City dwellers take heart. You may not have acres of woods teeming with deer and bunnies ripe for shooting in the event of an emergency situation or upheaval in society but you can still make out fine if you take advantage of these three simple urban survival tips.
The Get Home Bag
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At Holistic Survival, we don’t often jump into the environmental debate. That way lies madness but sometimes the topic can’t be avoided. Today, we’d like to apply the law of supply and demand to the issue. The greenies love to opine that trees are being wasted by the millions to supply products for over-consumerated humans, [...]

We’ll be honest – in the beginning of this website there were those who warned us away from including the word “holistic” in the name. To summarize the general sentiment, “Holistic Survival,” they warned, “is going to make everyone think you’re a bunch of whack job granola heads.” In our opinion, it’s unfortunate that the [...]

A transition town is a simple concept. It involves motivated people pooling their creative and intellectual resources to redefine what a “city” or “town” means in the United States. People create a Transition Initiative because they’re concerned about a modern problem or even a handful of modern problems.
For some, the reason is peak oil, climate [...]

Stumbling Towards Survival

Holistic Survival is founded on the premise of “Protecting the People, Places, and Profits You Care About in Uncertain Times.” What do we mean by uncertain times? Good question. Lest you get the wrong impression, we’re not worried about a complete unraveling of society and all-out disintegration of civilization. That’s probably not going [...]

Holistic Survival: Points to Remember

• Chaos frequently results in people being harmed.
• The best defense is generally to avoid the chaos.
• Chaos will most likely be concentrated in dense urban areas.
• Make plans to evacuate high-risk areas before the chaos begins.
• Most attackers are looking for easy targets.
• Many [...]

As technological advancement has bulled its way into our lives over the past 40 years, we’ve lost something. Namely, the skills and abilities previous generations took for granted. Let’s call this process deskilling (the loss of skills). As a modern survivalist, it might be a good idea for you to find a mentor, hit the [...]

The Three P’s of Holistic Survival (Part 3)

The fundamental basics of Holistic Survival are found in the three P’s, which make up the three pillars of Holistic Survival. These three pillars are intended to protect your people, places, and profits from harm. The reason why we call this “Holistic” Survival is because we [...]

The Three P’s of Holistic Survival

The fundamental basics of Holistic Survival are found in the three P’s, which make up the three pillars of Holistic Survival. These three pillars are intended to protect your people, places, and profits from harm. The reason why we call this “Holistic” Survival is because we recognize the [...]

The Ten Commandments of Holistic Survival (Part 2)

The notion of Holistic Survival is based on the idea that survival in uncertain times requires an all-encompassing or “holistic” approach to be successful. As a way to articulate this principle, we have prepared “The Ten Commandments” of Holistic Survival as a guide for preserving your personal [...]

The Ten Commandments of Holistic Survival
The notion of Holistic Survival is based on the idea that survival in uncertain times requires an all-encompassing or “holistic” approach to be successful. As a way to articulate this principle, we have prepared “The Ten Commandments” of Holistic Survival as a guide for preserving your personal and financial [...]

Welcome to Holistic Survival: Your Insurance for a Better Life

Wars continue to flare with frightening regularity around the world. Global financial markets, once sedate and predictable, spin out of control in an ever-expanding cycle of chaos. Here at home in the United States, each passing day brings another industry to its knees, begging for fistfuls [...]

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With innovative luxurious such as the computer, refrigerator, washer and dryer, iPhone, electric light, VOIP (voice over internet protocol), etc. we have become acclimated to a technology-dependent lifestyle. Visit http://www.holisticsurvival.com/podcast-with-holistic-survival.php. As mentioned in the first episode of The Holistic Survival Show, Jason Hartman states, “Thou shalt practice the primitive annually – be able to [...]

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It used to be that the word “survivalist” conjured up images of crazed, camo-clad citizens skulking around out in the woods outside their cabin, eating MRE’s and waiting for the next poor sap to stumble into their razor wire perimeter.
These days things are a little different. Sure, there are still a growing number of the [...]

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Food storage is a wise investment for future individual and family stability. Many believe the idea of food storage is for extreme disasters, but there also are many everyday reasons to put extra food away… especially in uncertain times. Visit http://www.holisticsurvival.com/podcast-with-holistic-survival.php.  We are all subject to events beyond our control. Electrical blackouts, unexpected unemployment, [...]

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Though still a chilling thought, the prospect of a state(s) in the United States of America declaring bankruptcy is not as far-fetched as it used to be. What if it’s your state? What would the immediate aftermath look like?
For starters, you can expect an immediate shutdown of state-funded services and programs, followed by widespread panic, [...]

Most of us have an inkling that we may not be getting the best bang for our buck when it comes to the choices we make in spending that ever-dwindling paycheck. But an inkling is about as far as it ever goes. Ever stop to really think about how much money could be saved by [...]

If you think the power grid here in the good old United States is safe, you would be wrong. It might make you a little nervous to know how precarious all that wonderful energy is. Almost every summer you hear about power outages, especially in major cities, defined by terms like brownout, rolling blackout, and [...]

Holistic Survival is founded on the premise of “Protecting the People, Places, and Profits you care about during uncertain times.” What do we mean by uncertain times? Good question. Lest you get the wrong impression, we’re not worried about a complete unraveling of society and all out disintegration of civilization. That’s probably not going to [...]

Human beings are notorious for putting off until tomorrow what we should do today. So it is with the Family Disaster Plan (FDS). How many of us have taken the time out of a busy schedule to put one together? Not many. How many of us are going to be very sad puppies when something [...]

The last commandment Jason mentions is “Thou shalt have a support network”. Rugged individualism aside, your chances of surviving a crisis go up exponentially if you have taken the time to develop a network of trusted friends and allies.
Do you live in the suburbs? Do you know your neighbors? A casual “Hello” and raised hand [...]

During uncertain times, the possibility of identity theft rears its ugly head in different ways. During the best of times, we still have to worry about nefarious characters obtaining our Social Security or credit card numbers, and perhaps withdrawing money or opening accounts in our name.
What if, for political reasons or something else, someone [...]

In 1971 Nixon took the United States off the gold standard and effectively killed the concept of currency as money. It only continues to function as money because we trust the government will back it, but what if that changes? What if we were to have a Zimbabwe style currency flameout and suddenly no one [...]

Holistic Survival commandment #7 is “Thou shalt defend thyself.” What this means is don’t be a sitting duck for the first apocalyptic bully that waltzes past. If you’re a home or business owner, there are three lines of defense you should consider implementing.
The first line of defense is to have adequate security systems in place. [...]

Bet you never thought you’d be harangued about your eating habits here on Holistic Survival. Sorry, but…wrong! Health and physical fitness are at the very foundation of surviving in a crisis situation. That’s why we say commandment #3 is “Thou shalt control what is put into your body.”
Do you think you’re going to feel like [...]

We’ve been talking about self sufficiency. Another word for that is ‘primitive’. Do you know what it means to live primitively? The time to experience primitivism for the first time is not when the you-know-what is rolling down the hill towards you.
That’s why we at Holistic Survival suggest you practice the primitive annually. An easy [...]

In this modern culture of interdependency, some of us may find it almost impossible to even imagine what it means to be entirely self sufficient. The idea may seem laughable but it won’t be very funny if a crisis comes to pass.
A good approach might be to break it down into one day and come [...]

The third commandment of Holistic Survival is “Thou shalt maintain control.” Who would you rather hang out with during a crisis situation – Chicken Little running around screaming about the sky falling down or Captain Picard making calm, rational decisions? There is absolutely nothing to be gained by freaking out. If you have properly prepared [...]

When it all comes down to survival at the basic level, you need to be prepared to do without a few things. Life becomes simple during an emergency situation. What do you really have to have to make it to the next day or through the next weeks or months until society finds its footing [...]

Let’s get this show on the road with a series dedicated to The Ten Commandments of Holistic Survival. You need some background, a foundation in our philosophy in order to benefit from the flood of critical survival information that will be coming your way.
Let’s tackle commandment #1 – “Thou shalt think independently, understand the threats, [...]