Just about anywhere you go, anywhere people have traveled, you can find an aluminum soda can someone has thoughtlessly discarded. While this is awful for the environment, in a survival situation, one person’s litter is another person’s survival asset. In a survival situation, the versatility of the aluminum can is virtually unmatched. You can use…
Re-purpose An Old Flip Phone Into A Night Vision Lens
Moving around or traveling at night if you are on foot always poses challenges, but in a survival situation, it carries many additional risks. You do not know who or what is out there that might attack you or be in your way and trip you and your vision, even under a full moon, is…
[VIDEO] Make This Awesome Brick Stove For Under $10
Ideally, when a SHTF scenario or survival situation arises, you are fully prepared or at the very least can ride it out without having to improvise or adapt to meet an unanticipated need. We all know that is not realistic, though, and most of us expect that we will have to improvise to cover unanticipated events or…
Make Your Own Compartmentalized Fire Straws For Emergencies
Matches work great when they’re dry. But we’ve all been in outdoor situations with items that are mean to be kept dry somehow get damaged and wet. In the case of matches, they only work properly when they’re dry. So whether you’re walking in the woods and are suddenly met with a rain storm, or your fishing…
5 Beneficial Things You Can Do With Recycled Rain Water
In this day and age of water shortages, and certain cities allowing home owners an allotment of only ten minutes an evening to water lawns, it is – especially common in the West Coast – important to recycle the water that comes from the sky. For centuries drought ridden areas, and even those areas that are not so parched, have…
[VIDEO] Make Your Own Knife From Saw Scraps For Under $1
Of all the survival tools you will need, a good knife is the only one that is truly indispensable. You can make your shelter, forage for food, use any number of methods to find, purify and store water. You can even survive a SHTF moment or extended survival situation without a firearm (although it would not…
See How This Family Built A Round House For 5k
If you are in the market for an idea for building a house on the cheap or if you are just looking for a living space that will optimize utility costs, heat and living / work space, this amazing Earthbag Round House might be just the answer you are looking for. Rugged, easy to build,…
How To Make This Rain Barrel For Survival
Most survivalists are conservationists by nature – not necessarily in the political sense – but in the practical sense. We re-purpose, recycle, reuse, reclaim, re-engineer, we do a lot of “re-ing” because we are always trying to get the utmost potential of all we use or consume. One easy thing that all of us should…
Make This Awesome Survivalist Storage Shed From Pallet Board
As survivalist we always want to be prepared. That’s a simple statement and pretty much the core belief of anyone who wants to make sure they are ready for any impending disaster or if, for whatever reason, human kind has to make it on our own for any period of time. Naturally, over the years…
Papercrete: How To Make This Incredibly Easy And Durable Building Material
One very inexpensive building material that is easily made and easy to handle is Papercrete. This incredibly durable and reasonably “earth-friendly” substance is ideal to use as a building material if you live in a rural area where there are not a lot of zoning and building regulations. In a long-term survival situation it is…
Paracord Compression Strap For Easy Equipment Carrying- Check It Out!
When you are in a survival situation, carrying things becomes a crucial element to being able to take what you need where you want to go. Soft items, like blankets, while lightweight are bulky and can be a real pain in the neck to lug around. One way of addressing this issue is to make an…
Stay Cool In The Summer With This DIY Structural Awning
During the Summer months, just about everywhere, sitting outside in the hot sun can be brutal and for some, downright unhealthy. A Sunshade Structural Awning is one way of reducing exposure to the Sun and creating a place that is significantly cooler than its surroundings. Many will just buy a structural awning, but why do that when…
Off Grid DIY Septic System
Getting rid of human waste safely is always an issue and because of that, we have a myriad of rules and regulations that govern how sewage is removed, stored, leeched and dispersed. In a SHTF scenario where you’re stuck for a few days , however, a traditional sewage system may not be available. If that is…
Learn How To Make Your Own Glue
There are a lot of talents and skills that people living a long time ago – our ancestors if you will – possessed that we frankly have forgotten. This is because of mass manufacturing, automation and all the advances an industrialized world affords each of us, that we usually take for granted, but would dearly…
[VIDEO] Awesome Alcohol Lamp You Can Use As A Stove!
When the power goes out, having on hand or creating a light source is a small, but important step to regaining a sense of normalcy. Most of us are somewhat prepared for a short-term outage with at least a single emergency light source and more often than not an array of kerosene lanterns, candles and…
This Awesome Tiny Home Wants To Be Made
Whether it is because of a desire for a more simple life, to save money or even to reduce our overall “footprint,” many people are downsizing their living spaces. One way is to take advantage of the growing trend that is “tiny homes.” You’ve probably seen examples of these on the internet or your local news…
[VIDEO] Make This Awesome PVC Time Capsule That You Can Store Virtually ANYWHERE!
Preparation is critical to being able to handle a SHTF moment. One way of being prepared is to “pre-store” survival goods. An excellent storage device is a sealed PVC “time capsule” that virtually anyone can make – even those of you for whom the concept of “DIY” makes you break out in hives. A PVC time…
[VIDEO] You Won’t Believe How This Flower Pot Gets Turned Into a BBQ
Improvisation is the one skill that every survivalist must learn; in fact, some survival experts say it is the most important skill a person in a survival situation can possess. The more you absorb in regards to using every day items for improvised purposes, the better you get at recognizing how you can use those…
How to Purify Water Using Pool Shock In a SHTF Scenario
Depending on what survival web site you visit, using Pool Shock to purify water is either a bad idea or an acceptable alternative in a pinch. Survival moments, however, are not so black and white. In a SHTF moment, you have one continuous and critical need above all else: Water to drink. You can survive…
[VIDEO] Use Your Soda Can Tabs To Make These Awesome Chains!
One of the most important skills a survivalist can master is the ability to improvise, to use whatever is at hand for what ever task needs to be accomplished. With some people, doing that comes natural; they just seem to be able to see potential use for just about everything (they also can be annoying…