Simple Inexpensive Lighting When There Is No Power

by suburban | Jul 16, 2010 | Bug In, But Out Bag, Energy, Gear, General, suburban survival, Urban Survival

So, I was walk­ing through Wal­mart one day get­ting ready to pick up a new foot­ball to play catch with on a camp­ing trip, when I walked past the out­door patio stuff, and it hit me… Cheap light­ing for home.  Renew­able, too… Hmmm… Solar lawn light­ing.... Read more

Survival Cooking With Aluminum Foil

by suburban | Jul 16, 2010 | Cooking, Improvised Gear, suburban survival, Urban Survival

I always car­ry alu­minum foil.  In fact, in my Altoids kit there are two square feet of alu­minum foil.  I car­ry it because if I need a makeshift bowl or need to cook some­thing I have what I need to do the job, and can pos­si­bly reuse it if I had to.... Read more

DIY — Make a Simple Cardboard Box Solar Oven

by suburban | Jul 13, 2010 | Cooking, Improvised Gear, Stoves

The sun is arguably one of the human­i­ty’s most impor­tant tool for sur­vival. It gives off prac­ti­cal­ly unlim­it­ed amounts of light that is used by plants to gen­er­ate ener­gy and ani­mals for heat. It can be used to gen­er­ate elec­tric­i­ty with solar pan­els,... Read more

DIY — Field Sink Project

by suburban | Jul 1, 2010 | DIY, Hygiene, Improvised Gear, suburban survival, Water

On the heals of the DIY Wash­ing Machine, I thought this would be a cool project that would work as well…  It is a DIY sink that you can build to keep things clean, includ­ing your mess kit, your­self, etc…  Have fun and enjoy. Field Sink — More DIY How To... Read more

The Best Commuting Backpack I Have Owned.

by suburban | Jun 30, 2010 | Bug Out, EDC, Gear, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Liv­ing in the sub­urbs, and com­mut­ing into NYC, you would think is easy.  It is, but it can also be a cum­ber­some task when you are schlep­ping a note­book, lap­top, file fold­ers, and EDC every day.  I also trav­el nation­al­ly quite a bit on... Read more

My Business Travel Preparedness Kit

by suburban | Jun 25, 2010 | EDC, Gear, Preparedness, Urban Survival

This is a mod­i­fied busi­ness trav­el kit.  I have post­ed about my trav­el car­ry before, and it rou­tine­ly changes.  Today, I put in the lug­gage that I check at the air­line, what you see in the pic­ture to the left. I just feel bet­ter when trav­el­ing... Read more