Cody Lundin
Encyclopedia
Cody Lundin is a minimalist
and primitive skills
survival expert
and author of two books focusing primarily on survival topics. He is currently a co-star of the Discovery Channel
series Dual Survival
. He takes a survival approach based on being close to Mother Nature
.
Lundin is an internationally known professional survival instructor with more than 20 years of hands-on teaching experience. He has trained private, corporate, and governmental agencies, thousands of students, and dozens of national and international media sources in outdoor and urban preparedness skills. Cody honed his expertise living in the deserts and mountains with very little gear or assistance—including two years spent living in a brush shelter in the woods where he slept on pine needles and cooked over an open fire.
In 1991, Lundin founded the Aboriginal Living Skills School in Arizona
, where he teaches modern wilderness survival skills
, primitive living skills, urban preparedness, and homesteading. Cody also serves as an adjunct faculty member at Yavapai College
and a faculty member at the Ecosa Institute
.
Lundin lives in a self-designed, off-the-grid
, solar-powered earth home in the high-desert wilderness of Northern Arizona
. There, he catches rain, composts waste and pays nothing for heating and cooling.
Minimalism
Minimalism describes movements in various forms of art and design, especially visual art and music, where the work is set out to expose the essence, essentials or identity of a subject through eliminating all non-essential forms, features or concepts...
and primitive skills
Primitive skills
Primitive skills refers to prehistoric handicrafts and pre-industrial technology. Primitive skills are those skills that relate to living off the land, often using handcrafted tools made from naturally gathered materials...
survival expert
Survivalism
Survivalism is a movement of individuals or groups who are actively preparing for future possible disruptions in local, regional, national, or international social or political order...
and author of two books focusing primarily on survival topics. He is currently a co-star of the Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel is an American satellite and cable specialty channel , founded by John Hendricks and distributed by Discovery Communications. It is a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav...
series Dual Survival
Dual Survival
Dual Survival is a documentary television series on the Discovery Channel produced by Original Media. The program follows two survivalists showcasing contrasting wilderness survival skills: Cody Lundin, a minimalist and primitive skills expert, and Dave Canterbury, a military-style survival expert...
. He takes a survival approach based on being close to Mother Nature
Mother Nature
Mother Nature is a common personification of nature that focuses on the life-giving and nurturing aspects of nature by embodying it in the form of the mother. Images of women representing mother earth, and mother nature, are timeless...
.
Lundin is an internationally known professional survival instructor with more than 20 years of hands-on teaching experience. He has trained private, corporate, and governmental agencies, thousands of students, and dozens of national and international media sources in outdoor and urban preparedness skills. Cody honed his expertise living in the deserts and mountains with very little gear or assistance—including two years spent living in a brush shelter in the woods where he slept on pine needles and cooked over an open fire.
In 1991, Lundin founded the Aboriginal Living Skills School in Arizona
Arizona
Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...
, where he teaches modern wilderness survival skills
Survival skills
Survival skills are techniques a person may use in a dangerous situation to save themselves or others...
, primitive living skills, urban preparedness, and homesteading. Cody also serves as an adjunct faculty member at Yavapai College
Yavapai College
Yavapai College is a community college located in Yavapai County, Arizona. The main Campus is in Prescott, with locations in Clarkdale, Prescott Valley, Chino Valley, and Sedona.-History:...
and a faculty member at the Ecosa Institute
Ecosa Institute
The Ecosa Institute is a non-profit, unaccredited, private design school located in Prescott, Arizona founded in 1996. The Institutes's goal is to bring innovative thinking, new pedagogical forms and an interdisciplinary approach to a design education using nature as its underlying model...
.
Lundin lives in a self-designed, off-the-grid
Off-the-grid
The term off-the-grid or off-grid refers to living in a self-sufficient manner without reliance on one or more public utilities....
, solar-powered earth home in the high-desert wilderness of Northern Arizona
Northern Arizona
Northern Arizona is an unofficial, colloquially-defined region of the U.S. state of Arizona. It is dominated by the Colorado Plateau, the southern border of which in Arizona is called the Mogollon Rim. In the West lies the Grand Canyon, which was cut by the flow of the Colorado River while the...
. There, he catches rain, composts waste and pays nothing for heating and cooling.
Books
He is the best-selling author of two books on survival and preparedness: 98.6 Degrees: The Art of Keeping Your Ass Alive and When All Hell Breaks Loose: Stuff You Need to Survive When Disaster Strikes.| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 2003 | 98.6 Degrees: The Art of Keeping Your Ass Alive |
| 2007 | When All Hell Breaks Loose: Stuff You Need To Survive When Disaster Strikes |
External links
- Dual Survival bio
- http://www.backpacker.com/september_1999_features_survival_wisdom_abo_dude/articles/954