About The Book
Prepare for the unexpected with 50 practical DIY survival projects that help protect your family during power outages, natural disasters, emergencies, and everyday disruptions.
Written by survival expert and Discovery Channel’s Naked and Afraid star Ky Furneaux, this hands-on guide makes emergency preparedness approachable for beginners while offering valuable techniques for experienced DIYers. Every project is designed to help you become more self-reliant without embracing an extreme prepper lifestyle.
Inside you’ll discover:
- 50 step-by-step survival projects for food storage, water purification, emergency shelter, backup power, first aid, home security, and more.
- Practical emergency preparedness for blackouts, severe storms, wildfires, floods, earthquakes, supply chain disruptions, and other real-world emergencies.
- Easy-to-follow instructions using common tools and affordable materials, with projects suitable for families, homeowners, renters, and homesteaders alike.
- Expert guidance from a professional survival instructor with field-tested advice for building confidence, resilience, and self-sufficiency.
- Family-focused preparedness plans including Go Bags, emergency communication systems, food storage strategies, water collection, medical kits, and evacuation planning.
Whether your goal is to prepare for the next storm, create a dependable emergency food supply, build an off-grid backup system, or simply gain practical survival skills, Essential Off-Grid Survival Projects provides realistic, actionable solutions you can start building today.
Don’t wait for an emergency to discover what you’re missing. Learn the essential projects that can help keep your family safe, secure, and ready for whatever comes next.
About the Author
Ky Furneaux has over 20 years of experience as an Outdoor Guide and extreme survivalist. All these skills were showcased recently when she co-hosted three episodes of her own show, Outback Lockdown, that aired on Discovery Channels all over the world as well as SBS in Australia.
She has participated in Discovery’s ‘Everest of survival shows’ – “Naked and Afraid” four times as well as being chosen by renowned survival personality Ed Stafford to be the only woman he raced in season two of his hit Discovery show, First Man Out. Their epic challenge took place in the extreme high-altitude environment of the epic Sichuan province Four Sisters Mountain range.
Ky is also an international award-winning Hollywood Stunt Performer and was named the best stuntwoman in the World in 2012 at the World Taurus Stunt Awards, the stunt world’s equivalent of an Oscar win.
Ky is the Australian outdoor ambassador for NSW and ACT and is one of the most published Survival authors in the world with 5 books published and 2 more in development
