BACK TO BASICS: Todd Elliott makes music around the campfire at the Firefly Gathering. Photo by Mike Bellame If you’re looking to learn how to make your own bow and arrow, weave a belt or carve a ...

Discover the impressive process of building an underground house with a swimming pool using only primitive skills and natural materials. Enjoy a detailed walkthrough of excavation, clay construction, ...

Discover the incredible artistry and skill behind building a multi-room underground survival shelter using only primitive tools. Watch as intricate features such as a carved earthen bed, artistic wall ...

This summer, Earth Knack— a school highlighted in this week’s feature article, “Doug Hill Is Defending the (Modern) Caveman With Primitive Skills Classes” — teamed up with Arvada-based Sarqit Outdoor ...

Want to carve and shoot your own bow and arrow like Katniss Everdeen in “The Hunger Games?” Then, join the Central New York Primitive Skills Group for one of its, twice-monthly meetings held on 59 ...

The act of creating fire is considered a sacred endeavor by Bo Glover. “It’s difficult but when you do get fire it will be the most spiritual experience ever,” Glover told more than a dozen members of ...

Doug Hill would not be opposed to living completely off the grid. He could sport his homemade buckskin shorts every day, drink untreated water from streams, pluck his lunch from blueberry patches. He ...

Information: Call 303-823-0875 or go to wildearthschildren.org. With trepidation, the group of 11 elementary- and middle-school kids huddles around Simon Harrison’s closed hand. “Use your deer ears,” ...