Survival Skills for Self-Reliance (C. Nyerges)

Christopher Nyerges, School of Self-Reliance, 11/23/23; Dhr. Seven (ed.), Wisdom Quarterly

Survival Skills and Self Reliance with nature guide Christopher Nyerges

(Adventurers' Club) Streamed live 9/29/22: Nature guide Christopher Nyerges was always interested in living in nature. He was fascinated with people like the Native Americans and Amish who actually did it. After high school, he moved to his grandfather's farm in Ohio and continued his botanical and mycological (mushroom) studies.

He was concerned about the fate of Western culture and believed that we all needed to get back to basics by learning how to make and fix things, how to grow food, and how to employ natural healing techniques. He began teaching wild food and survival skills in 1974 and has taught over 40,000 students.

During this presentation, he shows some of the plants that can provide nutrition and shares some healing methods that are as old as ancient Greek Hippocrates. He is an advocate of frugality and simplicity, making do with less. Not everyone agrees with his approach, but he proves it's possible to survive anywhere. He teaches bushcraft skills to the public through the School of Self-Reliance.