Links & Resources

There have been some great resources and fascinating debates going around that I thought I would share for general edification.


Amy @ Homestead Revival is hosting a bean recipe exchange! Dried beans being extremely economical and ridiculously good for you, January is a great time to experiment with some new recipes for them. Check out the great recipes here and/or share your own!

Speaking of food, eveybody knows that Agave is not the miracle sweetener it's marketed to be, right? If you don't know what Agave is or missed the memo that it's a bad idea, Sarah @ The Healthy Home Economist provides the low down here.

Mrs. Q @ Blessed Homemaking posted ingredient lists for make-your-own baby powder and baby wipes. Not having little people of my own, I have to say that these don't show up on my prepping lists and it honestly never occurred to me that you could make your own. However, for someone with a baby at home this could be a fantastic resource. Seeing as I've never run across these anywhere else I thought it was worth reposting them here.

I'm starting to see consistent undercurrents against youth groups and youth ministry at churches in prominent places online. The debate is fascinating from a theological standpoint though I don't think I know enough to host a full discussion of it here yet. Amanda @ Purity and Precision just reviewed a brand new DVD dealing with the subject (she's got some other great reviews as well). Enola Gay @ Paratus Familia gives a great intro to the debate if you aren't familiar with it. (If anybody has any active opinions I'd love to hear them!)


Apparently, there's a non-profit foundation called the No Impact Project that's getting a lot of press in certain circles. The goal is to help people become aware of the anti-eco-friendly parts of their lives and make positive changes ("reduce your carbon footprint"). I find this idea both encouraging and frustrating - they're missing a prime opportunity!

What better time to teach people how to increase their preparedness than when they're already evaluating and reorganizing their lives anyway?!

Think about it. Reduce, reuse, recycle is the perfect counterpart to the old prepper motto "Use it up, wear it out. Make it do or do without." In theory this project will lead people to a lot of healthy, constructive changes - I'm all for anything that reduces the purchase/use of industrial food-like products, and most of the companies that are going to be on-board with the promoted crunchy, eco-friendly policies will be outside the major industrial supply chain.

Still, there are huge swaths of the prepper mindset and lifestyle that could be easily adopted and openly embraced during a program like this that are never going to be heard about because someone chopped off the program at the politically convenient "green" line and didn't venture into the mine field of preparedness. *sigh*

This was supposed to be links & resources... not ranting...

*steps off soap box*

Hope you found at least some of these as interesting as I did!