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❤️ WOULD YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO IF SOMEONE COLLAPSED RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU?Most of us hope we'll never need to use CPR, an ...
09/11/2026

❤️ WOULD YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO IF SOMEONE COLLAPSED RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU?
Most of us hope we'll never need to use CPR, an AED, or emergency first aid.
But when an emergency happens, you don't get to choose when you're ready.
Kentucky Sustainable Living is hosting a CPR, AED & First Aid Certification Class in Bowling Green, KY.
📅 October 10th
🕘 9:00 AM
📍 Bowling Green, KY
💰 $100
This is hands-on, practical training designed to give you the skills and confidence to respond when it matters.
You'll learn:
❤️ CPR & AED
🩹 First Aid
🩸 Stop the Bleed / Bleeding Control
🚨 Emergency Response
Whether you're a parent, teacher, coach, church volunteer, business owner, employee, or just someone who wants to be prepared, these are skills worth having.
⚠️ DON'T WAIT UNTIL YOU NEED THE SKILLS TO LEARN THEM.
👇 Want more information or want to register?
Comment "INFO" below and we'll send you the details!
Or send us a private message and we'll help you get registered.
📧 [email protected]
Because Safety Starts With You.

09/11/2026

Day 2 is underway! Day 1 was fantastic! If you’re in the Kansas area you better GET here!

09/11/2026

FIRST AID KITS AND TRAINING AT
https://kentuckysustainableliving.com/

When most people think about preparedness, they think about food storage, medical kits, radios, generators, water, and other gear. But if you own land or a rural property, there’s another part of preparedness you may be overlooking:

The property itself.

I recently finished a project on a customer's property that got me thinking about just how important property setup can be. We worked on getting an existing barn ready to be used and improving driveway and access around the property.

Those projects highlighted a bigger question:

Is your property actually helping your preparedness—or could the way it's laid out be working against you?

In this episode of Clickbait & Coffee, we're looking at:

� Property access and driveways
� Making the most of existing buildings and outbuildings
� Water sources, drainage and runoff
� Backup power considerations
� Storage and organization
� Food production opportunities
� Fire and emergency access
� Property security
� Equipment and maintenance
� Preparing for bad weather and difficult conditions
� Making sure emergency responders can reach the property

Your land is more than just the place where your house sits. Your property is part of your preparedness system.

If you're buying property, developing land, building a homestead, or simply trying to make your existing property more prepared, this is a conversation you don't want to miss.

Take a walk around your property and look at it differently:

Would this property still work for me if things weren't normal?

Let me know in the comments: What's the biggest weakness on your property right now?

Sometimes I think people forget how much useful knowledge is sitting right here in our own communities.So let’s say Kent...
09/09/2026

Sometimes I think people forget how much useful knowledge is sitting right here in our own communities.

So let’s say Kentucky Sustainable Living handed you a microphone and said, “You’ve got 30 minutes. Teach people something practical.”

What are you teaching?

Could be gardening, canning, first aid, sewing, fixing small engines, changing a tire, working on fences, raising animals, cooking from scratch, preserving food, radio communication, land navigation… whatever it is that you know how to do and could actually help somebody else learn.

I have a feeling there are a whole lot more people in this area with real skills than they give themselves credit for.

So what’s your workshop about?

And if you want to go a step further, tell us who taught you or how you learned it. Those stories are half the fun.

Today is the last day.At midnight tonight, our Labor Day discount on the September Land Navigation Workshop ends and reg...
09/07/2026

Today is the last day.

At midnight tonight, our Labor Day discount on the September Land Navigation Workshop ends and registration returns to $450.

Until then, it’s $360.

This is a full two-day class with retired Green Beret Mike Adkins, built for people who want to actually know how to navigate when a phone or GPS isn’t an option.

You’ll learn the fundamentals first, then get outside and use them.

Map reading.
Magnetic declination.
Coordinate plotting.
Compass work.
Pace count.
Route planning.
Field application.

Beginners are welcome.

📅 September 19–20
📍 Barren River Lake State Park, Lucas, KY
⏰ 9 AM–5 PM both days
👥 Limited to 20 participants

$450 → $360 through midnight tonight.

No code needed.

👉 https://kentuckysustainableliving.com/products/land-navigation-workshop

If you’ve been waiting for the right time to learn it, this is your reminder.

Since it’s Labor Day, I think this is a good day to give some credit to the people who taught us how to actually do thin...
09/07/2026

Since it’s Labor Day, I think this is a good day to give some credit to the people who taught us how to actually do things.

Maybe it was your dad teaching you how to change your oil. Your grandma showing you how to can food. A farmer teaching you how to work with animals. A mechanic who let you stand beside him and watch. A veteran who taught you something you still use today. A neighbor who showed up with tools when you didn’t know where to start.

A lot of the practical knowledge we carry around didn’t come from a book or a YouTube video. It came from somebody taking the time to say, “Come here. Let me show you.”

Who was that person for you, and what did they teach you?

If they’re still around, maybe tag them or tell them today. I’m betting a lot of people never realize how much of an impact those little lessons had.

09/07/2026

When Does Preparedness Become Paranoia?

Preparedness is about being ready for the unexpected—but where is the line between being prepared and being paranoid?

In this episode of Clickbait & Coffee, we're taking an honest look at the preparedness mindset and asking some uncomfortable questions.

Are we preparing for realistic risks, or are we constantly chasing the next disaster? Is buying more gear actually making us more prepared? When does preparedness become an obsession? And how do we make sure our preparations give us confidence instead of fear?

We'll talk about preparedness, gear, training, realistic risks, fear, spending, and the mindset behind being prepared—without the usual doom-and-gloom approach.

Being prepared doesn't mean expecting the worst every day. It means recognizing that things can go wrong and taking reasonable steps to make sure you're ready when they do.

So where do YOU think the line is?

When does preparedness become paranoia?

Let us know in the comments. �

FIRST AID KITS AND TRAINING AT
https://kentuckysustainableliving.com/

Not “I missed my exit and had to turn around.” 😂I mean actually lost.Maybe you were hunting, hiking, camping, driving so...
09/06/2026

Not “I missed my exit and had to turn around.” 😂

I mean actually lost.

Maybe you were hunting, hiking, camping, driving somewhere remote, on the water, or just got farther off course than you realized.

What happened, and how did you eventually figure out where you were?

Did you have a map? Compass? GPS? Did you backtrack? Follow a road or creek? Call somebody? Just keep walking until you found something familiar?

Looking back now, is there anything you wish you had known or carried with you before it happened?

Those are the stories I think people actually learn from, so let’s hear them!

If learning land navigation has been sitting on your “someday” list, tomorrow is the last day to take $90 off the Septem...
09/06/2026

If learning land navigation has been sitting on your “someday” list, tomorrow is the last day to take $90 off the September class.

On September 19–20, retired Green Beret Mike Adkins will spend two full days teaching the fundamentals of map and compass navigation at Barren River Lake State Park.

You’ll learn how to read a topographical map, understand magnetic declination, plot coordinates, use a mapping protractor and compass, establish your pace count, plan routes and then put those skills to work in the field.

And yes, beginners are welcome. You do not need previous land navigation experience.

Labor Day weekend price: $360.

The discount is automatically applied at checkout and ends Monday night.

📍 Barren River Lake State Park, Lucas, KY
📅 September 19–20
⏰ 9 AM–5 PM each day
👥 Limited to 20 participants

👉 https://kentuckysustainableliving.com/products/land-navigation-workshop

Learn it before you need it.

I’ve been thinking about how many everyday skills used to just be normal knowledge.Things like preserving food, sewing a...
09/06/2026

I’ve been thinking about how many everyday skills used to just be normal knowledge.

Things like preserving food, sewing and mending, sharpening tools, fixing things instead of replacing them, gardening, identifying plants, reading a paper map, working on your own vehicle, building a fire, cooking from scratch, basic first aid…the list could probably go on forever.

A lot of those things didn’t disappear because they stopped being useful. We just stopped having as many people around us who knew how to teach them.

So I’m curious, what’s something your parents or grandparents knew how to do that you wish more people still knew today?

And if they taught it to you, even better. Tell us what it was!

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