Best Places to Live Off the Grid in the US
Living in the city is becoming more expensive by the day, especially when inflation is rising. The hustling and bustling environment can also drain us. This is why there are people who have started...
Prepare With Foresight
Scenarios for Disaster Preparedness
Previous articles in the series addressed the concepts of implementing strategic foresight, conducting horizon scanning, imagining black swans, and mapping existing systems. Now, we’ll look at developing scenarios
Supply Chain Issues: How to Prepare In 2022
If you’ve been having a harder time checking off all the items on your grocery shopping list each week, you’re not imagining it. From diapers to automobiles, paper bags to computer chips, all kinds...
What happens if the power grid collapses?
It seems that all over the world these days, major power outages are happening without warning. They last for days, weeks, or even months. Sometimes power failures may be caused by extreme weather conditions,...
How to Prepare for Food Shortages
The Covid-19 pandemic didn’t only produce a shock in terms of a health crisis. For the first time in living memory, it revealed just how vulnerable the US food system is to shortages caused...
Gifts for DIY Enthusiasts
It is that time of year again. Christmas is right around the corner, so it is time to start shopping for your loved ones. Some of the best gifts you can buy are items...
How to set up a bug out campsite
We all want to think that the day will never come, but it does. Things have gone horribly wrong and you are forced to leave your home and go to a bug out campsite....
Report on Disaster Events
This report contains a list of disaster events that occurred across the world during the stated reporting periods. The events listed do not represent all disaster events that occurred and includes only
Kalah Combat: Self-Defense done the Right Way
I met with Idan Abolnik in Pretoria, South Africa to discuss the Kalah System that he developed and introduced to the public and private sector in 2013. In short, Kalah is a combat system...
8 Great Homesteading Gifts
If you are a homesteader or know someone who is living the dream of homesteading, you may be wondering what to buy as a gift for that family. Homesteading is a lifestyle that
Disaster Superheroes: Wearable Technology and Sensory Enhancements
You might wonder why a blog on disaster resilience is publishing an article on wearable technology and sensory enhancements. The reason is simple. Often survivalists are focused on
Survival and Everyday Paracord Projects
Cordage is one of the most difficult substances to come by in a survival scenario. It also happens to be one of the most useful. You can replicate cordage using natural materials, but the...
