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Survivalism is a social movement of individuals or groups (called survivalists, doomsday preppers or preppers [1] [2]) who proactively prepare for emergencies, such as natural disasters, and other disasters causing disruption to social order (that is, civil disorder) caused by political or economic crises.
While fallout shelters have been advocated since the 1950s, dedicated self-sufficient survivalist retreats have been advocated only since the mid-1970s. The survival retreat concept has been touted by a number of influential survivalist writers including Ragnar Benson, Robert K. Brown, Barton Biggs, Bruce D. Clayton, Jeff Cooper, Cresson Kearny, James Wesley Rawles, Howard Ruff, Kurt Saxon ...
Jerry Ahern; Bruce Clayton; Claire Wolfe; Clint Emerson; Hans von Dach; Hilaire du Berrier; William R. Forstchen; Pat Frank; Dean Ing; Primitive technology; Cody Lundin
Supporters of survivalism, a movement of individuals or groups who actively prepare for emergencies, including possible disruptions in social or political order, on scales from local to international. Survivalism also encompasses preparation for personal emergencies, such as job loss or being stranded in the wild or under adverse weather ...
Authors, activists, practitioners of survival skills and survivalism, and related people should be in Category:Survivalists. Books, novels, manuals, pamphlets, and other literature about survival skills and survivalism should be in Category:Books about survival skills.
After Mel Tappan's death, his widow stayed on in the Rogue River Valley. As recently as 2010, she was still active in survivalism. [9] In the late 1990s in partnership with her friend Vernon Hixson, she started a large wine vineyard called Evans Creek and Venture Vineyards, on a 60-acre (240,000 m 2) parcel. [10]
Survivalism is preparation for various emergencies as well as possible disruptions in the social or political order. Survivalism may also refer to: Survivalism (life after death) , a belief in the survival of the conscious self after death
U.S. Marines learning survival skills from a Thai military officer Survival outpost in Antarctica, designed to shelter humans from harsh environmental conditions. Survival or survivorship, the act of surviving, is the propensity of something to continue existing, particularly when this is done despite conditions that might kill or destroy it.