Protecting your feet is always important. There may come a time when your shoes are worn out, and there’s no way to acquire one. This is an interesting guide to making sandals out of old tires (or tyres, for the British). It’s a great emergency tip, as well as environmentally friendly.
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It’s always a good idea to set up caches of essential supplies and equipment in strategic locations. There may be a time when you need to evacuate, or when you are cut off from your main supply. You may want to set up your cache at a friend’s place or at a hidden location. Just remember where you put it! Last week, a Cold War bunker was found in Brooklyn Bridge.
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Everyone’s heard of global warming by now. How real is it? And how does it affect you? Take a tour at Flood Maps for a sobering outlook. The website shows which areas are affected by flooding when the sea level rises. You can set the sea level rise from 0 metres (today) up to 14 metres.
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The BBC has a story on using the sun to sterilise water. The low-tech process, which is currently in use in Africa, seems simple enough, using regular disposable soda bottles.
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Q: What do The Force and duct tape have in common?
A: They both hold the universe together.

You’ve probably heard that joke before. The duct tape is an essential tool to be included in any survival kit or bug out bag. Invented in the early 1940s by scientists at Permacell (a division of the Johnson & Johnson Co.), duct tape was built to fill the need for a strong, flexible, durable tape that could help the war effort, according to Henkel Consumer Adhesives, one of the world’s largest makers of the stuff.
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The Camp Recipes website has a whole category on emergency survival food. The recipes include classic dishes such as Ant Flambe, Bee Soup, Creamed Grasshopper, and more.
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DirectNIC is a company based in New Orleans that received a lot of online coverage during the Hurricane Katrina disaster. They actually kept their operations running, and had a blog online during the entire time.
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If anyone had ever told me that I would be carrying around a vial of radioactive material everywhere, I would have said that they were crazy. Not any more. The Glowring is a waterproof, sturdy portable lighting source that needs no batteries and will last for a decade or more.
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Michel Blomgren is a Swedish independent film maker who is interested in survival and bushcraft. He has made available several short films on bushcraft. The movies are in DivX format, filmed in Swedish with English subtitles. You can use the multiplatform free VLC client to view the movies.
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One of the authorities in self-sufficiency is the Church of Latter Day Saints. Whatever your faith may be, you will certainly find their resources on food and storage preparation useful. One interesting tool is a Food Storage Calculator. All you need to input are the number of family members (children and adults) and the calculator will provide you with the recommended amount of food to be stored.
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