10 Tips To Prepare You for SHTF Situations

Humanity is facing a lot of threats at the moments. If it’s not the economic downturns, it’s climate change. If it’s not climate change, it’s terrorism. If it’s not terrorism, it’s the threat of a reality TV star leading one of the world’s most powerful nations. Life as we know it is about to change

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Grow These Unusual Plants For Your Survival Garden and Yard

If you are one of those preppers who tend to their garden as one of your preps, then this article may not be news for you- but I encourage you to read on. For those with no or small gardens and not really thinking about what new plants to grow, then this article is for

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25 Essential Items for Your Survival Hygiene Kit

When it comes to general survivalism articles, hygiene usually takes a backseat behind things like food, water, bug-out bags and life in the wilderness. But why does it have to? Particularly since it can make the difference between life and death? Hygiene is defined by the Oxford dictionary as: “Conditions or practices conducive to maintaining

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Here’s How To Make Your Own Survival Water Filter

We all know that water is essential to life. Essential to the point where you can only survive two to three days without it. So what happens when you are stuck or stranded somewhere with no clean water supply for a couple of days, or even worse, weeks? How are you meant to survive this

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Here’s How To Make Your Own Simple Survival Water Filter

We all know that water is essential to life. Essential to the point where you can only survive two to three days without it. So what happens when you are stuck or stranded somewhere with no clean water supply for a couple of days, or even worse, weeks? How are you meant to survive this

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How To Build A Fire Using The Dakota Fire Hole

Being able to survive in the wilderness is not just about using the latest tools and coolest skills of the ‘trade’. It is also about using simple but proven techniques. Building a fire is one of them. It’s something that most survivalists boast about to mere mortals. And for good reason. It’s one of those skills

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Don’t Make These 10 Concealed Carry Mistakes

Making the decision to apply for a CCW and carry a concealed firearm does not come without some major responsibilities.  Even the slightest mistake while carrying concealed can have huge repercussions and being new to concealed carry is no excuse for making any of the following ten common mistakes.  Even people who have been carrying for

Biodegradable Plastics Are A Sham When It Comes to Ocean Waste

When it comes to the continuing ocean waste problem, the biodegradable plastics solution is a sham. This was made clear by Jacqueline McGlade, chief scientist at the UN Environment Program during the UN environment assembly in Nairobi. Most plastic is extremely durable, leading to large plastic debris and “microplastics” to spread via currents to oceans

Source: Biodegradable Plastics Are A Sham When It Comes to Ocean Waste by Derick Love via Ready Tribe - Don't Just Survive, Thrive!.

Intelligent Waste Bins To Spruce Up Your Home Recycling

Kitchenware brand, Joseph Joseph has just added intelligent waste bins to its collection. This is all thanks to a London design studio, PearsonLloyd. They arrive in the market at a time when home recycling programs are gaining momentum and food waste management becomes a major concern. These Intelligent Waste units stack vertically but still provide

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Get Your Very Own Green Hobbit House

You can now live in an eco-friendly hobbit hole right here in the United States thanks to Green Magic Homes! The company operates worldwide and is bringing Tolkien’s hobbit houses to life with the greenest perks you can ever imagine. Apart being just about anything between durable, flexible and waterproof, they are obviously green-roofed, non-corrosive,

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PFOA Contamination In Amherst Well Water

Seems like the water contamination woes are sadly only beginning. This time it’s Amherst on the hot seat as the latest community found with contaminated water. And it’s pretty much a dejavu because it involves a former Textiles Coated International (TCI) plant. State officials have detected disturbing levels of PFOA in four private wells within

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Quick & Simple Ways Of Going Green In Your Home

Going green in your home doesn’t have to be as difficult as it sounds. Neither should it be as expensive as most people think. When it comes to the general Go-Green mentality, the reduce-reuse-recycle mantra is often skewed towards the latter – forgetting the important equally important action: ‘reduce’. Each home can actively work on easing their carbon footprints

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Living Off-The-Grid With A Tesla X Model

Living off-the-grid is a dream for every self-respecting home-owner let alone prepper. I mean, what’s better than ditching the bills and the craziness of relying on state services when you could find ways to rely on your own efforts? As we’ve already seen, a couple of unique solar powered innovations can allow you to be off-grid

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Make and Recycle Paper At Home

There are many ways to ‘go green’ but some are usually overlooked at the expense of – well- your wallet! And paper is one of them. Paper recycling that is. And to be more specific, paper recycling at your home. A lot of us know that paper is recycled. Great. But what is not common

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Mussels Keep Water in Minneapolis Safe From Contaminants

It looks like Minneapolis and Moline are safe from potential lead poisoning of the Flint kind due to the kind of measures deployed at the Minneapolis Water Plant. A water quality official says the two cities are the only ones in the US using a unique method to keep the water safe. And it’s not really

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Wind Energy Conversion Without Blades Or Rotation

A bladeless wind energy converter. Yes, it sounds a little bit crazy because conventional wisdom dictates that wind energy is best, if not only, generated by blades rotating in the wind. But it was also conventional wisdom that told us that the earth was flat. So away with it for now. It’s the same thing two designers

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A Water Purifier That Generates Electricity and Creates WIFI Connections

Imagine a large machine that can purify gallons of water and at the same time generate electricity – as well as create WIFI connections. Now stop imagining because it does exist. And it’s called Watly. All thanks to one Marco Attisani. You see, Marco envisioned a machine that could solve three large challenges that all cities

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Make Your Home Energy Efficient With These Tips

A lot of things run our lives. A lot of other things run our checkbooks. Energy use in your home shouldn’t be one of them. Unless you are a secret scientist or chemist and running a secret laboratory, of course. But if you are reading this, I bet that’s not the case. State-provided, solar, wind,

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Emergency Situation Shelter Building

If you spend enough time outdoors, there’s a good chance that you will end up eventually needing to build an emergency shelter. This piece below from HowStuffWorks offers up some cool advice on getting a shelter built in such a situation. However, we would also like to point out that if you had a good,

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Prepping 101: Tips for Stocking Up on Meds

No matter what you might be preparing for, one thing is certain: You are going to need medication when SHTF. Though it’s nearly impossible to get your hands on prescription antibiotics without actually having an infection, there is a loophole that you can take advantage of – antibiotics for fish. The video below describes further:

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