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    How to build a no-frills protected bed in the wild, from top to bottom

    The popular Primitive Technology blog features an unnamed man in Far North Queensland in Australia building tools and structures using only raw, found materials. This instalment finds the man constructing a rain-proof shelter, with room for a fire pit, out of wood, vines, palm and grass. The resulting video makes for a small-scale masterclass in DIY wilderness survival. To learn more about the step-by-step process while watching, turn on closed captions in the YouTube video player.

    Video by Primitive Technology

    4 September 2017
    A thatched-roof hut in a jungle, with a man digging in the foreground and a cooking pot nearby.

    videoMaking

    Learn to build your own rainproof hut – or, at least, marvel at the man who knows how

    11 minutes

    A shirtless man works on clay pottery beside a mud hut in a forest. Several pots and clay items are around him.

    videoMaking

    How to build a full pottery workshop from the earth up

    11 minutes

    A man building a small mud hut in a dense forest, with wooden beams and thatched roof, surrounded by trees and vegetation.

    videoMaking

    Make shelter: how to build an awesome hut only with naturally occurring materials

    14 minutes

    A man in shorts using a handmade air-blower device to stoke a fire in a wooded outdoor setting.

    videoMaking

    The amazing man who produces iron using only wood, bark, fibre and clay

    5 minutes

    A shirtless man kneels by a stream weaving a green basket. The scene is set in a forest with rocks and leaves around.

    videoMaking

    Trapped, boiled, devoured: how to eat well in the wild

    7 minutes

    Three people constructing a traditional bamboo hut in a the highlands of Ethiopia, surrounded by trees.

    videoArchitecture

    How the Dorze in Ethiopia make ‘beehive’ houses from bamboo that last a lifetime

    35 minutes

    A smoke-filled tent in a snowy landscape with people and sledges under a clear blue sky.

    videoArchitecture

    Cultural wisdom begets cozy temporary homes for the Nenets of the Siberian Arctic

    32 minutes

    A man in a beanie and vest paddling a canoe on a calm lake with mountains and a tree in the background.

    videoThe environment

    Dick Proenneke’s 30-year mission of solitary self-sufficiency in Alaska

    10 minutes

    A man in a heavy fur coat with frost on his face and hood, grimacing against a backdrop of a clear blue sky.

    videoArchitecture

    Could the simple, replicable elegance of the igloo be a model for future homes?

    10 minutes