Articles tagged with: urban survival
Beware the Black Swan
Several years ago, I had the chance to read a book by Nassim Taleb called Fooled by Randomness. This is a fantastic book that I highly recommend to anyone interested in statistics and how they relate to real life. He came out …
Start a Fire with Simple Household Materials
What do a 9 volt battery and some steel wool have in common? Nothing. But if you put the two of them together you have one of the easiest fire starters on the planet. I didn’t know this trick until …
Growing Hazelnuts for Food
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via Wikipedia
One of our goals here at Survivaleer is to provide you with the information and training necessary so you can survive through disasters of any type. A big component of this survival is being able …
Urban Survival in an Economic Collapse
I recently finished reading a book by Fernando Ferfal Aguirre called, The Modern Survival Manual: Surviving the Economic Collapse. The book is a first hand account of Mr. Aguirre’s life during Argentina’s economic collapse in 2001. If you didn’t already know, up …
Book Review: The Modern Survival Manual: Surviving The Economic Collapse
This book is an actual account events and things learned living through the economic collapse that took place in Argentina during 2001. The author, Fernando Ferfal Aguirre, relates not only vivid experiences but things he learned from what occurred in …
The Tomahawk, One Great Urban Survival Tool
You may wonder, why on earth would I want a Tomahawk. Especially for Urban survival. Ever since I watched the movie “The Last of the Mohicans” I have wanted to get a tomahawk. For some reason, I never have–up …
