100 Helpful Resources to Help on Your Climb to Self-Reliance

A few months back Jake from My Bug Out Bag List contacted me. He was in the same place I was in a year and a half ago… new to the preparedness blogger scene. Since then we’ve stayed in touch on our journey to self-reliance. 

One of the greatest parts of the preparedness community is their willingness to help each other. One piece of advice I gave Jake, which is true even if you’re not a blogger, is to add value to other people’s lives. He took the advice and is building a fine blog full of helpful information and original content. Here’s his latest post. Be sure to give him a shout! 

This article first appeared on My Bug Out Bag List and republished here with the author’s permission.

100 Ways to Prep: Watch, Read and Tweet Your Way To Self Reliance

By Jake 

It’s a common theme amongst my readers that I hear the words “gear is great, but it is nothing without knowledge”. I wanted to use those words to inspire my next blog post. So here you go, more knowledge than you could ever hope to acquire.

Below I’ve listed 20 each of my favorite blogs, books, YouTube channels, Facebook Pages and Twitter accounts for you to visit, watch, read and learn from.

One thing to note is that many of these blogs have an accompanying Facebook page and Twitter account, many Facebook pages have a twitter account, many YouTube channels have a website, etc. In order to provide the broadest base of knowledge I did my best to avoid overlap between these. But by all means please check out all avenues of communication each one of these amazing people and sites has to offer.

I hope this provides a great start to you on your prepping journey! Now I’ll shut up because you have some reading, watching and tweeting to do 

Disclaimer: These lists are not “ranked” in any sort of order. It is simply a list of my favorite resources so pay no attention to #1 vs #20.

Blogs

1. Willow Haven Outdoor
2. My Family Survival Plan
3. Survival Sherpa
4. Off Grid Survival
5. Survival Cache
6. Apartment Prepper
7. Modern Survival Blog
8. The Prepper Journal
9. Survival Blog
10. American Preppers Network
11. The Survival Mom
12. SHTF Plan
13. Backdoor Survival
14. The Survivalist Blog
15. Suburban Prepper
16. The Survival Podcast
17. Prepper Website
18. Canadian Preppers Network
19. Knowledge Weighs Nothing
20. The Prepared Ninja

YouTube Channels

1. The Pathfinder School
2. Nutnfancy
3. Equip2Endure
4. Ultimate Survival Tips
5. SIGMA 3 Survival School
6. Maine Prepper
7. Ray Mears Bushcraft
8. Analytical Survival
9. Funky Prepper
10. James Yeager
11. No More Op 4
12. Southern Prepper
13. The Patriot Nurse
14. Sensible Prepper
15. Yankee Prepper
16. Bushcraft on Fire
17. Common Sense Outdoors
18. The Urban Prepper
19. Sootch00
20. Becky’s Homestead

Facebook Pages

1. Doomsday Preppers
2. Homestead Survival
3. Prepper Penny
4. Preppers World
5. American Preppers Network
6. Prepper Chicks
7. Homesteading/Survivalism
8. Survival Preparedness
9. Dual Survival
10. SHTF Survival Tips
11. Reality Survival
12. The Prepper Project
13. The Wannabe Homesteader
14. Ready Nutrition
15. Prepared Housewives
16. SHFT & Prepping Central
17. reThink Survival
18. Prepared Christian
19. Food Storage and Survival
20. The Art of Manliness

Twitter Accounts

1. The Weather Network (Canada)
2. The Weather Channel (US)
3. The Weather Channel Breaking
4. National Hurricane Center
5. National Weather Service
6. The Urban Homestead
7. CNN Breaking News
8. Prepper Central
9. Survivor Jane
10. Prepper Exchange
11. Expert Prepper
12. iSurival Skills
13. Prepper Broadcasting Network
14. Prepper Talk
15. Survival Spot
16. Camping Survival
17. The Survival News
18. Les Stroud (Survivorman)
19. I.N.C.H. Survival
20. Daily Survival Tips

Books

1. SAS Survival Guide
2. Build the Perfect Bug Out Bag – Your 72-Hour Disaster Kit
3. Survival Mom – How to Prepare Your Family for Everyday Disasters and Worst-Case Scenario
4. Edible Wild Plants – Wild Foods From Dirt To Plate
5. Ray Mears – Essential Bushcraft
6. Barnyard in Your Backyard: A Beginner’s Guide to Raising Chickens, Ducks, Geese, Rabbits, Goats, Sheep, and Cattle
7. Bushcraft – Outdoor Skills and Wilderness Survival
8. 31 Days to Survival – A Complete Plan for Emergency Preparedness
9. Dirt Cheap Survival Retreat – One Man’s Solution
10. The Prepper’s Pocket Guide – 101 Easy Things You Can Do to Ready Your Home for a Disaster
11. The Survival Handbook: Essential Skills for Outdoor Adventure
12. When All Hell Breaks Loose: Stuff You Need To Survive When Disaster Strikes
13. The Forager’s Harvest – A Guide to Identifying, Harvesting and Preparing Edible Wild Plants
14. Medicine for the Outdoors – The Essential Guide to First Aid and Medical Emergency, 5th Edition
15. How to Survive the End of the World as We Know It: Tactics, Techniques, and Technologies for Uncertain Times
16. Handbook to Practical Disaster Preparedness for the Family
17. Prepper’s Instruction Manual – 50 Steps to Prepare for any Disaster
18. Mini Farming: Self Sufficiency on a 1/4 Acre
19. Strategic Relocation – North American Guide to Safe Places, 3rd Edition
20. A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants: Eastern and Central North America

So what are your favorite places to learn? Who did I miss? I’d love to hear all of your thoughts in the comments below!

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