The Core Concepts of Modern Survivalism, by Jack Spirko

by suburban | Aug 6, 2010 | Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Sit­ting in LAX air­port, or any air­port for that mat­ter I enjoy catch­ing up with my pod­casts. To me the air­ports are “hur­ry up and wait” sit­u­a­tions that offer some much need­ed per­son­al down­time while I wait for the plane. For­tu­nate­ly, today as well, I... Read more

Know Nothing? Buy a Book…

by suburban | Aug 5, 2010 | Books, Gardening, Homesteading, Preparedness, Self Reliance

It’s no secret that most peo­ple in the sub­urbs here in NJ get out of bed at 5:00 / 5:30 a.m., show­er, and saunter their way to the train, bus, or car to com­mute their way to work every day.  Most days it can take 30 — 120 min­utes depend­ing on the traf­fic... Read more

My Large Bug Out Bag Contents

by suburban | Aug 4, 2010 | Bug Out, But Out Bag, suburban survival, Urban Survival

This bag is for the SHTF, and hav­ing to evac­u­ate to West­ern NJ, North­east­ern PA, or the Catskills in NY.  It will be packed and ready to go from my apart­ment.  I may also build a sec­ond iden­ti­cal bag in the event I can­not get to the one at the... Read more

Podcast about Urban Survival by Chip Monk

by suburban | Aug 2, 2010 | Preparedness, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Survivalism, Urban Survival

Chip Monk is a new pod­cast­er, pod­cast­ing about sur­vival­ism.  This morn­ing I came across his pod­cast on Urban Sur­vival and thought I would share it with you.  This pod­cast cov­ers the basics, and you may already have them down, how­ev­er, if you do... Read more

How Stocked Should a Bug Out Location Be If You Have to Bug Out?

by suburban | Aug 2, 2010 | Bug Out, Bug Out Location, Gardening, Guns & Weapons, Homesteading, Hunting, Preparedness, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Urban Survival

This is a thought that hit me this week­end as I was surf­ing the Web for sur­vival top­ics so I could learn some­thing new.  I was look­ing up Bug Out Loca­tions, and it hit me that, we (I) dis­cuss prep­ping your pri­ma­ry home with preps pri­mar­i­ly for... Read more

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