Thinking of a survival tool often conjures images of an emergency ax, generator, shotgun, or first aid kit. One of the easiest to carry, and possibly most helpful, is the diminutive size of a credit card but, unlike a credit card, it won’t run up a mountain of bad debt, destroy your ability to [...]

The Bug Out Vehicle (BOV) is an area of survival preparedness often overlooked. High gas prices have driven the average motorist to opt for tiny pieces of rolling plastic as transportation, which is fine until you need something to power your family out of a natural disaster or emergency situation. Consider keeping an older truck [...]

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
Not to be confused with [...]

When you’re interested in a topic and break it down piece by piece, day after day, it can be easy to lose sight of the big picture. That’s why Holistic Survival likes to take a “back to basics” approach every now and then to review the essential survival skills needed to make it through almost [...]

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Irvine, California – July 12, 2010 – During episode five of the Holistic Survival Show, Jason Hartman interviews Matthew Stein, author of “When Technology Fails.” The forty-eight minute podcast dives into the concepts Stein speaks on in his book, which is a 493 page “bible” for sustainable living. As he explains in his book, Stein wanted to tell the world where we were headed and what we can do about it collectively to sustain healthy living.

Modern medicine can be a wonderful thing, except when it isn’t. Recent advances in moderating the effects of various immune system disorders like arthritis come to mind. Of course, at several thousand dollars per treatment, the price tag is hefty and the side effects often horrendous. And of course they must be administered under near [...]

Of course, survival means staying alive but that simplistic definition doesn’t help us much. We could also incorporate the Boy Scouts motto of “Be prepared.” Sometimes it appears that the fabric of civilization is on shaky ground, with possible disruptions coming from a dozen different sources. Environmental disaster, terrorism, infrastructure failure.
Any of these could place [...]

Survivalists everywhere listened to breaking news of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill with one hand on the bug out button. Was this the beginning of the end of the world as we know it? Time to head for the wilds of Idaho and live on fresh elk meat and MRE’s while the societal meltdown [...]

When it comes to urban survival, there’s an entire litany of things a person must be able to do but why should we at Holistic Survival put it into our own words when a master of the language has already done it for us?
Courtesy of Robert Heinlein:
“A human being should be able to change a [...]

You can’t really fault people for being a bit clueless when it comes to preparing for any of a half dozen urban survival emergencies that could pop up. Sure, a backup food storage cache is a great idea, but to survive comfortably for any length of time out there you’re going to need more than [...]

As a modern survivalist, it is to your great advantage to keep your body in optimal health. That means, when it comes to food, put in more of the good stuff and less of the bad. It probably comes as no surprise to anyone that sugar is literally white death to your immune system. Here [...]

A vegan is a person who declines to make animal products a part of their diet. Vegans go even a step further than making food choices similar to vegetarians in that they use no animal products whatsoever. No leather coats or shoes. So what is a “freegan?”
For the answer to that question, let’s turn to [...]

Some people learn basic survival skills in the form of knowledge passed down from parents or grandparents, but not everyone is lucky enough to have a resource like that, especially when it comes to urban dwellers. So what’s a budding modern survivalist to do? How can he or she latch onto that critical knowledge that [...]

Mom always said to use layers when dressing for cold weather and she was more right than you gave her credit for. When dressing for wilderness winter survival, each layer of clothing serves a specific function to keep you alive during adverse conditions.
The theory behind the three later clothing system is to regulate your body [...]

Is our American freedom under attack by corporate and government swindlers? Join your host, Jason Hartman, as he gets to the bottom of this ugly topic with one of the most respected direct political analysts on the scene today, Craig Hulet. Visit http://www.holisticsurvival.com/podcast-with-holistic-survival.php. Hulet has been receiving more and more attention on a national level, [...]

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If you are interested in the mysteries of human behavior and our place in the cosmos, this is the interview for you! If you are wondering how human beings have gotten into such trouble on the planet earth, then Laurence Gonzales, author of Everyday Survival will give you a new vision of yourself and the [...]

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Cleaning up dirty water

Interruption of the water supply by natural disaster is a very real possibility at some point in everyone’s life. Going without water is a whole different ballgame than food. A healthy person can live as long as eight weeks without food but only a matter of days in the absence of water. [...]

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 [...]

It’s truly staggering to contemplate the amount of knowledge that has disappeared from society over the course of a scant few generations. Don’t think you could survive this modern world without all the technological bells and whistles? Sure you could. Common sense survival and primitive living can be reclaimed quickly. After all, this modern society [...]

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 [...]

Most of us have been through the standard fire and earthquake drills, but what are you going to do if disaster strikes your community and you are responsible for your family’s ultimate survival? If you question the best practices in an emergency situation, you must listen to this episode of The Holistic Survival Show as [...]

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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 (Part 2)

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 [...]

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 purpose of trend forecasting is to provide insights and directions in anticipation of what the future may bring, and to be prepared for the unexpected. Gerald Celente, founder of The Trends Research Institute and author of the national bestseller Trends 2000: How to Prepare for and Profit from the Changes of the 21st Century, [...]

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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 [...]

TEOTWAWKI (The End Of The World As We Know It) is an especially frightening concept for diabetics. The infrastructure of society ruptures and life-maintaining drugs for various diseases are no longer able to be produced and transported around the country. This is a nightmare scenario for anyone with a chronic medical condition but for diabetics [...]

Every once in a while, to lighten the mood here at Holistic Survival, we like to turn the page back to yesteryear and review some of the superstitions of the past. At least they seem like superstitions. At one point, someone, somewhere believed that you MUST avoid the following ten actions or your very life [...]

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 [...]