Posted by: fromthewarofnature | February 17, 2009

Homelessness & Bushcraft

As homelessness is on the rise and the economy continues to drop, I decided a post on homeless survival might be an interesting topic. It seems obvious to me that bushcraft/wilderness survival skills would be invaluable to the homeless, but I am not and have never been homeless so I can only theorize. I found an interesting forum for the homeless here.  It has posts by people who were and are homeless and has useful resources. I have always wanted to give some free bushcraft training to some of the homeless, not because they are doing badly on their own, but because it could be a useful skill to add to their already extensive survival repertoire. So I’m curious what any readers think. Would this be useful? Would it be a good way for bushcraft groups to “give back” to their communities or would it make the forests “dangerous homeless hangouts”? Let me know what you think!


Responses

  1. I have an article that was published in the Bushcraft & Survival Skills Magazine that talks to the Homeless, as this topic has been discussed on the forum I thought it might be of interest.

  2. Absolutely! I’ll check it out.
    For others who are interested I think this link goes to the article snowflakes10 is referring to.

  3. I think you are a kind soul who sincerely believes in what bushcrafting is all about. I sincerely believe these skills are invaluable, not only in the actual wilderness, but in the urban wilderness as well.


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