he's enjoyed since
(Why I prep, and how I do so in a family that thinks I’m crazy.)
The hurricane season forecast came out just this week and NOAA is predicting we’re going to be busy. It’s easier to handle if you go into it prepared.
One of the more common prepper challenges is finding room for stored food and water.
How do you protect yourself from a tornado that reaches 2 miles wide with wind gusts above 200 miles per hour?
What are survival spider holes and how effective are they?
Hi Jim, The reader who contributed the food saver storage bag post gave a lot of great ideas.
This California hotel that our food blogger stayed goes beyond LEED certification in its sustainability initiatives. It also opened her eyes to some of the contrasts between how sustainability is thought of in different regions of the country
There's a hierarchy of survival skills that are more age-appropriate for children than teaching them how to skin a squirrel for supper.
Lake Erie is sick. A thick and growing coat of toxic algae appears each summer, so vast that in 2011 it covered a sixth of its waters, contributing to an expanding dead zone on its bottom, reducing fish populations, fouling beaches and crippling a to
The survivalist movement is growing at great rate today. You only have to read some of the articles posted in this blog to know that.
During a real SHTF scenario is living in an urban environment really a safe thing to do?
Panasonic Corporation today announced that it has developed a solar lantern that doubles as a charger for people living without electricity.
Anna Marie Kingsley and Malcolm Batchelor knew nothing about design or power generation when they embarked on building their virtually self-sufficient family home in the Wairarapa valley.
Another great recipe from Corey Naughton
This last weekend at the Farm we started the construction of 3 new geodesic domes. They are made from the electrical conduit we used to make the Money Dome. Two of them are going to be for Ernie's new Auqaponics area, and one of them is going to be