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How Our Family Unplugged From the Matrix & Went Off-Grid
So what exactly changes when you up and walk away from the only way of living you’ve ever known?When your 4 bedroom 2 bathroom home on 800 square metres (a 5th of an acre) of land is exchanged for a 2 bedroom 1 bathroom cabin on 400,000 square metres (100 acres). When your mort...
3 of the Easiest Survival Shelters for ‘SHTF Scenarios’
Building a shelter is the most urgent priority in almost any survival situation. Shelter offers us protection from exposure to extreme cold and heat.In extreme conditions, you can only live a few hours without shelter, so it’s important you understand a few different types of s...
10 Books That Could Save Your Life
These days, you can never be too prepared. In no particular order, here are the top picks for the best non-fiction survival books around (click links to buy).10. The Prepper’s Blueprint: The Step-By-Step Guide To Help You Through Any Disaster, by Tess PenningtonThe penultimate ...
This Article Could Save Your Life: “Consider This Your Last Wake Up Call”
There is no shortage of potential worst-case scenarios that all seem to be converging.The Ebola crisis has been at the top of the headlines as of late, but though they’re not being talked about in any serious capacity, we are still facing other threats to our livelihoods elsewh...
6 Vegetables You Can Grow Indoors
For many who love warmth and the outdoors, summer can, by far, be their favorite season. With summer, too, comes growing seasons, and gardeners who love to produce fresh fruit and vegetables for themselves, their families and their friends.Still, while June, July and August might...
How to Build Your Solar-Powered Off-Grid Cabin for $2,000
How to build a nice small cabin powered by solar panels. Lamar Alexander built this cute little 400 square foot cabin for approximately $2000, and powers it with a 570 watt solar and wind power system.The whole system is very inexpensive, and the best part is he is mortgage free....
TOP 5 Reasons You Should be Preparing
Most people prepare based on their understanding of the emergencies that are most likely to affect them. Unfortunately, most of society feels that natural disasters are the only type of scenario they should prepare for.This misconception sets many up for the possibility of fallin...
How to Grow a Vegetable Garden From Garbage
If you are a frugal gardener, you’ll love this idea. How about growing your garden this year from food scraps? Some of the easiest and most inexpensive plants to grow are from things that might otherwise end up in the trash can, so instead, why not use them to make some delicio...
6 Easy Steps to a Perfect Garden
Have you noticed that your store bought produce is wilted or bruised once it comes home from the store? Are you concerned about harmful chemical fertilizers on your produce? Do you worry about upcoming food shortages? Or want more food security?Many of us are taking notice of the...
Cheap Eco-Distiller Turns Seawater Into Drinking Water Using Solar Energy
Italian designer Gabriele Diamanti (@GabDiamanti) has invented Eliodomestico, an eco-distiller running on solar power, to provide safe drinking-water for people in developing countries: a very simple way to produce healthy, bacteria-free water. Eliodomestico is an open source pro...
Off-Grid Living is Illegal in Florida, According to Court Ruling
Living off the grid is illegal in Cape Coral, Florida, according to a court ruling Thursday.Special Magistrate Harold S. Eskin ruled that the city's codes allow Robin Speronis to live without utility power but she is still required to hook her home to the city's water system. Her...
How to Protect Your Electronics From an EMP Attack
Every prepper has his/her own idea of what a major disaster will look like and how likely it is to occur. However, one of the most catastrophic–not to mention scientifically plausible–is the EMP strike, which could be either natural or manmade.EMP stands for electromagnetic p...