Saturday Linkages: Will Your Next House Be Built With Mushrooms?

October 13, 2012

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Survival Chic

Mr. Homegrown

July 24, 2006

Preparedness

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It would seem that preparedness is now hip, with SurviveLA’s mention in a Los Angeles Alternative article entitled “Duck and Cover”. While the article correctly states that we at SurviveLA are on the more eco-crunchy side of things, we think it’s important to restate what we are not – we are not part of what Setha M. Low, an environmental psychology professor calls the “new emotions of home: fear and paranoia and insecurity.” You see, the Man wan...

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Getting Out

Mr. Homegrown

October 24, 2006

Thoughtstylings

...now have a handy guidebook. The fine folks at Process Media, publishers of Preparedness Now have just released a sequel for those who choose to run rather than prepare called Getting Out, Your Guide to Leaving America. We completely understand the sentiment of wanting to get the hell out of this proto-fascist banana republic we live in and we endorse this book for those who don’t want to hunker down and do the homestead thing. SurviveLA even has a...

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The 10 Day $25 Survival Pack

Mr. Homegrown

March 26, 2007

Preparedness

...rt in gridlocked traffic). For some lighter options check out the new topics list you’ll see on the right, particularly the preparedness section....

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Out of Water!

Mr. Homegrown

November 5, 2007

Preparedness

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...g water in steel drums, which we first learned about in Aton Edward’s book Preparedness Now!, the first book in Process Media’s Self-Reliance series (our book the Urban Homesteader, due out in May, is the third in this series). It’s one of the more expensive options in water storage, with new drums costing several hundred dollars, but avoids the problem of an off taste that plastic can impart. But while there’s something to be said for avoiding al...

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