February 26th, 2013 at 2:01 pm (survival skills, urban survival, the human path, texas outdoor education, herbology, Outdoor Fitness and Self Defense, outdoor survival, green homesteading, self sufficiency farming, trauma medicine, field medicine, tracking, scouting, disaster preparedness, readiness, health and nutrition, economic collapse, self sustainability, eco building, prepping, intentional community, community, societal collapse, herbal medic, texas herbal medicine)
In today’s podcast, Sam Coffman is interviewed by Ed Corcoran from Survival and Beyond. Sam and Ed discuss general survival topics such as:
- The concept of “civilization” and how we have lost touch with who we are as humans
- The idea behind The Human Path as a school
- The importance of the topic of community as part of any realistic survival training
- Herbal medicine and its place in a post-disaster or remote setting
- Modern medicine as compared to herbal or natural medicine
- Wilderness vs. Urban survival and cummunity sustainability
- Speculation on what might be most likely looming in our future as a species
- What role does our culture play in forming our perception of reality?
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February 12th, 2013 at 12:17 pm (urban survival, the human path, texas outdoor education, herbology, the combat medic, trauma medicine, field medicine, health and nutrition, self sustainability, herbal medic, texas herbal medicine)
Sam Coffman with The Human Path (www.thehumanpath.com) - an herbalism school in Austin and San Antonio, Texas - explains how to make and use herbal tooth sticks in this video.
Herbal tooth sticks combine a tooth powder with essential oil and small twigs, in order to fully clean the teeth. They work great in the outdoors (camping, backpacking, hiking, etc.) but also can be used at home daily as part of your tooth care. Sam reviews the types of wood or plants you can use, the size/dimensions, the types of herbs, his favorite herbal tooth-powder formula, how to combine the herbs and essential oils, how to use the tooth sticks, and other herbs that can be used for dental and gum health. This is a short video on this subject that is normally a 90-minute or 2-hour class (and could be much longer). For more information on online or on-site herbalism courses in Austin and San Antonio, visit the website at thehumanpath.com
Check out the video here.
Upcoming Herbal Medcine Classes in San Antonio and Austin
Herbal Medic Fundamentals: Level 1. 5 Weekend Intensives. Begins 2/16,17. San Antonio. Online details here.
Spring Session: Austin, Monday and Wednesday evenings. 7 Weeks. Begins March 5th. Online details here.
Spring Session: San Antonio, Tuesday and Thursday evenings. 7 Weeks. Begins March 5th. Online details here.
The Wilderness First Aid 16-hr. certification. March 2/3. San Antonio, online details here.
Herbs for Energy and Fatigue. Feb. 3rd. San Antonio, online sign up here.
Herbal Studies, Primitive Skills Day and Potluck, Feb. 24th. San Antonio, online details here.
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December 28th, 2012 at 10:50 am (survival skills, primitive living, the human path, texas outdoor education, primitive hunting, wild food sources, outdoor survival, bushcraft, readiness, self sustainability)
In today's podcast, Sam Coffman talks about the path of the Hunter Gatherer.
He discusses and answers questions such as:
- Where does the concept of the Hunter Gatherer come from, and why is it such an important aspect of any survival training?
- What specific skills can you look forward to learning in the Level 1 Hunter Gatherer course as well as all of the myriad of Hunter Gatherer electives?
- Is the Level 1 Hunter Gatherer course difficult?
- What is the Level 1 Hunter Gatherer test like?
- What can you expect from the Level 2 core courses in any specialty and how does that work?
- How can learning Hunter Gatherer skills make you better at survival in general?
- Why do we have different instructors for each specialty and how does that make the school more intense and create a richer learning environment?
- What is the difference in food and nutrition between food that grows wild off the land vs. domestic food in our grocery stores, and how does that affect students in the Hunter Gatherer core course?
The Hunter/Gatherer course, beginning January 5/6th, 2013.
The Wilderness Tracking Certification Program, beginning January 12th, 2013.
The full Winter 2013 Class Calendar
For more information about the school, classes and programs, visit the website at www.thehumanpath.com.
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December 27th, 2012 at 9:21 am (survival skills, urban survival, primitive living, fire-building, the human path, permaculture, texas outdoor education, herbology, the combat medic, martial arts, Outdoor Fitness and Self Defense, primitive hunting, wild food sources, outdoor survival, green homesteading, aquaponics, self sufficiency farming, long-term food storage, trauma medicine, field medicine, tracking, bushcraft, primitive bowmaking, nature spiritulity, scouting, disaster preparedness, readiness, parkour, health and nutrition, economic collapse, power shortage, survival scenario, weapons, self sustainability, pet survival, eco building, homestead livestock, prepping, homesteading, intentional community, community, societal collapse, gardening, herbal medic)
In today's podcast, Sam Coffman discusses the entire structure of classes and programs at The Human Path.
He addresses many of the questions that people have about how the program is structured at The Human Path, to include:
- What are the differences between core classes and peripheral or elective classes?
- What are the 4 paths or specialties that a person can follow within the core curriculum?
- What specific things do students learn in each of the specialties?
- What makes The Human Path so different from other survival schools?
- How does learning these skills make a difference in day-to-day life?
- What is the difference between Urban and Primitive tracks of instruction?
- What are the "Four A's" of survival that are a part of the core curriculum?
- How does a student move up from level 1 to level 2 in a specialty?
- How are concepts like teamwork, leadership and community taught as part of the classes?
The next Urban Core Basic class is January 25 - 27th, 2013.
Check out the Winter 2013 schedule for the next 2-3 months!
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December 26th, 2012 at 10:33 am (survival skills, urban survival, primitive living, fire-building, the human path, permaculture, texas outdoor education, herbology, martial arts, Outdoor Fitness and Self Defense, wild food sources, outdoor survival, green homesteading, aquaponics, self sufficiency farming, long-term food storage, trauma medicine, field medicine, bushcraft, primitive bowmaking, nature spiritulity, scouting, disaster preparedness, readiness, parkour, health and nutrition, power shortage, survival scenario, weapons, self sustainability, pet survival, eco building, homestead livestock, prepping, homesteading, intentional community, community, societal collapse, gardening, herbal medic)
In this podcast, Sam Coffman discusses The Human Path growth, classes and real-world action during 2012, as well as the direction for 2013 and beyond.
Sam answers questions such as:
- What kinds of learning experiences were developed throughout 2012 and what can we look forward to in 2013?
- How has the breadth of the curriculum has been defined over the past few years at The Human Path? What exactly does that breadth of information include?
- How have The Human Path instructors evolved with the school?
- Why is it necessary to implement testing and selection procedures for higher level classes and real-world teams? What might that testing procedure look like, and at what point in the different levels will we see it?
- As we focus in the 4 areas of our curriculum delivery - Lecture, Hands-on, Scenario and Real-world missions – how does this all merge to create an ideal learning and even life-changing environment?
- How did Nicaragua figure into learning experience during 2012, and what's next?
- What can we expect to see in 2013 in regards to real-world missions and new classes?
Our new calendar for 2013 is up online here.
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June 25th, 2012 at 2:03 pm (survival skills, the human path, permaculture, texas outdoor education, herbology, wild food sources, green homesteading, aquaponics, self sufficiency farming, long-term food storage, field medicine, disaster preparedness, readiness, health and nutrition, self sustainability, prepping, societal collapse, gardening)
In today's podcast, Sam Coffman discusses a recent news story in which a woman's medicinal and food garden were destroyed by an HOA and the city.
He covers topics such as:
- How can we prepare our own medicinal gardens to avoid falling prey to this kind of ignorance?
- What are some of the different types of urban camouflage gardening (Guerilla Gardening)?
- What are the different height levels and how can we create a medicinal garden in the front yard that uses this to help fit the garden in with HOA and municipal idiot-regulations?
- What are some very good medicinal plants that grow as ground cover and can replace a yard?
- What are some very good medicinal plants that are high ground cover, low-herbaceous level?
- What are some good medicinal herbaceous plants and how can we fit that into our yard in a way that doesn't stand out?
- What is the concept behind forest gardening and how can that help us be more prepared?
- What is the advantage of using local plants?
To learn more about using medicinal plants that you can grow, as well as harvest locally in the wild, sign up for the next Herbology Level 1 class here
Related Items:
More information about the incident discussed in this podcast about the mowed-down garden, news report
Companion Article, 'On Your Side of the Fence'
Upcoming class in Austin, TX: 'Cooking With Wild Edibles', July 26th
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June 13th, 2012 at 12:11 pm (survival skills, urban survival, the human path, texas outdoor education, herbology, outdoor survival, green homesteading, self sufficiency farming, readiness, self sustainability, pet survival, homestead livestock, homesteading)
Today's podcast with Sam Coffman and Rick Worden of Rise and Shine Rabbitry, wraps up their discussion about healing herbs and food for rabbits. For those of you raising rabbits, Sam and Rick get into details on specific herbs and health issues with rabbits, such as:
- herbs to stimulate appetite and milk production in rabbits
- what is wool-block and how can you easily prevent it with simple herbs
- what is the best tonic herb for rabbits
- garlic as a treatment for pinworms or roundworms and a clever way to give it to rabbits that don't like it
- the difference in life-span between a wild and domesticated rabbit
- what is a great uterine tonic herb for pregnant doe later in her gestation?
- rosemary, catnip and some geranium: how they work as a natural pest control on the cages
- how you can use canned 100% pumpkin to ease gut blockages
- how to keep rabbits cool in high summer heat
Learn more about herbs for humans at the next herbology level 1 class here.
Also, check out our earlier podcast on rabbitry and creating your own sustainable meat food source, Episode #100, The Self Sustaining Food.
Episode # 116: The Rabbit and The Herb (part one).
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June 8th, 2012 at 11:30 am (survival skills, urban survival, the human path, texas outdoor education, herbology, wild food sources, outdoor survival, green homesteading, self sufficiency farming, readiness, health and nutrition, self sustainability, pet survival, homestead livestock, prepping, homesteading)
In today's podcast Sam Coffman talks with Rick Worden of Rise and Shine Rabbitry, about healing herbs and food for rabbits. For those of you raising rabbits, Sam and Rick get into details on specific herbs and health issues with rabbits, such as:
- Nutrients that are important for rabbits to give them a more natural diet
- Immune boosting with apple cider vinegar, and how this helps keep them from getting sick
- How to use echinacea and what it does for them
- Dried or fresh, which is better?
- Ear mite treatment using natural oils and herbs
- Eye washes for rabbit eye infections
- How normal "rabbit feed" can cause gastric problems in the rabbits
- Herbs to help rabbit digestion and counteract some of the problems called by pellets
- Grasses vs. pellets: How do you prepare grasses and herbs for their diet?
- Herbs for rabbit diarrhea and to improve digestive issues
Learn more about herbs for humans at the next herbology level 1 class here.
Also, check out our earlier podcast on rabbitry and creating your own sustainable meat food source, Episode #100, The Self Sustaining Food.
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March 28th, 2012 at 11:35 am (urban survival, the human path, texas outdoor education, self sufficiency farming, health and nutrition, self sustainability, prepping, intentional community, community, gardening)
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Today Sam Coffman discusses the Food Is Free Project with its founder, Jon Edwards.
Together, Sam and Jon discuss:
- How the Food Is Free project got started and what it is
- How making wicking beds and planting food has brought community together
- How many houses are participating in the neighborhood in Austin that they are working with
- The kinds of community aspects that have blossomed as a result of the neighborhood being involved in growing their own food.
- The practicality of raised, wicking beds for growing food in an urban area
- Some of the potential conflicts with city officials and HOA's to front-yard food gardens
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- Upcoming events in Austin for the Food Is Free organization
- How anyone can get started, and the toolkit that is available to help people lead a similar project in their own neighborhood
You can read more about the project at their website and blog here: http://foodisfreeproject.org/
Be sure to like them on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/foodisfree
Contact them directly here: foodisfreeproject@gmail.com
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March 26th, 2012 at 3:44 pm (survival skills, urban survival, the human path, permaculture, texas outdoor education, herbology, wild food sources, outdoor survival, green homesteading, self sufficiency farming, bushcraft, disaster preparedness, readiness, self sustainability, prepping, homesteading, gardening)
In today's podcast, Sam Coffman talks about forest gardening.
Forest gardening is a great way to grow both food and medicine in a space and labor-efficient environment. Sam talks about:
- Why a forest garden is a great idea for preppers
- What are the different layers of a forest garden?
- How can you get started on a forest garden even if you don't have any canopy trees?
- How much room does a forest garden take up?
- What are the advantages of food and medicine grown in a forest garden?
- What are some of the examples of food and medicine that Sam has growing in his own forest garden?
To learn more about plant medicine, make sure you are on the mailing list for notification as our herbology level 1 online class comes out over the next few weeks...
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