Participating in Nature: wilderness survival and primitive living skills

Sunrise (Earthskin -- The Pony Mill site -- Our place in the world -- Positive impact -- Participating in Nature -- The cost of gold -- Finding a home and making a stand) -- Mind (Nature as wallpaper -- Discoidal stone knives -- Saving the world -- Technology philosophy -- Twined baskets -- Evolving neural networks -- Primitive living as metaphor -- Personas and acting -- The information age -- Split-willow deer -- Perceptions of reality) -- Shelter (Goals -- The elements of shelter : shingling -- Efficiency -- The elements of shelter : insulation -- Adapting shelters to the environment -- The elements of shelter : fire -- Recouping your investments -- The elements of shelters : air-proofing -- Impacts and reclamation -- The earth lodge -- Choosing a location) -- Fire (Bowdrill fire-starting -- Bowdrill technique -- Starting bowdrill fires with damp materials -- Survival bowdrills : fire from nothing -- Handdrill fire-starting -- Handdrill technique -- Other friction fire-making methods -- Flint and steel fire-starting -- Principles of fire-starting -- Campfire logistics and safety -- Splitting matches -- Energy conservation) -- Water (Birch bark canisters -- Giardia and water purification -- Water conservation -- Crapping in the woods -- Fishing by hand -- Making cordage from natural fibers -- Twisting fibers into cordage -- Primitive fishing tackle -- Skinny-dipping) -- Cooking (Tin cans/stainless steel cans -- Cooking without a pan -- Coal-burned containers -- Making hollow-log drums -- Cooking in a gold pan -- Stir-fry without a pan -- Ashcakes : bread of the modern Abo -- Bamboo spoon/fork and chopsticks -- Stone ovens and steam pits -- Complete proteins -- Primitive pottery : harvesting wild clay -- Adding temper -- Wedging the clay -- Making pinch pots -- Making coil pots -- Drying pottery -- Firing time -- Cooking in clay pots -- Beliefs about food -- Mice and hantavirus) --

Plants (Identification basics

Common and Latin names

The digging stick

Wild food economics

Wild gardening

Natural farming

The ethics of killing

Worthwhile plant food resources

Edible lichens

Savory syrup

Starchy roots

Fabulous fruits

Harvesting seeds

Nutritious nuts

Mushrooms)

Animals (Sneak stalking and trust stalking

Animals and ecosystem processes

Global warming

Holistic management

The quickie-bow

Flintknapping thoughts

Bone arrowheads

Making arrows

All about hide glue

Sinew preparation

Wildlife laws

Butchering a roadkill deer

Gutting a deer

Skinning a deer

Butchering basics

Primitive hunting

Deadfall traps)

Clothing (Braintan overview

Braintanned buckskin

Freeze-tanned buckskin

Sewing buckskin

Shoes, moccasins, and sandals

Tire sandals

Wool clothing and blanket ponchos

Felting)

Sunset (Backpack overview

The bedroll pack

Packframes

Mining and wilderness

Trade-offs in packing gear

The equipment checklist)

Afterword : the art of nothing.