Solar power is easier than you think Plants cannot grow without rich soil Water runs downhill, gravity fed water systems are easy Carrying water is the WORST Batteries run out Bears like trash Firewood is a ton of work Yurts are better at cold weather than...
Have you heard of a Groundfridge? For many people living with everyday modern amenities powered by electricity, it might be difficult to comprehend how to refrigerate foods and beverages without depending on the ever-expanding, and costly (residential) electrical grid. Netherlands-based...
A More Powerful Design These new 3D solar panels are designed to capture the suns rays as it moves lower on the horizon. Developed by MIT researchers, this new solar design provides four to twenty times the power output of the...
Think living off the grid is cool? Try living off the grid and generating twice as much energy as you need while doing it in all in high class style. And when we say style, we mean style. Aktivhaus, or...
When disaster strikes, electricity is usually the first thing to go. Tornadoes, floods, earthquakes, etc... can all wreak havoc on a community, sometimes leaving homes and business without power for days or weeks. These easy to install solar panels are...
There’s been a lot of drama recently as far as Brazil is concerned with the deforestation and subsequent wildfires which have been largely started as a result of slash and burn agriculture. Recently elected President Bolsonaro has been taking...
The Bitcoin.com Bus is a tiny home on wheels that doubles as an advocacy tool for crypto currency and decentralized lifestyles. The Blush Family picked up the Bitcoin.com Bus last April in Rye, NH and brought it back to Texas where...
Edible Cutlery Narayana Peesapaty, founder of India-based company Bakeys, has created edible cutlery (namely spoons) which is produced using the flour of food grains. Forbes published an article on the cutlery, describing how it will help reduce plastic waste, which can...
RoundUp's already-questionable reputation suffered another blow recently. A federal court conducting cancer investigations ordered some of Monsanto's confidential documents to be unsealed--and what they found wasn't comforting. The records contained email communications between Monsanto executives that suggest the company had ghostwritten...
In.gredients is a plastic-free based grocery store up in Austin, TX. This zero waste market is making waves in hopes for a more sustainable tomorrow. This grocery store allows the use of mason jars and other reusable Tupperware to...
On Tuesday October 22, 2019 Elon Musk sent the first tweet via his Starlink satellite constellation SpaceX has been working on since 2015. The goal of this product is to provide worldwide broadband space based internet that functions because...
Low on wood at your local camp-site? Tired of hauling logs from one end of the property to the other? Is your BBQ pit rusting through or on it's last leg? A Swedish Torch might be the solution you...