Survival Scout Tips
Water Wars: The Next Global Conflict Over Diminishing Freshwater Resources
Water wars aren’t new. But they’re reaching all-time highs—and hitting closer to home. There were 344 instances of water-related conflicts worldwide during 2022 and the first half of 2023. Final data isn’t yet available for 2023, but they expect it to surpass 2022—and 2022 was the highest ever. While most...
Ecocide: A Good Idea That Ends in Total Control
People in Flint, Michigan, suffered—and some are still suffering—from water contamination in their municipal water supply. Yet no public officials have ever been held criminally responsible for the Flint water crisis. Shouldn’t causing devastation that hurts so much be considered a crime? Many will say “yes” and claim the crime...
Digital IDs: This Is How the Elites Take Everything from Us
What exactly have we traded for convenience? Well, we’re about to find out if digital IDs are implemented. Digital IDs will usher in a dystopian future that poses the gravest threat to human rights we’ve ever seen. With a digital ID, the government and those companies sourcing the data stored...
20 Survival Lessons from the Radioflash Trailer
2019's Radioflash, a movie about survival after an electromagnetic pulse kills power to more than 200 million people in the Western U.S., is looking like a film ahead of its time these days. The 2-minute trailer is not only a powerful reminder of how quickly society can descend into darkness and...
Top 10 Most Alarming Statements Made by WEF – Davos 2024
The 2024 Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum met last week in Davos, Switzerland. No surprise, but it was five days’ worth of alarming discussions. So many red flags. According to WEF, “The meeting welcomes over 100 governments, all major international organizations and the Forum’s 1,000 partner companies as...
No Farmers. No Future.
Take a minute and consider this recent Science Daily article titled: “The number of the world's farms to halve by 2100.” According to the article, “New research shows the number of farms globally will shrink from 616 million in 2020 to 272 million in 2100, posing significant risks to the...
Black Swan Events We’re Preparing for in 2024
A black swan event is a term coined in the 2007 book, The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. According to Taleb, a black swan event has 3 critical components: 1) Is so rare that even the possibility that it might occur is...
10 Most-Read Survival Scout Articles of 2023
The past few years have given us more than enough reasons to prioritize emergency preparedness. It seemed like everywhere we looked, something suspicious was going on. Whether it was the release of the Twitter files or the government shutting down seed libraries, Americans were seeing red flags all over...
Ending the Cycle of Homelessness: Our Partnership with Project Hawaii
When most of us think of Hawaii, we likely think of a vacation paradise. What you and many others may be unaware of is the high number of homeless children on the islands. According to Project Hawaii, Inc., “In Hawaii, there are over 23,000 children living in substandard and...
Why a Netflix Movie Has Americans Alarmed about Cyber Attacks
In the last few days, survival items have been flying off our shelves. Was there a major attack or severe natural disaster? No. A movie, executive produced by Former President Barack Obama, premiered on Netflix. This movie has stirred up a lot of controversy and made people more aware...
The Terrifying Plan to Control Your Thoughts
About 10 years ago, I read a story about someone who posted something on Twitter before leaving for a plane flight. By the time her flight landed in another country, she’d already been “canceled.” What she wrote was a satirical joke that was easily explained once she landed. However, the...
The Future of Meat Is...Bugs?
The Future of Meat…Is Bugs? There’s a new reason to worry about a global food crisis. Because the people pushing fewer farms and more synthetic meat are now pushing bugs for dinner. Yes, you read that correctly. Some of the most powerful organizations and wealthiest people in the world are...