Survival walkie talkies are reliable accessories for serious grid-down situations or fun backyard adventures. They are durable and effective communication solutions when you need to be accessible during hiking trips, camping trips, or emergency rescue. However, choosing the best survival walkie talkie from the variety of options available on the market can be daunting. To …
Maybe you’ve always dreamed of running away to your own personal place of solace and starting a homestead, or perhaps you love the thought of living in a sustainable, interdependent community. You may simply desire to survive the collapse of society, whether or not anyone else helps you to do it. If any of these …
EDC or everyday carry backpacks are crucial life companions right behind our smartphones. The best EDC backpack is a delight to carry with all modular accessories stored safely inside. But how can you find the perfect EDC for your everyday essentials—one that’s also good for your spine? In this guide, we’ve compiled a rundown of …
When you understand the massive power of the sun it becomes easy to imagine a world that is completely powered by solar panels and efficient batteries to hold that power. To achieve that end someone first had to ask the question, “how do solar panels work.” Did you know that Charles Fritts put the first …
Power outages are inevitable. While most grid failures are temporary, long-term outages can devastate entire regions, leaving people hungry and exposed to the elements. As such, researching and preparing alternative methods of cooking is essential for any survivalist. Read on to learn more about how to cook without electricity and ensure your family never goes …
Knowing how to store water long term is a life-saving skill for hundreds of survival scenarios. City water systems are reliable, but not foolproof. Freezes, deterioration, and other events can destroy pipelines and delay urban water delivery for days. And survivalists know that, if society falls to disaster, there won’t be potable water coming through …
Food is a key resource in all emergency and survival situations. Ensuring that you have ample food stores to endure a shortage, natural disaster, or apocalypse is essential to be prepared for everything. Dehydrated food is an efficient source of nutrition when faced with dire straits. So how long does dehydrated food last, and should …
It is natural to worry about a nuclear catastrophe, given the political turmoil unfolding across the globe in the last few years. So how long does nuclear fallout last? While there is little you can do about nuclear warfare, you can protect yourself and your family from one of the bigger threats to humanity. But …
It is important that everyone understand how much solar energy is coming to our planet at any given moment. The earth, at least on one side, is being continuously hit with 173,000 terawatts of energy. If that doesn’t mean anything to you then just understand that it’s about 10,000 times the world’s energy use. How …
There is growing concern about the potential calamities the world may face in the near future. This is why knowledge about survivalists has become so crucial for many. A bomb shelter is a great way to protect you and your family from unforeseen events. If you’ve been wondering how to build a bomb shelter to …
Our need for safe and secure homes is a given, however, most houses aren’t equipped to weather severe storms and extreme winds. If you live in the Central, Midwest, or Southern United States, then you’re no stranger to dangerous tornadoes and hurricanes. Preparation is key. In adverse and extreme weather conditions, your family’s safety may …
Sugar isn’t one of those things that makes you immediately wonder, how fast should I consume it before it goes bad?” In fact, chances are that you simply leave it in its original container, on a shelf in your pantry. While this usually doesn’t cause any harm, learning how to store sugar correctly for the …
Strawberry season is undoubtedly one of the best perks of summer. Nowadays, however, you can find strawberries in supermarkets year-round—though they certainly don’t taste as good as the ones you go picking at your local orchard in June! So what do you do to satisfy that fresh strawberry craving in the middle of winter? Simple: …
What drives us to want to learn how to build a survival shelter? There is the excitement of creating that “fort” from the natural world. There also seems to be an innate understanding of how important sheltering is. Every year people flock to survival and bushcraft schools to get hands-on training for making fires, building …
As climate change continues to cause more and more freak storms across the United States and the world, it’s more important than ever for families to have an emergency plan, and even more importantly, a shelter to take refuge in. An above ground tornado shelter that follow FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) guidelines is one …
Our collective knowledge of bushcraft knots is taking a huge hit in modern society. Our kids have just as many options for shoes without laces as they do to use shoes with laces. The earliest knot we teach our children are disappearing. That is just one small example of where that knowledge is being lost. …