“Want to know how to catch fish, learn from poachers.” I’ve said it over and over in my survival courses. There is a direct correlation between what is illegal and what is effective. Think of the most extreme cases. In my younger juvenile years, I watched a guy tape a M80 firework to a rock and thro …

I’m as tired as you are of hearing the news of school shootings. I spent over 14 years as a high school history teacher in a public school in Connecticut only about a half-hour from Sandy Hook Elementary. We all know that name where so many children were killed and it seems like each school murderer …

There is a general misunderstanding of what survival communication is versus survival noise. When I think of communication, I think of signaling. That is, I am referring to a message being conveyed clearly. When I think of survival noise, I think of another form of communication but one that can …

Ask anyone, “what is the best…(it doesn’t matter what word follows “best”)” and you will receive a wide variety of responses. Best is a subjective term and the answers that follow are always influenced by personal opinion. How do you determine what YOU need in a sea of suggestions that are likely ta …

“Organization is correlated to efficiency and efficiency is correlated to productivity and productivity is correlated to success”. I recall saying that as a teacher to my students over the years both in an academic classroom and in an outdoor setting as a survival instructor. You probably know so …

Homeschooling my children was not something that I grew up knowing I would do. I attended public school through all of my primary education years, and the bias I may or may not have had toward homeschooled factions was most likely similar to ones you may have or had. However, my desire to provide my …