Preparedness & Survival

The Wilson Solar Grill was designed in 2012 by MIT professor Dr. David Wilson with the help of MIT graduate students. It not only cooks your food when the sun …

Fire Making Techniques When in a survival situation the first priority is adequate shelter, but often that isn’t enough. We all know the importance of fire. It acts as a …

Do you know how to find land for living off the grid? The perfect land for building your off grid homestead? I’ve been saving, working, and researching going off grid …

This 2 bedroom house in Nigeria is built from recycled plastic bottles, sand, and mud. It is bulletproof, fireproof, and can withstand earthquakes. Oh, and it also reportedly holds a …

This solar still, designed by Italian freelance designer Gabriele Diamanti, makes potable drinking water from salt water. It can be used in arid coastal regions all over the world to …

Why do you want to live off the grid? Everyone, I think, has their own reasons and ideas for wanting to move off the grid. Boiling it down, these are …

People are dying because we’re creating Superbugs. Your immune system is weak compared to some nasty little viruses and bacteria out there. Superbugs are BORG-like bacteria and viruses that are …

How do we feed the world? EASY! Grow food, not lawns. Why do we grow lawns instead of food? Is it because we don’t really need to grow food? Is it …

There are four things you absolutely need to survive. In what order of importance -with regard to survival- would you place these four necessities of life?  4 things you need …

What’s stopping you from going off grid right now? Is it money? Most likely. Money is the main reason why people don’t go off grid sooner, if ever. Your financial …