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Building a food stockpile big enough and diverse enough to survive through a disaster takes time, effort and money. Some things, like rice and beans are fairly cheap, allowing us to stockpile them quickly and easily. But few of us would want to try living off of just rice and beans for a month, let alone for a year. While rice and beans is better than nothing, it's not as tasty or nutritious as a truly balanced diet would be. The next step for most people is adding canned goods. Canned fruits and vegetables are plentiful, readily available at any...

Prepping is a financial challenge for most preppers. Oh, there are the wealthy ones, who are building survival retreats that you hear about. But they are in the minority. The rest of us struggle with trying to fit prepping into an already stretched budget, as if we can make each dollar go three ways. Sadly, dollars don’t do that, so prepping usually means that we’re not doing something else, so that we can use some of our money on prepping. Even then it’s a stretch for most of us to have the money to stockpile all the supplies and buy...

In the midst of preparing for any and every disaster that might come along, one thing that is often overlooked is the need to prepare for medical emergencies. Few of us have any real medical training, farther than giving aspirin and putting on a band-aid, and we tend to look at the profession of medicine a bit like the black arts. We see it as something beyond us, so we don't bother studying it. But medicine, like any other skill, can be learned. Have you ever gone to a doctor who you didn't' think was all that bright? Well, if...

As I've watched the prepping movement grow through the last few years, I've been somewhat surprised and intrigued by some of the topics which have been brought up by various preppers and authors. Back when I started as a survivalist, the main concern was getting out of the city and surviving in the wilderness. The idea of bugging in was impossible. After all, no home can protect you from a nuclear explosion. But the threats we face today are different than the threat we faced back then. All-out thermonuclear war is not a likely possibility in today's world, but an...

You may not be able to afford expensive improvements at home or work to help reduce the amount of waste that goes into the landfill but there are small steps you can take that over time will not only reduce the amount of trash you throw out, but may also save pennies around your home or office. Here are some suggestions for ways to improve 1) Use reusable containers for water. Around the office you may have a water cooler which is great for generating cold, clean water. Often these are supplied with throwaway cups which are either Styrofoam, plastic or...