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Every school should have a “fix-it lab” where students learn to repair clothes, bikes, and electronics. They should grow up knowing that not everything is disposable.

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Mentorship in the Wild launches today! 🌲 A journey through mentorship, leadership & learning from the land — years in the making. Available now worldwide in eBook, paperback & hardcover. 🔗 courtrustemeyer.com

It’s not the lights or the sirens. It’s the long nights with no end in sight, the calls that stick with you, and those quiet moments after when everything sinks in. We keep showing up anyway. Not for a pat on the back. Not for glory. Because someone needs us. To every

In 1967, at age 51, Dick Proenneke quit his job, built a cabin by hand on Alaska’s Twin Lakes, and lived there alone for 30 years, with no running water or electricity. He braved brutal winters, stored food underground, and left behind more than 250 diaries and films documenting

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After surviving the Great Depression, World War II, and even a near-fatal accident, Dick Proenneke set out to live simply in the Alaskan wilderness. In 1967, he began building a log cabin by hand on the shores of Twin Lakes using only local timber and his own carpentry skills.