Sustainable Lifestyle

Learn how to reduce your resource consumption and live mindfully for a better future with our sustainable lifestyle resources. Explore our library with information on gardening, homesteading, do-it-yourself projects, repurposing and more to help you live a more sustainable, meaningful lifestyle.

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8 Sustainable Changes You Can Make That Will Have a Positive Impact on Earth

Whether you want to believe it or not, our current way of living is not sustainable. Here are eight simple changes you can make in your life to lead a more sustainable lifestyle.

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9 Preparedness Uses for Rubber Bands You May Not Have Thought Of

Rubber bands are useful for many things. Here are some of the ones you may not have thought of.

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9 Things to Consider Before You Ever Grow a Survival Garden

Survival gardening will be labor intensive, and large amounts of energy (sweat) will be needed to make a survival garden work. In exchange for your energy and time, you will want a survival garden that will provide your family abundantly with food. Keeping certain factors into consideration before starting a survival garden will help you get the most out your garden, provide you and your family with the healthiest vegetable varieties, and help you find the easiest types of vegetables to grow.

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9 Ways You Can Save BIG On Energy Costs This Winter

Heating your home during the winter can be costly and many don’t have the extra money to pay for the uptick in energy costs.  But we’ve come up with a few tips and tricks to help you save your money on energy and use more sustainable ways to heat your home.

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A DIY Survival Sling Shot with Big Game Capabilities

Although using a hunting rifle would be ideal, there will be times when you have to conceal your whereabouts. Consider using a silent killer – the sling shot.

A Guide To Creating a No-Till Garden

No-till gardneing has many names, but they all have the same result — good, healthy soil. This efficient method of gardening makes calculated additions to the soil to condition it and create a welcome environment for beneficial insects. It also benefits to the gardener as it less back breaking than other gardening methods.

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A Prepper’s DIY: Building Your Own Cleaning Kits for Firearms

Bottom line: your weapon can’t take care of you unless it is properly taken care of. You can be smart and use some of these tips to lessen the bite to your wallet.

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A Step-By-Step Guide for Starting Seeds Indoors

Simply by providing seeds with comfortable temperatures, adequate soil moisture and time, your plants will establish strong root systems and, in time, grow big enough for replanting. Follow these tips for planting success.

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Amp Up Your Compost Bin with Brand-Name Products

Did you know that your brand-name household products have more than it’s intended use? Rather than running out to the expensive garden center, simply look into your pantry and you are bound to find a more economic substitute to what you were looking for. Here are 11 brand-name products that can be used to amp up your compost bin.

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Another Year Of Gardening Failure (And What I Learned)

These are just nine of my failures this year. I also mysteriously lost a couple of pomegranate trees to an unknown pathogen, lost chickens to raccoons, misplaced my good pruning shears…

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Are Ornamental Plants WORTHLESS for Homesteaders?

Many ornamental plants have more than one use. Some are even edible. When combined with your fruit, nuts and vegetables, they can be a worthwhile addition to your homestead – not a worthless waste of space.

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Beemageddon: Syngenta Wants an Increase in Pesticide Levels

Syngenta is asking federal regulators to increase the allowable levels of some pesticides, even though experts have linked the chemicals to massive bee die offs.

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