Archive for ' Solar Energy'

Caution! You have entered a No Judging Zone! Posted:April 14, 2013 By:thesurvivalmom

Caution! You have entered a No Judging Zone!

Some of the very first foods I bought for my food storage pantry weren’t exactly health foods. I loaded up my shelves with cans of ravioli, Vienna sausages, and boxes of Cheerios, from GMO crops, I’m [...]

10 Day Collapse-Day Recipes for the Solar Cooker Posted:November 08, 2012 By:thesurvivalmom

10 Day Collapse-Day Recipes for the Solar Cooker

Guest post by Heidi. This list was a finalist in our list contest. The judges loved her creative recipe titles! One of your back-up cooking methods should be a solar cooker. You can make your own [...]

INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: Light up the whole outdoors Posted:October 08, 2012 By:thesurvivalmom

INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: Light up the whole outdoors

Tonight we celebrated my sister’s birthday on a patio decorated with strings of lights. I commented to my husband, “I want strings of outdoor lights powered by solar.” So, I tracked down string lights that are [...]

INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: In the Market for a Solar System? Buyer Beware! Posted:October 20, 2010 By:thesurvivalmom

INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: In the Market for a Solar System? Buyer Beware!

Many individuals and families are choosing to install a home solar system.  Some choose this as a way to ‘go green’, others want to have the option of grid-free power.  It’s tempting to jump on this [...]

High-tech vs. Low-tech, it’s all good! Posted:July 13, 2010 By:thesurvivalmom

High-tech vs. Low-tech, it’s all good!

In this world of modern day prepping, high-tech survival tools and gadgets are everywhere.  For example, the SteriPEN.  If you haven’t added one of these to your bug-out bag or camping gear, you really should check [...]

Can your solar cooker do THIS?? Posted:March 17, 2010 By:thesurvivalmom

Can your solar cooker do THIS??

I’ve been using my Sun Oven for every day cooking but this last week wanted to really put it to the test.  The Sun Oven website claims it can be used to cook hard boiled eggs [...]

Survival Survey: Favorite Solar Gadget? Posted:March 11, 2010 By:thesurvivalmom

Survival Survey: Favorite Solar Gadget?

Question submitted by Elizabeth Long There are lots of gadgets out there now that operate on solar power. My new favorite is the Everlite Solar Headlamp with the optional USB Charger. Those are going in our [...]

Cooking Off the Grid Posted:March 07, 2010 By:thesurvivalmom

Cooking Off the Grid

People have to eat and water has to be safe to drink no matter what.  A lot of preppers are planning to use propane, butane, and kerosene fuels for these uses in case of emergencies, natural disasters [...]

Posted:October 21, 2009 By:thesurvivalmom

Chrystalyn’s Adventures With The Sun Oven

By Christalyn Trimble We’ve been getting a lot of inquiries here at TheSurvivalMom about the Sun Oven.  If you’ve read our FAQ and Lisa’s information here, you might be thinking, “Sun Oven cooking, huh?  How out [...]

Posted:October 05, 2009 By:thesurvivalmom

My Sun Oven Experience

UPDATE:  For more information, check out the Sun Oven FAQ. With a husband in the construction industry, I have been hearing a lot about the new surge in solar energy.  Technology has vastly improved, costs are [...]