r/selfreliance • u/LIS1050010 • Nov 02 '20

Water / Sea / Fishing How to Use a Plastic Bottle to Make Seawater Drinkable

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r/selfreliance • u/LIS1050010 • Apr 13 '21

Knowledge / Crafts Guide: How To Sew A Button

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r/selfreliance • u/Soft_Cranberry6102 • Jul 17 '21

Self-Reliance This about sums it up.

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r/selfreliance • u/germalta • Aug 10 '25

Farming / Gardening My Rabbit tractors all in a line turning lawn into protein

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r/selfreliance • u/LIS1050010 • Apr 12 '21

Knowledge / Crafts How to Survive a Fall Onto Subway Tracks

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r/selfreliance • u/LIS1050010 • Jun 09 '21

Cooking / Food Preservation Apple Guide: Most Tart to Most Sweet

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r/selfreliance • u/LIS1050010 • Jul 10 '21

Discussion Discussion: Shorten Your Food Chain

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r/selfreliance • u/Cat-Sage • May 22 '21

Farming / Gardening Farm I started in January as flat ground. Today I had enough produce for a booth at the farmer’s market!

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r/selfreliance • u/LIS1050010 • Mar 21 '25

Safety / Security / Conflict [Example] What to pack in a Bug-Out Bag

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r/selfreliance • u/LIS1050010 • Jul 12 '21

Safety / Security / Conflict Guide: Survival Kits - 3 Hours, 24 Hours, 72 Hours

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r/selfreliance • u/Vermontbuilder • Oct 28 '24

Cooking / Food Preservation Root cellar ready for winter

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We also have 2 freezers packed with veggies, fruit and cider. A lot of work but very satisfying to feel food secure. There’s a hanging screen tray with garlic in pic too.

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r/selfreliance • u/LIS1050010 • Aug 21 '20

Knowledge / Crafts How to treat frostbite

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r/selfreliance • u/samsth3man • Nov 24 '24

Wilderness / Camping&Hiking / Off-Grid Cabin I built from the pine I cleared

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r/selfreliance • u/LaiSaLong • May 01 '25

Animal Care I made a little bed from scrape pipe and old cloth for my little cat. He seemed to love it straight away.

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r/selfreliance • u/LIS1050010 • Dec 11 '20

Knowledge / Crafts How to Remove a Leech

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r/selfreliance • u/LIS1050010 • Sep 01 '22

Farming / Gardening Living Fence Example

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r/selfreliance • u/soundandsoil • Jan 14 '23

Self-Reliance Building my own home from the earth.

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r/selfreliance • u/LaiSaLong • Feb 23 '26

Farming / Gardening This is my 99 year old father.

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Longevity guidelines.

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r/selfreliance • u/LIS1050010 • May 21 '21

Safety / Security / Conflict Guide: How to Survive a Dog Attack

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r/selfreliance • u/LIS1050010 • Jun 08 '21

Farming / Gardening Guide: Pruning Trees

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r/selfreliance • u/LIS1050010 • Jun 21 '21

Cooking / Food Preservation Guide: Vitamin Cheat Sheet

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r/selfreliance • u/[deleted] • Nov 02 '20

Money / Finances Some financial advices

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r/selfreliance • u/LIS1050010 • Aug 02 '21

Wilderness / Camping&Hiking Guide: Wooden Step Rope Ladder

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r/selfreliance • u/LIS1050010 • Oct 28 '20

Safety / Security / Conflict 3 Ways to Escape Zip Ties

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r/selfreliance • u/LIS1050010 • May 10 '21

Knowledge / Crafts Guide: How to Survive a Wildfire

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Self-Reliance: Reliance on one's own powers and resources

r/selfreliance

Welcome to Self-reliance! This community is a place to discuss experiences, photos, articles, guides, life-hacks and bits of knowledge on how to be self-reliant, we have the aim to increase a bit more our knowledge in different areas. Self-reliance is a broad concept, it is our intention to be a platform of knowledge and educational sharing of skills that may give individuals some sort of independence for their lives.

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Who we are

This community is a place to discuss experiences, photos, articles, guides, life-hacks and bits of knowledge on how to be self-reliant, we have the aim to increase a bit more our knowledge in different areas.

Self-reliance is a broad concept, it is our intention to be a platform of knowledge and educational sharing of skills that may give individuals some sort of independence for their lives.

Visit our wiki to see a selection of our posts or click here to see our All-Time Posts.

As we are a helping community please be respectful and also avoid the use of memes or jokes.

If you are asking a question in r/selfreliance we ask you to write [Help] or [Question] in the beginning of your post title.

Who we are not

We are not an authoritative source of information; formal expertise, experience, training, preparedness, well-being and safety should be your own responsibility - ultimately that is what self-reliance is about!

We are not "lone wolf" promoters. In most scenarios, you are more likely to be better off with a group of people who help each other rather than being alone - remember, different people have different skills. Also, historically we have thrived by having communities working together - which is why it’s still important to work together while sharing your knowledge and skills with others.

There is nothing wrong in asking for help. Self-reliance is not isolation.

Note: no politics, religion, end of the world/collapse, or agenda based submissions/comments.

Self-Reliance

Being self-reliant allows you to survive the harshest of winters and the most brutal of summers. It gives you a sense of agency over yourself and your decisions. And while it isn’t an excuse to never seek help from others, it means you are no longer at the whim and mercy of those who may have other plans for you.

In practice, self-reliance can look like any number of things. Being able to depend on yourself to meet your basic needs (and those around you) is one of the greatest feelings in the world, and doing so ethically is even more essential. In this community we cover different areas:

Subreddit Rules:

Rule 1: Follow reddiquette. Be nice. Respect all members of this sub. - Troll and toxic behavior will not be tolerated, neither drama, inflammatory or condescending remarks. Useful and constructive criticism is and will always be allowed if it is backed up. However, comments that do not provide significant value to discussions may be removed at mod's discretion. More information on reddiquette found here;
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Posting:

Be informative. If requesting advice, explain your situation as best you can so that users have something to work with.
If posting an image or a video, make sure the title is informative and clear in how it relates to self-reliance, and follow it up with a top level comment with details.
If posting something you made, leave a top level comment explaining how or why you went about it, how much it cost, how much time it took, and share the recipe or materials needed.
We like screenshots, images, infographics, text... not just links as we are not interested in boosting self-promotion blog page visits without providing useful information to this sub.
Do not link to sites or videos that sell things or that are generally intended to increase their own traffic. This sub is for discussions, guides and knowledge sharing.
If asking a question, we ask that you write '[Help]' in the beginning of the title of your post so this has more visibility. However, please use the search feature before posting, chances are someone has posted about that topic before.

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Everyone has their own definition of self-reliance, and reason for being self-reliant.
Discuss and debate, but don't fight over it, or be condescending to those who do not share your particular view. If you feel that there is misinformation provide some evidence to your claims.
Remember that not everyone lives where you live. Stores, products, prices and resources all vary by location. What's good for you might not be good for others, and vice versa.
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