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Biolite: portable wood burning cooking stove - the most reliable camp stove for your pack

Ultralight camp stoves are great for backpacking or when you need to bug out. Similarly, the typical propane camp stove is awesome for car camping trips and setting up a base camp where you’ll be doing a lot of cooking. Both of these systems have one major limitation – their fuel source is a canister of propane. Propane is not only limited to what you have on hand but could be hard to find in a pinch. Don’t worry, there is a solution that has you covered with a superb wood fuelled camp stove: the BioLite FirePit+

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Prepper Skill Development: Your Guide to Hand Sewing + Creating Threads from Plants

Prepper Skill Development: Your Guide to Hand Sewing + Creating Threads from Plants

In the days, years, and months in a post-collapse society, finding and repairing clothing will be a necessary part of your long-term survival. Clothing provides a critical barrier between us and our environment. Further, sewing is essential for maintaining shelter and the materials for hunting and gathering. In this blog, we give you a starting point for developing your sewing arsenal for survival. 
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prepper using a bat fishing method at night

Finding Food After Grid-Down: Your Guide to Survival Fishing

While fishing is a hobby many enjoy, fishing is a key skill in off-grid survival, especially in North America –– where fresh water is one of our best assets. In a world covered by water, fishing is a readily available resource for nutrition. In this blog, we will tackle the best ways to fish with limited supplies in a post-collapse environment. 
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Interpersonal Skills for a Post-Collapse Society: Part 1 –– De-escalation

Interpersonal Skills for a Post-Collapse Society: Part 1 –– De-escalation

After society crumbles, it’s all well and good to imagine yourself as a lone wolf in the woods surviving off of your own labour, but we need other people to truly thrive. In this series of blogs, we will explore fundamental skills for maintaining a healthy community of people in a high-stress environment. Stay tuned to learn more essential skills for post-collapse success. 
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Are you prepared for a nuclear attack? Everything you need to know.

Are you prepared for a nuclear attack? Everything you need to know.

Many of us are familiar with the doomsday clock. At 100 seconds to midnight, there is an ever-growing need to understand how to manage a potential nuclear fallout. While the looming threat of nuclear warfare has been a part of our social consciousness since the second world war, increasing tensions in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East make the threat feel its most present since the Cold War. In this blog, we want to give you a practical guide for navigating nuclear war––
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A Passive Solar Greenhouse is Your Bug-Out Necessity

A Passive Solar Greenhouse is Your Bug-Out Necessity

In a fragile supply chain, one of the most liberating things you can do is learn to sustain yourself through any season. In colder climates, like Canada, growing seasons are short and limited. During the lean and long winter season...

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