Beyond Grid Life
Knowledge Commons

What do you need to solve?

Practical field guides for when power, water, communications or services fail. Each guide links to the official sources it follows. Read it now, or save it for when the network is down.

Find a field guideSave it offline

Life in danger? Call emergency services first.

The ATG pathway

Start with the moment you are in. Move from immediate response, to practical self-reliance, to a connected community that shares what works.

Mindset, fieldcraft and self-reliance

The commons draws on these authors’ published frameworks alongside current official safety guidance. It does not reproduce their books and is not endorsed by them.

John Hudson: the survival triangleTurn pressure into deliberate action by balancing effort, realistic hope and clear short-term goals.Publisher page
Ollie Ollerton: prepared instinctsTrain decisions before the emergency: control the mind, assess the terrain, then apply practical skills.Publisher announcement
Abigail Gehring: back to basicsRebuild capability through repairable tools, food production, preservation, craft and low-energy living.Book record

All knowledge

Build a kit that matches the guidance

Start with a free checklist, then compare established products and understand their limits. Pick your market for local buying options, or Global for manufacturer information.

Starter checklists

Free lists you can tick off, print or export. Most items are things you already own.

Products that fit the guidance

Chosen for fit with the guides, not for commission. Beyond Grid Life has not tested these items and does not certify them.

Your saved kit

Stored only in this browser. Export it before moving devices.

    Beyond Grid Life does not sell, ship or warrant equipment and does not take payments. Retailers are responsible for price, stock, shipping, taxes, warranty and returns. Always check current specifications, recall notices and local rules. Distress beacons must be registered and used only in genuine distress; fuel-burning equipment must never be used indoors. How Beyond Grid Life is funded.
    Starter checklist
    Around the Grounds

    Share practical knowledge

    Your draft is saved only on this device. Nothing is sent anywhere until you choose to email or export it to the editors.

    Medical, water, food-preservation, electrical, chemical and radiation guidance needs specialist checking before publication.
    Email latest draft to editors