Stop being a member of the throw-away society and be part of the sustainable solution. Here are 50 of the most thrown away items and clever ways to reuse them.
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Sustainable In The City
DIY: Make Your Own Biodiesel
The current world is at it’s peak as far as consumption is concerned. With our finite resources, it’s time we begin exploring alternatives.
Sustainable Gardening: Reduce Watering by 50-75%
Our current landscaping is excessive and needs to change. Simply by changing the way you look at your lawn, you can create a low-water landscape that is both practical and beautiful.
3 Simple DIY Laundry Detergent Recipes From Around the Web
Making your own natural, homemade laundry detergent is one of the easiest parts of a transition to a homesteaders lifestyle and a more natural way of living. Check out these 3 simple laundry detergent recipes you can make from around the web!
Urban Gardening: Grow Anywhere!
Just because you live in an apartment, does not mean you have to live without the joys of fresh, homegrown garden vegetables. There are just a few simple steps that can help you achieve your homegrown produce dream.
Time Is Money: 4 Frugal Tips for Self-Sufficient Living
Time is money and if you’re one of the Broke Folk, it’s important to free up both of these. For a better quality of life, here are some frugal living tips to get your simplified life on track.
Biomass Briquettes: An Alternative Fuel Source Made From Paper
Learning how to make alternative fuel sources using the items you have around is an essential survival skill to learn.
The Benefits of Hydroponic Gardening: An Infograph
In the aftermath of a event where going outdoors could be dangerous or life threatening, this gardening technique could be your lifeline for fresh vitamins and nutrients.
Foraging For Edible Weeds
When food is scarce, chaos and fear begin to set in. Foraging for food in the most unlikely places can solve the starvation dilemma. Here are the top most common edible weeds.
Foraging For Edible Weeds
When food is scarce, chaos and fear begin to set in. Foraging for food in the most unlikely places can solve the starvation dilemma. Here are the top most common edible weeds.
9 Mindful Ways to Start Breaking Up With Plastic – For Good!
Each generation faces new challenges from a system designed to follow profit-potential rather than the welfare of the people confined within it. Plastics are slowly killing us. Here are 9 mindful ways to start phasing it out of your life.
Sustainable Prepping: 5 Alternative Energy Types for When the SHTF
Let’s cover some methods to generate energy and provide power, and discuss the positive and negative aspects of each one.
Buying Local Honey: What You Need to Know
Buying locally is your best bet in taking steps to buy the purest forms of honey and create a natural prepper pantry. Use these tips when looking for local honey sources.
Homemade Paper Pots
Newspapers are typically used to add carbon rich materials to the compost pile, but they can also be used to plant seeds in. Newspaper pots are a cost effective and natural way to add nutrients to the garden and plant your garden at the same time.
You’re Wasting Millions of Gallons of Water Each Year and This is How You Can Change It
The conservation is not a mere “greening” but an exercise in supply and logistics…stretching your resources to the maximum of their conservation and employment.
20 Practical Ways to Use Bacon Grease
Do you know these twenty ingenious ways of using bacon grease? You may be surprised.
Grow Your Own Lemon Tree
With a little bit of effort, you could be using homegrown lemons in your drinks and recipes in just a few months.
How Does Your State Rank With Supporting Locally Grown Foods?
Although buying from local farmers markets has taken off in the United States, not all states share the same enthusiasm. See how supportive your state is for locally grown food.
7 Laws of Gardening: Time-Tested Tips For Growing a Successful Garden
What you may not realize is there are laws that you must follow to ensure your plants have the best environment to thrive in. These gardening laws are essential in giving your plants a fighting chance at giving you a big harvest.
POPULAR IN SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLE
Be Energy Efficient This Winter. This is the Best Wood To Heat Your Home
Those who choose to heat their home with wood are becoming fewer and fewer. However, with more interested in a self-sustaining lifestyle and going off the grid, those numbers may begin to rise again. If you decided to heat your home with wood, there are simply some types of wood that are better to burn in your home.
10 Expert Tips To Help You Create Your Dream Garden
To help you make your dream garden a reality, here 10 tips and tricks master gardeners have shared to help your garden grow.
Turn Trash Into Treasure: The Easy Way To Make A Compost Pile Or Bin
Composting doesn’t have to be difficult and although it may seem like a daunting task to get started, this helpful guide should help walk you through any rough patches.
Follow These Tips If You Want Your Clothes To Last For Years
If you don’t like to waste money buying new outfits every few months, there are a few things you can do to make your favorite clothes last for many years.
5 Sustainable Ways to Repurpose Newspapers
Newspapers seem to accumulate the most in homes and knowing its many uses can serve you in a more sustainable manner.
Edible Flowers: 42 Varieties to Add to Your Garden
When you are planning your garden, consider adding flowers that serve a purpose of not only assisting in pollination, but can be also be used in dishes. This will help you make most of the limited garden space, not to mention adding fragrant and visually striking appeal to your dishes.
The Basics on Seed Collecting
Collecting the best seeds that are absent of abnormalities and finding characteristics in the plant that are appealing will create a more dependable crop source.
50 Clever Ways to Reuse Your Trash and Not Play into the Throw-Away Society
Stop being a member of the throw-away society and be part of the sustainable solution. Here are 50 of the most thrown away items and clever ways to reuse them.
Peg Looms: A Simple Way to Create Home Furnishings
All the rugs at Knowle were made on a peg loom, as were cushion covers and the thick toppers that we used on the beds in cold weather.
Why Seedlings Get Leggy And How To Fix It
There is nothing more satisfying than getting to watch your newly planted seeds begin to emerge from the dirt. After one week goes by, you will begin to notice your seedlings are getting leggy and barely able to hold themselves up, If that happens, this guide will help you understand what went wrong and how to fix it.
10 Ways To Make Your Trash Work For You
Those that are attempting to adopt the homesteading mindset are trying to re-learn the lost knowledge from our agrerian ancestors, as well as trying to find practical ways to save a buck or two. The homesteading mindset is all about re-purposing items we already have in our possession. Finding ways to re-purpose trash can not only make your lifestyle more “green,”, but it can save you money and time as well.
