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Host Bill Heid gets the inside track on the upcoming Doomsday Expo from Eric Fischbach, the chief operating officer of the Doomsday Expo. The Doomsday Expo offers some outstanding opportunities for survivalist and emergency preparedness aficionados, including a casting call ...

In my home I have over a dozen firearms, thousands of rounds of ammunition, shelves and shelves of food, enough water to drink for weeks, and a two rucksacks packed to last seventy-two hours should this all be compromised. Now ...

Knot tying might not cross your mind when you’re thinking about skills you would need to survive in the wilderness, but knowing different knots could save your life. Different knots are used in building, setting traps and snares, setting up ...

When the white man arrived on the shores of North America, the folks who already lived here had been thriving for hundreds of years, using foodstuffs that were available to them. If we are smart, we might want to explore ...

Do you live with an “off-the-grid” guy? Does your man live in his own little world—a world where he tries to do everything himself? Maybe you’re the husband of an OTG gal. How do our spouses put up with us? ...

Maybe you’ve heard this before, but then again maybe you haven’t: it is actually possible to generate usable electrical energy by riding a bicycle. Not by simply riding it out in the street, of course, but indoors, suspended on a ...

So you’re in a bad situation. You’re in the middle of nowhere; you don’t have much food and very little water. Maybe it’s the desert, maybe it’s a mountain or a forest. Either way, survival skills may change with your ...

Both the United States and Canada offer a lot of opportunities for off-the-grid living. There are vast rural areas in both countries, where families can easily homestead and hide from society. So which country is a better place to go ...

Living off the grid could land you behind bars in California. Government officials are using nuisance abatement teams to force property owners off their land. Some of the self-reliant Americans featured in a Reason TV expose were offered the chance ...

Living off the grid is a independent, ethical living choice that we make in and out each day. While this is a fulfilling life choice, it can be difficult to get your kids enthusiastic about self reliant living at a ...