BY: TIM O’NEAL Organic food and farming have seen a huge increase over the past ten years, and for good reason. Farming and gardening techniques that use fewer harmful, synthetic fertilizers and pesticides are better for the environment and better...
BY: SHAWNTAE HARRIS 3D Printed Tiny House - Home Building of the Future While the horrific taunt of bills, student debt, and high rent plague this generation of innovators, one San Francisco Company has found a solution. Apis Cor is building houses...
The Donald Trump-Russia link is dominating media coverage. Thus far, evidence of a link is nonexistent according to diehard Republicans and forthcoming according to fervent Democrats. Nobody knows for sure if there’s a connection, but speculation is rampant and...
A new study suggests that a week of camping outdoors can reset our biological clock, also know as the circadian clock. The circadian clock is an internal clock that alerts your body to sleep, as well as to rise...
Did you know that tomatoes hate cucumbers? Consider companion planting.  While they might taste great together in a salad, tomato plants dislike growing in close proximity to any member of the cucurbit family, which includes cucumbers. Tomatoes love carrots and basil,...
If you are like most people you probably tend to keep things you don't really need, yet build some sort of emotional attachment to. When you make the decision to go tiny or just live a minimalist lifestyle, you...
A poem, penned by Khalilah Bilal, of Beacon Hill Community Garden, San Antonio, Texas:  Choking in anger, anger sat in my bowels It is the fiber of my hair, debilitated from fear I begin to weed, it takes the pain away. It takes...
Today, there are more than 20 different major types of plastics in use worldwide. Recently plastics have been in public eye for being potentially dangerous to human exposure and for toxic components such as BPA and DEHP. The...
Fascinating new research has revealed that we're not the only species that use an internet to communicate. Plants may seem like they don't do much from day to day, but they are actually able to send and receive complex communications...
Road schooling or world schooling, emphasises the idea that most of the learning in life takes place outside of a traditional classroom. While the amount of formal school work done will vary depending on the family, the uniqueness of...
People today are realizing that travel is more important than ever. Travel breaks down cultural barriers, and it's been shown to make people more tolerant and understanding of each other. It also helps to expand your view of the world, and spurs...
Birth has traditionally been an event of women coming together to care for and attend to each other. In modern times, however, birth is viewed as a medical event, and we've largely gotten away from women supporting women--which is why...