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Published on Jun 13, 2017 This is the first in a series describing how you can live either rent or mortgage free, for the rest of your life! Living in one of the areas I point out allows you to no longer pay your monthly rent to a Landlord or a banker, instead, you can pay yourself and become the Lord of your own life. Having all that extra income means you can live a much higher quality of life than you could any other way. I'll show you how to 1) disperse camp free on National Forest or BLM land, 2) stay at Ehrenberg, AZ for free, 3) create a free homestead at Slab City, 4) live on Quechen Indian land for $80 a year, 5) stay at a Long Term Visitor Area year-around, 6) buy an Annual New Mexico State Parks Pass that lets you stay for free at any of their State Park Campgrounds for $225 a year, and finally,7) Live at the Coyote Howls RV Park for $500 a year. With all these options, I think everyone who watches my videos should give very serious thought to becoming a full-time nomad and living the life of their dreams! No matter how cheap your budget, you can learn something from this video about how to turn your car, van, caravan or RV into a surprisingly cheap mobile, tiny house on wheels! Then you can live the life of your dreams by adopting a minimalist, simple and frugal life of travel as a gypsy, nomad, traveler or even a prepper by dropping out of the Rat Race and becoming a Vandweller or RVer! - -- - - - - - - - EcoWorthy 100 watt Suitcase Solar System: http://amzn.to/2pf9v24 Dometic 28 Quart 12-Volt compressor Fridge: http://amzn.to/2pf4dDS Luggable Loo Portable Toilet: http://amzn.to/2pff8xi Mr. Buddy Portable Heater: http://amzn.to/2oS3sxj Coleman 2-Burner Stove: http://amzn.to/2qhqNud Luci Light: http://amzn.to/2qpnXCo Coleman Folding Oven: http://amzn.to/2oUSwUr Coleman 2-Burner Camp Stove: http://amzn.to/2ptz2oq Sunflair Portable Solar Oven: http://amzn.to/2qByURv Renogy 100 Watt Portable Solar Kit: http://amzn.to/2pMTIbK Optima Deep Cycle Battery: http://amzn.to/2qKQDG6 Spot GPS: http://amzn.to/2rfjQN2 InReach Communicator http://amzn.to/2quCfSE Fantastic Fan--Reversible: http://amzn.to/2sl3Bzv Install Kit w/ Butyl Tape & Screws: http://amzn.to/2sfOjew Dicor Lap Sealant: http://amzn.to/2rj32FY Vent Cover: http://amzn.to/2raZbH1 3M Blue Painters Tape: http://amzn.to/2sutPiF Be aware that I am an Amazon affiliate, and by using these links I will make a small percentage of your purchase, even if you buy something else--and it won't cost you anything! When my wife and I moved to Montana last year, we found a comfortable home on several acres with a view of the mountains. There was only one hitch – the house was off the grid. In fact, everyone in the subdivision generated their own power, including the bed and breakfast nearby. That doesn’t mean it was primitive. The house had solar panels, a wind turbine, a battery bank and inverter, a generator, and a full range of appliances including washer and dryer, refrigerator, stove, satellite TV, propane furnace, and even a dishwasher. Since I had operated a cogeneration power plant before coming to Montana, I wasn’t too concerned about generating my own electric power, so we bought the house. Continue... 52 Weeks to Preparedness: An Emergency Preparedness Plan For Surviving Virtually Any Disaster9/2/2015 Across the ages, in every survival story, a disaster of some sort plays a prominent role. Sometimes the part is played by the government, sometimes it is played by Mother Nature, and other times, the role is taken on by a random mishap. If we have learned one thing studying the history of disasters, it is this: those who are prepared have a better chance at survival than those who are not. A crisis rarely stops with a triggering event. The aftermath can spiral, having the capacity to cripple our normal ways of life. Because of this, it's important to have a well-rounded approach to our preparedness efforts. Due to the overwhelming nature of preparedness, we have created the Prepper's Blueprint to help get you and your family ready for life's unexpected emergencies. To make a more comprehensive, easy-to-follow program, The Prepper's Blueprint has been simplified and divided up in a way to help you make sense of all the preparedness concepts and supply lists provided. We have divided the chapters into layers of preparedness.
Continue... I am inspired by the very definition of self-reliance: to be reliant on one’s own capabilities, judgment, or resources. Ultimately, it is the epitome of independence and lays the groundwork of what we are all striving for – to live a life based on our personal principles and beliefs. by Brian Berletic There are a lot of reasons to build your own Internet. In some places, you may have access to the Internet, but not particularly like your service provider or those monitoring and regulating your network. In other places, you may have no Internet (or telecom network) at all. The solution is not to wait for someone to build the network that meets all your requirements, the answer is to build that network yourself! An interesting Make Magazine article on what are called "Meshnets" appeared in November 2014. In it, they describe Hyperboria, a project which aspires to create a global mesh network. A mesh network is basically a completely decentralized peer-to-peer version of the Internet. Local mesh networks are created where local users can communicate with one another and access information hosted locally by each user. A local mesh network, in turn, can be connected with another, then another and another until coverage is regional or even national. - See more at: http://www.techswarm.com/2015/01/why-you-should-build-your-own-internet.html#sthash.pmf2eKcW.dpuf A variety of hardware is required to make this happen, but means that each user is a direct shareholder in the network itself and that the centralized assets of the current Internet and all of the problems associated with them are removed entirely. One such piece of hardware is a "mesh box" which allows for peer-to-peer connections. Another piece of hardware that will be needed to construct such networks is a long-distance router like the all-weather Nanostation M5. - See more at: http://www.techswarm.com/2015/01/why-you-should-build-your-own-internet.html#sthash.pmf2eKcW.dpuf There are also P2P applications like Project Serval that connects your mobile device to others in their own broadcasting range -- no cell phone network required. This is the perfect solution for staying in touch with others traveling with you to remote areas where there is no network coverage. It is also useful for communicating with others in range if you desire to skip using coverage even when you have it. At the end of the day, whatever your reason is for building your own Internet or using other P2P communication solutions, you will learn a lot, and you will have an alternative you can turn your attention to whenever the real Internet or your mobile network has got you down or goes down. Related TechSwarm Article: 5 Inventions That Herald an "Outernet" Revolution Brian Berletic writes for BIT Magazine, where this first appeared. BIT Magazine is a bi-lingual platform for Thailand's maker movement to connect, grow, and collaborate with maker communities abroad. Follow us on Twitter here or on Facebook here
Reskilling for Sustainable Living: Ways to Learn New Skills December 27, 2014 Everyone, to some extent, is a product of their culture. Our culture’s formal education system teaches a set of skills that are claimed to be beneficial and practical for functioning in present society. Certain sets of skills are privileged, and others are simply not taught, and in some cases, skill sets that are deemed no longer relevant are lost from the collective knowledge of many communities and families. Unfortunately, many of the skills of the past that are needed to help us transition to a lower-carbon and lower-fossil fuel society have been lost as newer generations weren’t interested in learning them or because these skills are no longer part of any community or family educational system. This is where the concept of reskilling can come in. What is reskilling? “Reskilling” is one of the terms that often comes up in the sustainability and permaculture communities. The concept of reskilling is simple–those of us wanting to get ahead of the curve and transition to low-fossil fuel, sustainable living, need broad sets of skills that aren’t typically taught in our education system nor are typically part of growing up in our present culture. Reskilling is really about gaining the skills to provide for our basic needs for ourselves, our families and our communities–the movement is concerned with skills that help feed ourselves, clothe ourselves, provide daily functional items for ourselves from local materials, entertain ourselves, deal with our waste, keel ourselves healthy, and keep ourselves sheltered and warm. So we can think about reskilling as the process of gaining a set of skills for basic human life in a non-industralized or lower-fossil fuel setting–a setting that future generations and many of us today are heading toward. Typical reskilling may include a lot of the concepts discussed in this blog-natural building, homesteading, gardening, fermentation, herbalism, animal husbandry, candle making, and much more. Animal Husbandry is an important skill Why Reskill? I think there are a lot of reasons people start reskilling, and I’ll give you a few of mine. Reskilling has been a really empowering thing for me for a few reasons. First,I found that each time I learn a new skill–from how to properly start seeds or rotate crops to how to deal with an egg-bound chicken or make my own medicines–I was stepping further away from modern industrial and consumerist society. This meant less dependence and financial support for practices/companies/lifestyles that I spiritually disagreed with. Second, being able to provide some of my own needs, like food or medicine, also made me feel like I was doing something to face the problem directly rather than lamenting over what wasn’t being done by government, etc. Third, reskilling, while hard work, is fun and exciting–and has created a really fulfilling life full of activities and new interests. Finally, reskilling allows people like me, who were heavily trained in a specialty, to adopt a more generalist mentality, and there is great benefit in such an approach. Since my spiritual path is rooted in the living earth, I see reskilling not only as a sustainable practice, but as a sacred spiritual practice–the earth is honored, I live more sustainably, my needs are taken care of, I learn more about the land, and I live much closer to her rhythms and seasons. This is a big part of my druidry, my sacred action. Ok. I’m sold on reskilling. What should I learn first? I have found that it is important to learn one thing comfortably at a time–when you start trying to do to much, you risk frustrating yourself. Start slow, read, talk to people, and find out what you are inspired to try. Also find out what you can learn about in your area–who is around and willing to teach. One of the things you want to think about is if you want to specialize in one kind of skill extensively or learn a bit of everything. A typical community 150 years ago had certain activities that everyone did (e.g. the home cottage industry such as growing and preserving food, brewing, making home cheeses, churning butter, raising some chickens, etc) but then there were those that specialized, such as a blacksmith, wood carver, or herbalist. You want to think about your interests and see where they develop. Basket weaving as a sustainable skill How does one reskill? There are many, many options for reskilling. I think you’d be surprised the places and things that have things to teach you. It really depends to a large extent on what is in your area, how many like-minded people you have, and how you best learn. The rest of this post presents ways you can reskill through multiple angles: history, firsthand learning, History History in its various forms have so much to teach us in terms of reskilling, becuase many skills we are learning when reskilling are skills of our past. Here are three different kinds of histories that I’ve found are helpful to reskill. 1) Living Historical Events/Festivals: The Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) and other forms of reenactment (civil war, colonial, etc) offer one way to learn traditional skills. Some friends invited to me to their reenactment camp a few years ago, and I was really excited to see how many skills the reenactors were preserving and excited to teach. From these sources, I learned about soapmaking, weaving, spinning, flint knapping, blacksmithing, leatherworking, and more. While these provided me with “glimpses”; I was able to be inspired, gain some basic instruction, and connect with others preserving these various skills. 2) Historical Villages. You can find various kinds of historical villages peppered around the country, and like the “living histories” above, there There is a wonderful village called Old Bedford Village in Bedford, PA, where all sorts of old traditions are preserved–they have a full fledged print shop, an apothecary, a candlemaker, various woodworkers, a blacksmith, a potter, a tinsmith, and more. Its an inspirational place and while there is limited hands on, you can learn a lot just studying the old tools and ways of living. Even seeing a typical house in the colonial era (like where the hearth was placed, the cooking instruments, etc) gives me lots of ideas for reskilling. 7) Historical Study: Learning about your town’s and family’s local history serves as another theme for reskilling. Read family historical documents and journals, study old maps, study what your town or city used to look like also give some hints as to life in centuries past–and the skills that people had. If you are *really* lucky someone is still around who knows a lot about your town or your family and how people lived. 8) Historical shows. If you don’t have any access to the above, the other thing you might check out are a series of “living history” shows produced by the BBC. These are shows such as “Victorian Farm,” “Edwardian Farm,” “Tudor Monastery Farm.” What I like about these shows is where historians live a year on the farm and practice all sorts of interesting skills. Herbalism as a traditional skill Firsthand learning from others. There is little substitute for learning firsthand. Here are a few ways that one can learn: 1) Classes: Classes are a great way to learn many skills, and one of my preferred methods of reskilling. Since I started reskilling six years ago, I have taken all sorts of classes–natural building (round pole framing, rocket stoves), compost water heaters, rocket stoves, organic farming, winter organic farming, herbalism (year long), foraging, candlemaking, fermentation, mushroom foraging, livestock, and so much more. These classes were found by reaching out to friends, looking to see what others were doing, and also looking on Local Harvest for classes there. 2) Apprenticeships: If you find someone who knows how to do something you really want to learn, consider asking to be their apprentice. While this might be an old idea, its a really good one. Learning under someone who has a skill allows you to have a mentor, to aid them in their work, and to learn firsthand. I can’t stress this enough. I was lucky enough to serve as an organic farmer’s apprentice for a season, and there was no substitute for learning under her. 3) Friends: Friends may know all sorts of interesting things. I learned how to make soap from two friends, and now already I’ve taught soapmaking to other friends. Friends can learn different skills and then swap skills. Learning a new skill with a friend is a wonderful experience! 4) Community Organizations : I’m lucky that in my area, we have a fantastic amount of organizations and groups that you can learn new skills from in my area. Everything from the Mother Earth News Faire (offered in three locations each year) to a more local events like Ann Arbor Reskilling and our own Oakland County Permaculture Meetup allows people to come together and share skills. I should also say that if a community organization or group doesn’t exist–consider starting one–that’s what a group of friends and I did with our permaculture meetup, and its going on three years now and I’ve learned so much from everyone. 5) Reskilling Festivals: Reskilling festivals are becoming another great way to learn how to do various activities. Some areas may have local reskilling fairs (there is one that takes place in Ann Arbor, Michigan, about an hour fro where I currently live, for example). There are also national reskilling fairs, perhaps the most well known being the Mother Earth News Fair. Keep an eye out–they may not call themselves “reskilling” fairs, but if you take a look at the program and see things on there you want to learn, go for it! Fermentation is a great skill to learn on one’s own! Learning On One’s Own Sometimes its best to learn just by doing or trying things out on your own–especially if you want to learn something and can’t find any classes or anyone else doing anything. 1) Videos, Blogs, Websites and Forums: There is so much good knowledge to be found on the web–Youtube Videos, websites, forums and blogs. I am always amazed at the amount of knowledge freely available out there just to learn. One of my favorite forums to learn is the permies forum; I’ve learned a lot from reading and more when I ask questions. How-to stuff on the web, I have found, is generally quite useful and often is vetted by people through comments and responses. 2) Books and Magazines: I have saved my favorite way of learning to reskill for last–books! I am especially drawn to books from the 1970’s, as they have a wealth of really good information, great graphics, humor, and wit. From building my own solar cooker to solar greenhouses to organic farming, there are wonderful books out there on literally any reskilling subject. I like to collect books during the year, and then in the dark winter months, hole up in my home near the fireplace with a few good books and get ideas for the coming season. I created a list of some of my favorite books for homesteading (there are so many more I have yet to list!) Reskilling as a Way of Life What began growing my own food and investigating sustainable practices, I had no idea where the journey would take me. I am so grateful for the people who I have had the pleasure of learning from, from the awesome books I’ve read, the people on the web who have shared their knowledge, and those who have inspired me. Reskilling has become a passion of mine and really, has changed the way I live and work and I am so glad to be on this path! Source The Money Fix - A for Documentary for Monetary Reformwww.TheMoneyFix.org
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