Modern Survival goes beyond staying alive: You use a preparedness mindset to create a better life for yourself, your family and your community. You are building a better life—if times get tough, or even if they don’t. This is the core principle behind my twelve planks of modern survival.

If something does go wrong, you are as ready as you can be for it.

That is why I am excited about what Nicole Sauce from Living Free in Tennessee and John Willis from Special Operations Equipment are doing with the Self Reliance Festival. They are gathering modern survivalists, homesteaders, preppers, and permaculturists all in one place.

March 25-26 in Camden, Tennessee.

At the Self Reliance Festival, you can see the counter economy in action – People, like you, building strong networks by forging strong relationships. Learn something new that you may have never been exposed to before—from HAM radio to emergency medical, creating biochar to preserving food, training dogs to blacksmithing—there is something for everyone.

• Remember the interesting conversation that I had with CJ Kilmer from the Dangerous History Podcast about a National Divorce? Hear more about what navigating the fall of an empire looks like from him at the Self Reliance Festival.
• Have you ever wanted to truly understand a Wofati? Paul Wheaton will teach you about natural building.
• Wondering if your home defense plan is on point? Dana McClendon from Tactical Response AND Joel Ryals of FortressK9 will show you how to get ahead of an attack.
• There’s so much more in store too. Check out the full list of speakers here.
• The Self Reliance Festival is a great way to meet like-minded people and build real relationships so that your community becomes filled with doers instead of complainers.

Plus, John Willis has done a ton of great permaculture projects on his property for you to see and study. Sometimes seeing things in real life is the only way to internalize how they could work at your place.

You guys know that I only promote a few events and this one is well worth going to—In person. It is the best experience.

But the good new is if you are unable to get to Camden that weekend, you can pick up a digital pass here.