Tag: rewild
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Kamana Two, Take Two
Well the first time I posted this over at naturetalk.net it dissappeared or was deleted. I have reposted it again, but in case for some reason it happens again, here it is… Quick disclaimer for those who don’t know: Kamana is an independent study naturalist training program created by Jon Young. Of all the schools…
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Nosferatus Need Nixtamal
I love chips. Anyone who knows me, knows I have an insatiable hunger for them. I can eat a whole bag without blinking an eye. Of course, afterwards I feel like crap but that has never seemed to stop me. On my current diet, I am only aloud to eat blue corn. Last week I…
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Just Do It!
My goal in life is to walk away from Civilization and become a full-time hunter-gatherer-horticulturalist. To walk away from civilization means a lot of things to a lot of people. To me, dropping out of high school was one step towards dropping out of civilization. Refusing to go to college was another. Refusing to work…
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Big Trouble in Little Tipi
As some of you know I bought a Tipi a few months back to serve as one of my shelters on this urban hunter- gatherer adventure. I have learned a great deal about tipis in the last few months. Mostly gleaning information from the book, The Indian Tipi: It’s History, Construction and Use, which covers…
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Science Vs. Rewilding
I can personally remember feeling ill at the thought of libraries, full of books containing knowledge gained through science, burning down during the collapse of civilization. All that knowledge… lost forever… I used to believe that despite all the terrible things civilization has created, science still felt worth saving. For some reason I saw science…
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Urban Scout Vs. Hippie Scout
(The Complete Edition, with commentary by Urban Scout) For those who don’t know, I was involved in a publicized feud for several weeks in the late summer of 2006. The feud began with the Portland Mercury article about my summer camp for post-apocalyptic survival. The Portland Mercury is known as the pretentious, sarcastic and cynical…
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Money Vs. Rewilding
Rarely do I think about money, let alone write about it. Money seems like one of the most trite subjects anyone could write about. Never the less, what began as a lament about money turned into a rant, which then turned into my first (and hopefully last) philosophical examination of my feelings about money, which…
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Enduring the Winter Cold, Guilt
From October until April the Northwest is a cold wet place. I’ve always felt January and February mark the coldest, wettest months. During these months I have to fight this strange sensation that I am “not being productive.” Rather, I’m inside staying warm and dry and simply doing… not much. This has always made me…
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Goals for January
1. Get rid of stuff (broken car, old clothes, etc). 2. Make a quality digging/throwing stick. 3. Set up library/study at Willems. 4. Sew Tipi lining. 5. Build composting toilet. 6. Set up solar kit.
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Seeking Urban Hunting tips
Hey peeps. I need your help. I’ll tell you the plan, then ask what I need. The Plan: I will eat roadkill, but as it is an oportunistic source of food, it is not reliable. I need to hunt for protein. I’m planning on mostly sticking to the old throwing stick. I can get squirrels,…
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Bacteria Cafeteria
Today Sasha and I are fully on the Body Ecology diet, so I thought I would throw out some info/theory on bacteria.
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My Solar Kit
The following are the specs of my solar kit, what I have to get power and what I need to power. What I have to get power: Solar Panel: Battery Trickle Charger Up to 5 Watts solar power Current: I=350mAmps Voltage (open current): Voc=24 Volts 7 Amp Battery Charge Controller Load: 7A Max Cut-out: 14.2V…