Ticks carrying Lyme disease are expected to be rampant on the Appalachian Trail and much of the East coast this …
How To Use EVERY Single Part Of An Animal
As children in school we were often taught that Native Americans used every part of the buffalo they hunted, from …
Do You Know How to Make Fire From Ice?
Did you know that you can make fire from ice? I’m willing to bet that you did. It’s one of …
Abandoned puppies pulled from cave
Nine puppies were miraculously pulled from a cave thanks to the determination of a rescue organization. The litter of dogs …
Hiker Who Risked Jail To Save Baby Bear: ‘He Seemed To Be Abandoned And Dying’
The hiker who risked a year in jail to save a baby black bear he encountered on a trail has …
World’s Largest Cottonmouth Snake?
What would you do in this situation? The Mossy Oak crew came across this venomous cottonmouth (water moccasin) while out …
Extreme Winter Survival Vehicle Kit
This self-help preparedness video was inspired by the story of a family in NW Nevada which in 2013, was stranded in their vehicle …
Winter overnight bug out camp for Lily and Dax in a snowy woodland
A winter overnight in Lily’s bug out shelter has her gathering firewood and building two possible dog beds for Dax, her …
Lily’s stone-age survival shelter
This week, Lily (and her dog) build what she calls a stone-age hut. (She also uses it as a sweat …
Life Hack: DIY mini-storage solution
You never know when you’ll need a small amount of something, like antibiotic cream, or salt, or medicine, or cooking …
I’m From Louisiana. Here’s the Flooding Story the Media Should Cover.
As a south Louisiana native who lived through Hurricane Katrina, I have every right to be aggravated with the national …
Brain-eating amoeba is back
Remember this story from last year? How to stop brain-eating amoeba from killing you? Well, it’s back. An 11-year-old South Carolina …
Break the Grip of the Rip – How to get out of a rip current
Rip currents are powerful, narrow channels of fast-moving water that are prevalent along the East, Gulf, and West coasts of …
Live report on what to do – and not to do – during a flood
Last year one of our team had a terrifying viewpoint as torrential rains flooded the street outside his apartment block in seconds and …
Kick & push- How to get out if you fall through ice
The spring will soon start to melt the ice on our lakes. That won’t stop some people from over-estimating the …
25 things you should know before you go camping
For many people, especially those from big cities, camping is one of the greatest ways of enjoying the great outdoors. …
Tiny houses for homeless people are a lesson in urban survival
Self-Reliance Central readers love small houses. These ones come from dumped odds and ends, and a big heart. And as …
Lily’s back with an emergency survival shelter!
Lily shows us how to place, source and build an emergency shelter using a tarp and trimmed boughs. You’ll need a …
Off Grid Solar Power – How to Calculate Your Needs. Warning: Math and physics are involved!
Thinking of getting an off-grid solar powered system? As these guys will show you on their camper van roof, you …
Survival masterclass: Build a wood and clay heated home from scratch. Amazing!
This guy is amazing. He practices primitive technology as a hobby. But what he does for me is …
That glass of river water may look clean but it may come with a few surprises
That nice, refreshing glass of creek water could contain: Giardia and cryptosporidium cysts, herbicides, pesticides, trihalomethanes (THMs), volatile organic chemicals …
Ballsy bowhunter beats bear – shoves arm down its throat
A bow hunter in Montana survived a male grizzly bear’s mauling. He surprised the bear out on the trail and …
The Ecocapsule. Is this the future of sustainable living?
Wow! Look at this. Coming soon is this tiny home — or emergency shelter – the Ecocapsule. It can be pulled …
VIDEO: How to survive being swept away in a flash flood
First video, this is what you shouldn’t do. Then there’s a life-saving video to tell you how to deal with …
Lily’s awesome bug-out camp
This simple, stable, warm and dry bugout shelter was constructed with safety and seclusion in mind. Lily can sleep, hunt and hide-out …
More from Burning Man – Where self-reliance is a must
Sept. 06–BLACK ROCK CITY — By Chris Smith, The Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, Calif. Burning Man is dead. Its heart …
How to carry a canoe on your shoulders by yourself
It’s not as hard as it looks, and it is super-impressive: Hoisting a canoe, solo, atop your shoulders for a …
How to survive a shark attack
CNN First things first: Despite what happened to Mick Fanning on Sunday (see above), you are incredibly unlikely to be duking it …