August 31st, 2011 at 11:13 am (survival skills, urban survival, the human path, texas outdoor education, disaster preparedness, readiness)
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Recently, we've heard a lot about disasters, like Hurricane Irene, the flooding going on throughout the country, earthquakes and more. When the power goes out, what do you do? Today's Quick And Prepared podcast is a very brief overview on power needs, by Human Path instructor Sam Coffman on the most important things to do first in the event of a disaster. |
What do you do when the power goes out? 4 Important Power Needs to Consider:
- Light. We briefly cover the lowest wattage options that are quick and simple to have on hand or grab in a 5-minute grocery store run.
- Communication: an essential during an emergency. By having simple portable battery, solar-powered batteries, solar chargers or one-way radios, you can keep smaller items like laptops and phones charged
- heat things up: cooking. As simple as a camp stove or a barbeque grill, tips on how to use your energy source best and how to cook most efficiently
- cool things down: essential for keeping your food from spoiling. Tips on how to rotate power sources to accomplish this.
Basic emergency preparation will help you to address needs from a natural disaster to a power outage caused by environmental or system breakdowns. Knowing how to react can keep your family more comfortable and safe.
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August 30th, 2011 at 11:41 am (urban survival, the human path, texas outdoor education, long-term food storage, disaster preparedness, readiness)
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Recently, we've heard a lot about disasters, like Hurricane Irene, the flooding going on throughout the country, earthquakes and more. When the power go out, what do you do? Today's Quick And Prepared podcast is a very brief overview by Human Path instructor Sam Coffman on the most important things to do first in the event of a disaster. |
What can you do when there is an emergency?
- water: your most important essential. Each person needs at least one gallon, per day. How to procure 50 - 80 gallons of water from your own home
- food rationing: the best foods to have on-hand in both your pantry and in your refrigerator
- a store run: be prepared by knowing exactly what you need to get if you only had 5 minutes in a grocery store during a rush
This is one segment of several we will be posting as a quick resource for knowing what to do in the event of a natural disaster. |
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August 29th, 2011 at 11:53 am (survival skills, the human path, texas outdoor education, Outdoor Fitness and Self Defense, outdoor survival, nature spiritulity, scouting)
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In today’s episode, Sam Coffman finishes a discussion on earth-based concepts with one of The Human Path instructors: Scott Schoner. Scott Schoner has 12 years of both enlisted and commissioned military service, ranging from combat engineer to the majority of experience in airborne and light infantry units. Scott has studied several forms of martial arts over several decades, and holds a black belt in Aikido. |
He has spent years training in outdoor skills and has attended numerous nature awareness and survival courses at a wide variety of schools, most notably Tom Brown Jr.'s Tracker School. He is certified in Wilderness First Aid, PADI Rescue Diving.Scott also teaches an amazing “Energetics and Spirit” series at The Human Path which focuses on helping people organize their lives on a deeper level than simply physical – regardless of their religious or spiritual views.In this episode, Scott and Sam discuss:
- the importance of support on your chosen spiritual path
- intent: making the decision to help a community is vital in establishing a connection with both your self and the planet and living things.
- The Scout: a quick overview of scout skills
- How listening and deeper awareness on an energetic level is a crucial part of the scout role
- How the energetic and spiritual increased intuition works in tandem with being the physical eyes and ears for the team as a scout
- How the scout refines and uses their sesnes to analyze a situation that may not 'feel' quite right to help avoid negative situation.
Scouting courses will be starting this fall through The Human Path. To get information on the dates and requirements, please sign up for details here!
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August 26th, 2011 at 2:13 pm (the human path, texas outdoor education, nature spiritulity)
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In today’s episode, Sam Coffman discusses earth-based concepts with one of The Human Path instructors: Scott Schoner.Scott Schoner has 12 years of both enlisted and commissioned military service, ranging from combat engineer to the majority of experience in airborne and light infantry units. Scott has studied several forms of martial arts over several decades, and holds a black belt in Aikido. |
| He has spent years training in outdoor skills and has attended numerous nature awareness and survival courses at a wide variety of schools, most notably Tom Brown Jr.'s Tracker School. He is certified in Wilderness First Aid, PADI Rescue Diving.
Scott also teaches an amazing “Energetics and Spirit” series at The Human Path which focuses on helping people organize their lives on a deeper level than simply physical – regardless of their religious or spiritual views.In this episode, Scott and Sam discuss:
- Our connection between our human bodies and needs, and the connection we actually all have with the planet whether we acknowledge it or not
- The Pragmatic vs. the Philosophical sides to a study or way of life
- How we define who we are
- How to take steps to improve your life on whatever level is most important to you
- The importance of practicing physical skills in tandem with the philosophical and community aspects
Scott will be teaching the 'Energetics and Spirit' class on August 26 - 28th at our Austin outdoor classroom. For information, please check out the class details online.
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August 25th, 2011 at 2:31 pm (survival skills, primitive living, fire-building, the human path, texas outdoor education, primitive hunting, wild food sources, outdoor survival, bushcraft)
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Joshua Hamlin teaches and practices primitive skills and wilderness survival consistently. Aside from teaching for various US schools, he also is an instructor at the annual Bios d'Arc Primitive Skills and Knap In every fall in Missouri - http://www.boisdarc.info/.Joshua's YouTube channel - http://www.youtube.com/user/WildPrimitiveSkills - is filled with educational videos on various primitive skills that you might not find in other places on YouTube. |
| In this episode, Sam Coffman and Joshua Hamlin finish discussing Joshua's experiences when he put himself to the test and lived off the land for 2 years using only primitive tools. They talk about the mistakes he made and what he learned from them. They discuss the importance of making mistakes in a "safer" environment because of what can be learned by those valuable experiences. |
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August 24th, 2011 at 11:57 am (survival skills, primitive living, the human path, texas outdoor education, primitive hunting, wild food sources, outdoor survival, tracking, bushcraft, primitive bowmaking)
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Joshua Hamlin teaches and practices primitive skills and wilderness survival consistently. Aside from teaching for various US schools, he also is an instructor at the annual Bios d'Arc Primitive Skills and Knap In every fall in Missouri - http://www.boisdarc.info/.Joshua's YouTube channel - http://www.youtube.com/user/WildPrimitiveSkills - is filled with educational videos on various primitive skills that you might not find in other places on YouTube. |
| In this episode, Sam Coffman and Joshua Hamlin discuss Joshua's experiences when he put himself to the test and lived off the land for 2 years using only primitive tools. They talk about the mistakes he made and what he learned from them. They discuss the importance of making mistakes in a "safer" environment because of what can be learned by those valuable experiences. |
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August 23rd, 2011 at 11:12 am (survival skills, urban survival, the human path, permaculture, texas outdoor education, outdoor survival, green homesteading, self sufficiency farming, long-term food storage)
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Joe Alcoces has been taking classes at The Human Path for the past few years. His experience in classes runs the whole gamut - from primitive and urban core basic to herbology to permaculture/homesteading, land navigation, level 1 core classes and more.
This discussion with Joe is the 2nd of several student discussions that will be posted intermittently over time. The idea behind these is to get the input and ideas from people taking classes at THP and how that information and knowledge affects their own personal experiences. |
| This discussion with Joe starts with his conclusions on buying a piece of land to make a homestead for himself and his family, and then moves into his excellent advice on "super-couponing" as a way to affordably stock up on food and materials. Finally, Joe talks about the THP classes and how they have played a role in his own homesteading, home medicine and preparedness activities.
Today's discussion includes:
- your own homestead: how building community and security is a necessity. Doing it alone simply isn't enough.
- building the home stores: couponing and how it works to save money.
- empowerment from learning self-sustaining skills that will help build a homestead, sense of independence and more.
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August 19th, 2011 at 12:19 pm (survival skills, urban survival, the human path, permaculture, texas outdoor education, green homesteading, self sufficiency farming)
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Joe Alcoces has been taking classes at The Human Path for the past few years. His experience in classes runs the whole gamut - from primitive and urban core basic to herbology to permaculture/homesteading, land navigation, level 1 core classes and more.
This discussion with Joe is the first of several student discussions that will be posted intermittently over time. The idea behind these is to get the input and ideas from people taking classes at THP and how that information and knowledge affects their own personal experiences. |
| This discussion with Joe starts with his own experiences in buying a piece of land to make a homestead for himself and his family, and then moves into his excellent advice on "super-couponing" as a way to affordably stock up on food and materials. Finally, Joe talks about the THP classes and how they have played a role in his own homesteading, home medicine and preparedness activities.
Join us for today's discussion on:
- What goes into picking a homestead location
- Where agricultural considerations come into play
- Things to consider when drilling for water wells: shallow drilling, hand drills vs. having a company drill
- The trial and error process of making mistakes on a first-time homestead
- How urbanization and government reliance has stripped some of us of the ability to 'do it all' ourselves, develop the varied skills needed to live independently and figure out problems on our own
- The desire not only to learn how to homestead independently, but to pass the knowledge and resources down to future generations
- Using permaculture and forest gardening concepts to help repair, mold and change the land into an ideal homestead
- Planning: when starting, it is important to really consider the long-term goals for the land, the purpose of having it and how to be an efficient and thoughtful caretaker while learning about how to do so with the surrounding community.
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August 18th, 2011 at 10:51 am (survival skills, primitive living, the human path, texas outdoor education, primitive hunting, outdoor survival, bushcraft, primitive bowmaking)
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Today is the last of three podcasts that explore the world of primitive bowmaking skills, as discussed between instructors Sam Coffman and Jason Shrader.
Jason Shrader has extensive background as a stonemason and woodworker. As a caretaker for many years on a large hill-country acreage, he has been able to spend a large portion of time working with the local wood and stone of the region for both building and primitive-skills related projects. |
Today, Jason and Sam discuss:
- How does a bow efficiently use its energy to delivery the arrow
- Intuitive shooting: where using a self-bow comes together
- How using primitive archery techniques creates an entirely new world of awareness and connection
- several important components to making and shooting self bows: brace height, knock point and backing.
If you missed the last 2 bowmaking podcasts, catch them here:
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August 17th, 2011 at 11:14 am (survival skills, primitive living, the human path, texas outdoor education, primitive hunting, outdoor survival, bushcraft, primitive bowmaking)
| Today is the 2nd of three podcasts that explore the world of primitive bowmaking skills, as discussed between instructors Sam Coffman and Jason Shrader.
Jason Shrader has extensive background as a stonemason and woodworker. As a caretaker for many years on a large hill-country acreage, he has been able to spend a large portion of time working with the local wood and stone of the region for both building and primitive-skills related projects. |
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Taking his longstanding interest in archery to a new level as a bowyer, Jason has been building self-bows for several years. His experience in the world of stone and wood, as well as his love of archery have lent him considerable talent in his ability to create bows that are superlative in both function and craftsmanship.Jason and Sam discuss:
- Woods for stave bows: Each piece of wood will give different compression and energy results. Which woods give the most stretch and energy
- Insects that affect the stability and quality of the wood
- The principles and process behind making a bow once the wood has been chosen.
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