Welcome to the Paleotechnics blog. While this blog springs forth from various motivations, the one thing we would like to be sure of is that you learn something when you visit us here. What will you learn? The topics will vary quite a lot, but most will fall in the realm of natural living skills and getting to know the natural world and the articulations of life around us. A few posts may venture more into theoretical realms and philosophy, but again within the same focus on human participation in nature at a basic level using the simple equation- Learn stuff > gather stuff > make things > use the things you’ve made = personal empowerment and greater self reliance. We have well over a hundred potential blog post topics already jotted down. topics will cover tanning skin, stone working, the nature and potential uses of materials, processing of materials, common mistakes, cordage, fire topics, tips and techniques for various skills, plant profiles, wild foods, photo essays and more. Our lives are built around gaining and sharing knowledge, so we're excited to share in this format!
Paleotechnics has always been about de-mystifying and making accessible natural living skills and basic technology. The business manifested as an outgrowth of this passion and continues to strive to empower people to become less domesticated and more self reliant.
Posts will likely be infrequent and short to medium in length. The goal will be to hold subjects to an accessible degree of detail or break them up over more posts. We plan to write much more extensively on some of these subjects in the future. If those plans come to fruition, the books will be available as paper and/or ebook versions.
While this is a business, and we do need to make money, we would like to strike a balance between making a living and providing free information for people with the motivation to seek it out and assimilate it. This blog provides a free service to expand and refine your skill sets. If you want to know more about a subject consider buying one of our publications or taking a class. In classes, we aim to be sure that you will not go away disappointed. Paleotechnics classes are geared toward empowerment through knowledge, and we mean it. Most of our income goes to purchasing Turkeysong, the experimental paleo/homesteading base camp in the Mountains of Northern California where we have access to space and materials to figure this stuff out.
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