There is something about glass jars being used other than their intending purpose that makes a smile creep across my face.
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Repurpose, Reuse, Recycle
Reducing Waste and Simplifying Your Home
Here are 5 ways to reduce waste in your home and simplify your life.
The Re-Purposed Coffee Can
Coffee cans are one of those overlooked everyday items that we see sitting on our counters. But if a person is in a pinch, that coffee can can serve a multitude of purposes. Preppers should start collecting their old coffee cans to use in the Bug out Bags, in their home as well as around their homestead.
How to Make Homemade Fire Starters
Carrying firestarters with you while you are away from home can be a great way to add a little survival insurance to whatever situation you happen to find yourself in. All you need are 4 household items that you would typically throw away.
5 Ways to Make Candles From Household Items
Here are five creative ways to make candles using household items to help keep the lights on when the lights go out.
Six All-Natural Lotions, Balms and Salves You Can Make On the Cheap
It’s time we take an active stance against chemical-laden products. Knowing how easy it is to make your own will help you positively impact your health and save money at the same time. There is no reason to spend endless amounts of money on a lotions, creams and salves that you can make yourself – without the added chemicals. These recipes are loved by my family. Try them today and notice the difference!
Turning Kitchen Scraps into Free Eggs
For those of you like me that hate food waste supplementing animal feed in this way might save you a fair bit of cash.
25 New Ways to Use Coffee Filters
Who knew that coffee filters could be so versatile? Here are 25 different ways that coffee filters can add convenience to your life.
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.
Turning Kitchen Scraps into Free Eggs
For those of you like me that hate food waste supplementing animal feed in this way might save you a fair bit of cash.
25 New Ways to Use Coffee Filters
Who knew that coffee filters could be so versatile? Here are 25 different ways that coffee filters can add convenience to your life.
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.
Why Everyone Should Have A Rag Bag
It seems very old fashioned to have a rag bag, or in my case a rag box, but I couldn’t consider not saving bits of fabric.
17 Great Ways to Utilize 2-Liter Soda Bottles for Survival
Although I may be grazing the surface with its uses, here a 17 ways a prepper can use the humble 2-liter soda bottle.
5 Simple Solutions For Composting
Utilize these five easy ways to collect compostable materials to add to the garden. The end result is a full spectrum soil conditioner that will keep your garden thriving.
How To Re-Purpose Used Motor Oil
Before you throw out that pan of used motor oil, think about the different ways you could reuse it. Check out these ideas here.
16 Uses of Sticky Pine Sap for Wilderness Survival and Self-Reliance
Once you learn to identify this sticky life-saver, you’ll find it difficult to walk past a pine tree without scanning for this Jewel of the Woods!
Bushcraft Emergency Lighting
When it comes to long-term preparedness, we need only look back on our ancestors’ knowledge to affirm that their methods for surviving, often considered primitive by modern standards, are effective in their own right and are applicable in the event that our modern day conveniences are disrupted.
Can’t-Do Generation: “Expect Everything to Just Work,” and Throw Out What They Can’t Fix
While the tech revolution of the past few decades has put the tools of innovation in everyone’s reach, many simply aren’t reaching at all for answers. They are waiting to be spoonfed new toys and electronics.
POPULAR IN SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLE
How To Score Free Groceries (Seriously)
Here’s some excellent advice that can help you trim down your grocery bill and provide some extra cash for survival gear or preps you will make in your home.
5 Simple Solutions For Composting
Utilize these five easy ways to collect compostable materials to add to the garden. The end result is a full spectrum soil conditioner that will keep your garden thriving.
5 Ways to Re-Purpose Your Produce Bags
Next time you have extra mesh produce bags, save them up for future uses. They definitely have more than just one use.
Survival Food Series: Three Sisters Technique
The Three Sisters gardening method is a sustainable gardening approach to making the most of space, using companion planting and using plants as a living support. Learn more about the Three Sisters and how to plant it.
Vegetable Consumption Increases When Children Learn To Garden
Most of us know by now that increasing our consumption of fruits and vegetables and limiting processed foods will lead us down a path of nutritional sustenance and health for years to come. Now studies are even suggesting that simply teaching a school-aged child about the importance of gardening and growing your own food can cause them to make the choice to eat more vegetables.
Black Gold: Add Nutrients to the Garden – The Easy Way!
Black gold is the product of vermicomposting—or, in simple terms, it’s the rich, black stuff that comes out the back end of a worm. This so-called “super soil” has many benefits and it only takes a little bit of work to build your own worm farm and start getting a constant supply.
Video: Convert a Washing Machine Motor to Create Free Energy
In our consumption-based society, as soon as something is broken, we don’t think twice about tossing it to the curb and buying a new one. We do this without realizing the other uses these appliances or their parts could serve us in the future.
5 Beneficial Bugs You Want in Your Garden and How to Attract Them
There are plenty of species that are beneficial to our gardens. They can pollinate your plants, fight pests, and in some cases they can help fertilize your soil.
50 Things You Should Stop Buying & Start Making
Making things yourself not only saves you money and helps the environment, but it lets you know where your products are coming from and exactly what’s in it.
Food Freedom: Backyard Strategies You Can Try Today
If you have a yard, then you can use these steps to achieve food freedom.
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.
