Happy New Year! In this video, I share clips of my adventures from 2021 while practicing and learning primitive survival and bushcraft skills. The journey takes you from the old hut to the new land ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A dozen adults and kids learned the skill of building a fire. Tiny strands of jute cord were used as fuel, the surrounding air provided the oxygen, and spark generated from flint ...

The act of creating fire is considered a sacred endeavor by Bo Glover. “It’s difficult but when you do get fire it will be the most spiritual experience ever,” Glover told more than a dozen members of ...

Eddie Starnater, left, and Julie Martin are the co-owners of Practical Primitive LLC in Liberty Township. They teach classes on primitive and survival skills, including fire and shelter-building, ...

THURMONT -- Guy Neal unrolled the tanned animal hide. Inside was a chaotic-looking clump of plant fibers he had harvested and cleaned from stinging nettle and dogbane plants. Taking a few stems of ...

This summer, Earth Knack— a school highlighted in this week’s feature article, “Doug Hill Is Defending the (Modern) Caveman With Primitive Skills Classes” — teamed up with Arvada-based Sarqit Outdoor ...

BLUE HILL, Maine — Colby Smith and Hannah Rhea are living life on their own terms. For the last three years, the Maine couple has been living on their 50-acre spread in Blue Hill, less than a mile ...

Doug Hill would not be opposed to living completely off the grid. He could sport his homemade buckskin shorts every day, drink untreated water from streams, pluck his lunch from blueberry patches. He ...

A Primitive Skills Knapp-in Craft Sale and Show will take place over three days next weekend at the Comer Fairgrounds in Madison County. The event, a family affair where people teach bygone skills, is ...