ALTERNATIVES TO ELECTRICITY, with a discussion of FIRE-STARTING METHODS -- ON-LINE FRIDAY, November 11, 7 p.m. Electricity is today a staple of modern life -- and yet!! -- most of us would be unable to function without it! Let's take a look at some of the simple alternatives to electricity, either […]
SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Join Ojai author Lanny Kaufer and famed author-forager Christopher Nyerges on Saturday, April 15, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Ojai for an “Outdoor Survival Skills” workshop based on the book of the same name by legendary survival expert Larry Dean Olsen. Nyerges edited the […]
PRIMITIVE TECHNOLOGY: FIRE WORKSHOP Saturday, July 15, 10 a.m. We will take a walk and you will see the woods that are used to make the most basic methods of fire-production: The bow and drill, and the hand drill. You will also see the plow, and flint and steel. You will learn by doing. You […]