Take a Crash Course or Refresher in How Our Economy Works

by suburban | Aug 1, 2010 | Economy, General, Levels of Awareness, Money, Politics, Preparedness

Here are 20 videos from ChrisMartenson.com on how our econ­o­my works.  If you want to learn more about how mon­ey is gen­er­at­ed at the gov­ern­ment lev­el, this is a great video series.  It is free, and will take you about 3 hours and 20 min­utes to go... Read more

Hitting the Camping Trail for Saturday Evening

by suburban | Jul 31, 2010 | Personal

Weath­er looks good for Sat­ur­day evening.  Think I’m going to hit the camp­ing trail, try out my new chi­nook Ther­mopalm 50 degree sleep­ing bag, It com­press­es down to some­thing just larg­er than a foot­ball, and a new bivy tent I picked up not too long ago... Read more

Boiling Water in a Plastic Bottle.

by suburban | Jul 31, 2010 | Bushcraft, Fire, Water

Okay, I just saw some­thing on the Dis­cov­ery show Man, Woman, Wild I thought was pret­ty cool…  I am sure this is not good for the long term, but for a short term sur­vival sit­u­a­tion, pret­ty cool. I am a fan of Myke Hawke.  I have his book “Hawke’s... Read more

I Just Finished “Bug Out: The Complete Plan for Escaping a Catastrophic Disaster Before It’s Too Late”

by suburban | Jul 30, 2010 | Books, Bug Out Location, Bug Out Vehicle, But Out Bag, iPad

I recent­ly fin­ished Scott B. Williams, “Bug Out: The Com­plete Plan for Escap­ing a Cat­a­stroph­ic Dis­as­ter Before It’s Too Late.” First, I would like to say that I have a ton of respect for Scott.  I fol­low his blog at scottbwilliams.com and... Read more

DIY — Alternative Method of Baking / Cooking — The Cardboard Box Oven

by suburban | Jul 30, 2010 | Cooking, Stoves

I am always look­ing for alter­na­tive meth­ods of cook­ing if the grid goes down, the gas stops flow­ing to my stove, or the SHTF in gen­er­al.  I came across this card­board box oven post and thought I would share it. Here is the post:... Read more