Physical
This is a collection of what you will need to be self-sufficient in an urban, suburban, rural, or wilderness environment. If it concerns the wellbeing of the body, it’ll be here. Food, water, shelter, defense and weapons – everything in the bottom three levels of Maslow’s Hierarchy.
By Ben on June 1, 2010
Posted in Featured Posts, Food, Gear, Shelter, Tools, Water | Tagged backpacking, Bob, camping, clothing, fire, hiking, off-grid, sleeping gear, stoves, survival, tents, TEOTWAWKI, water purification, wilderness |
This is another great set of tips from my online buddy, Bob. He is a genuinely self-sufficient soul, living off the grid somewhere on the North American continent.
This time around, Bob discusses the optimal backpacking setup.
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My standard list of backpacking gear has changed very little in the past twenty years.
I favor fairly heavy leather boots [...]
By Kevin on May 26, 2010
Posted in DIY, Gear, Tools, Transportation | Tagged bug-out, car survival, clothing, first-aid, knife, medicine, multi-tool, survival, survival kit, wilderness |
I am always surprised by the number of people I run into that do not have any supplies in their car for emergency situations. I guess most of them have the, “it can’t happen to me” mentality — that mentality will get you killed.
Every year, stories pop up in the news about a person or [...]
By Ben on May 26, 2010
Posted in Communication, News and Views, Technology | Tagged Bangladesh, bicycle, Gizmodo, InfoLadies, information, Internet, netbook, third world |
Gizmodo’s Kyle VanHemert writes about a simple and brilliant program to bring important information to people who have less access to it — the InfoLadies of Bangladesh:
Many people living in Bangladesh’s impoverished villages haven’t yet been reached by technology. But a determined band of InfoLadies—young women equipped with netbooks, phones, and medical equipment—are delivering technology’s [...]
By Kevin on May 21, 2010
Posted in DIY, Featured Posts, Garden | Tagged beautification, civil disobedience, environment, guerrilla gardening, marijuana, Seed bombs |
Now we can all be bomb-throwing anarchists without hurting anyone! I came across a recipe for making seed bombs.
Here’s the recipe:
5 parts dry red clay*
3 parts dry organic compost
1 part seed
1 – 2 parts water
*For the clay it is recommended that you use dry potter’s clay. You should be able to obtain this at any [...]
By Harold on May 20, 2010
Posted in Food, Les Visible | Tagged diet, gratitude, spiritual survival in a temporal world |
This is the seventh chapter from Les’ online novel titled, Spiritual Survival In A Temporal World, for our companion site JustGetThere. This chapter addresses diet, and the practice of eating with gratitude.
Spiritual Survival in a Temporal World
Chapter 7
We’ve all heard the phrase, “You are what you eat.” You’ve probably also heard, “As a [...]
By Ben on May 20, 2010
Posted in DIY, Featured Posts, MacGyver, Shelter | Tagged Bob, camping, glue, instructional, makeshift shelter, rope, tarp, teepee, tipi, wilderness |
This is another great how-to from my online buddy, Bob. He is a genuinely self-sufficient soul, living off the grid somewhere on the North American continent.
This time around, Bob breaks down the art and science of building a quick-and-easy teepee (tipi).
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A few days before Christmas I had a sudden hankering for a Teepee. Don’t ask [...]
By Harold on May 19, 2010
Posted in MacGyver | Tagged balloon, condom, fire, firestarting, plastic, survival, wilderness |
A cool technique to start a fire MacGyver style if you have no matces or lighter. Using a condom, balloon or plastic, create a spherical shape to focus sunlight in. These items will have a shorter focal length so will need to hold them 1 to 2 inches form your tinder.
By Harold on May 17, 2010
Posted in DIY, Featured Posts, Power | Tagged alternative energy, solar power, video |
This DIY solution will help you build a solar panel array that produces about 18 volts of power for under $200. After learning the techniques involved, the design could be improvised to produce more power easily by upgrading the solar cells.
Via Home Solar and Wind Info
Building your own diy solar panel is easier than [...]
By Harold on May 13, 2010
Posted in DIY, Featured Posts | Tagged chembuster, chemtrails, orgone, weather, wilheim reich |
Chemtrail is the slang term for the Indirect and Semi-Direct Aerosol Campaign (ISDAC) conducted by departments of the U.S. government. If you want to know more about the subject of chemtrails, you can start here with some great posts on the Prison Planet forum. Keyword search these terms on the web and you will find [...]
By Harold on May 12, 2010
Posted in DIY, Featured Posts, Water | Tagged bargain, Berkey, bucket, water filters, water purification |
One of the best water purifiers on the market are Berkey water filters. Berkey’s use gravity filters that are cleanable, and use micro-permeable ceramic filter elements. These filters are extremely effective, long-lasting and require no electricity. The only drawback is the cost, following the steps in the video below you can make one yourself [...]
By Harold on May 12, 2010
Posted in DIY, Featured Posts, Shelter | Tagged architecture, beer bottle uses, documentary, earthships, off-grid, rainwater, reuse, self-sufficiency, solar power, tire uses, unusual houses, video |
This inspiring documentary is about Michael Reynolds quest to build self-sustaining homes, using trash gathered from the local environment. Called Earthships, he uses tires, dirt, plastic and glass bottles as building materials to craft these uniquely designed houses. Earthships have the ability to stay at 70 degrees ambient temperature, even in freezing weather without gas [...]
By Ben on May 7, 2010
Posted in Shelter | Tagged architecture, green building, railroad, recycling, renovation, reuse, unusual houses |
WebUrbanist posted this fantastic compilation of old railroad cars turned into living and working spaces.
With the mortgage industry in trouble and more people making the shift toward green housing, reusing train cars as homes is a logical step. Like shipping containers, it’s relatively easy to do the conversion yourself, provided you have the resources to [...]
