Survival Scout Tips

As much as we love our independence, Early American small towns were composed of people who knew how to live independently within the community. Can you say the same?

Stocking up on essential bartering items and mastering key bartering skills will ensure you have what you need to get what you want if SHTF.

With the looming food crisis, it is only a matter of time until people start looking to their neighbors for food. If you have an emergency food supply, take steps now to protect it.

Unleavened bread has been eaten at Passover since biblical times. Learn about the history of unleavened bread and how to bake your own.

We never know when disaster will strike, but we can prepare our families to survive by teaching them these 12 essential survival skills.

If your cooped-up kids are driving you crazy and keeping you from working remotely, check out these 15 screen-free ways to keep kiddos entertained during a quarantine.

With schools across the U.S. closing, more companies asking their employees to work remotely, and entire cities shutting down, it means families sheltering at home will have to find ways to entertain themselves. 

The Amish community provides a great example for how to function and live off-grid in modern society. Learn how they stay warm in the winter, cook and preserve food, and more.

In 2018, we saw everything from widespread wildfires in California to a major volcanic eruption in Hawaii to devastating hurricanes on the East Coast and Gulf of the United States. Let's reflect on what we saw these last 12 months and learn how to prepare for 2019. 

There’s a philosophy that gets talked about a lot in the preparedness community called the “sheepdog approach.” It comes from an analogy that describes humans as either sheep, wolves or sheepdogs.

To give you a brief overview, I’ve broken down the analogy into its parts. Which one are you? 

Building a Culture of Preparedness In FEMA's 2018-2022 Strategic Plan, recently published and outlined in comments to the House Homeland Security Committee – the first strategic goal reads: "building a...

James Wesley, Rawles is the senior editor of SurvivalBlog.com and best-selling author, including the Patriots series of novels. In much of his work, Rawles explores the concept of an "American...