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05/10/2018 / By Rhonda Johansson

Cheese is a great survival food to keep in your cache

We Americans sure love our cheese, but we don’t really know much about it. Does it really matter, you ask? As long as it’s sprinkled over our fries, pizza, macaroni, pasta, nachos (the list can go on and on…), who really cares? But you should care. Cheese is an invaluable stock item when SHTF. After […]

02/14/2018 / By Rhonda Johansson

Tincture basics: Recipe for making home remedies

Tinctures are liquid extracts made from medicinal plants. Because they are made from natural ingredients, tinctures are able to alleviate various symptoms of certain diseases with little to no side effects. Most people buy their tinctures from their local herbal store but what many don’t realize is that they are actually quite easy to make. […]

02/14/2018 / By Rhonda Johansson

Identifying and splinting bone fractures in a survival situation

The chances of you getting injured during an emergency are high, especially if everyone around you is panicking. During times like this, it is important that you keep a cool head and assess your situation carefully. People running around, pushing, and screaming can cause you to fall down and injure your arm or leg. Similarly, […]

02/13/2018 / By Rhonda Johansson

Medical prepping: 5 ways to protect your health when SHTF

Medical preparedness is not usually a term associated with prepping. But if you really think about it, this knowledge should be an essential part of your survival education. You can purchase all the best first aid kits in the world, but if you have no idea what to do with them, how exactly were you […]

02/08/2018 / By Rhonda Johansson

What NOT to wear: The worst clothes for a survival sitution

Fashion has no place in survival. During crisis situations, the least you need to worry about is how good you look. What is more important is knowing that you are well-protected and properly clothed to handle any emergency. Instead of a “how-to” list that we often feature in our preparedness articles, we’ve written instead a […]

10/26/2017 / By Rhonda Johansson

The shared economy is going solar with neighbors buying and selling renewable energy to each other in Brooklyn

Blockchain technology, the same database system that drives Bitcoin, is now being used to transform the energy sector. A consortium of concerned citizens have proposed a community microgrid iteration that allows people to bid for and sell solar energy to their neighbors. Brooklyn-based LO3 Energy seeks to create a series of local energy networks which […]

10/19/2017 / By Rhonda Johansson

Zinc battery breakthrough may allow homes to efficiently store energy for off-grid use

Since the early 1990s, scientists have attempted to create a battery that would replace the standard lithium-ion variety. The difficulty in such a project lay in the energy density of the power source. Scientists found that while other materials proved to be more energy-efficient, their cycles were, if anything, pathetic. Hope was sparked several years […]

09/13/2017 / By Rhonda Johansson

Are these 8 common mistakes creating a tomato timebomb in your garden?

There are few simple pleasures in life as juicy and fulfilling as taking a bite of a freshly-grown tomato. Tomatoes are some of the easiest plants to grow. There are, however, eight common mistakes many novice gardeners make when starting their own tomato farm. Avoiding these practices will fully optimize your yield. Not rotating the […]

08/19/2017 / By Rhonda Johansson

Every residential home could be its own power station, dramatically cutting dependence on the power grid

Utilizing solar power can save homes around 600 British Pounds ($775) in electricity bills every year. This was the conclusion made by a team of researchers from the Swansea University who found that installing solar storage technologies in buildings could cut energy consumption by more than 60 percent. The concept has already been proven in […]

08/17/2017 / By Rhonda Johansson

18 low-cost REPAIR items preppers are stockpiling to keep things running once the civil war begins

Survivalism isn’t simply about living like the end of the world is going to happen, as mainstream media would have you believe. It’s the ability to use nature to your advantage and ensure that you are always prepared for any situation. To that end, it is smart to always carry around a repair kit in […]

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