Inspiration came to Rolf Disch in the early 1990’s, as local German government wanted to build a nuclear power plant near his home-town of Freiburg. Disch and fellow
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Small Yard, Big Yield, Growing Vegetables In A Limited Space…
You are trying to take care as a family, and you have decided to start recycling more, eat healthier, produce less waste, start exercising more, you are watching
The Floating Gardens Of The Aztecs…
You may be skeptical about how a civilization could create flourishing gardens on a lake, but the Aztecs achieved just that with their ingenious floating gardens. Picture yourself
Humans Introduce The World’s First Algae-Powered Building…
The same design and engineer firm that created the Sydney Opera House has completed the world’s first algae-powered building, actually surrounding the building with tanks of water and
40 Years Of Living In Complete Isolation…
Since 1965, Faustino Barrientos has lived alone on the shores lake O’Higgins’ in a house built from the remains of a shipwrecked fishing vessel. He’s a pastoralist, living
Super Efficient Off-Grid Earthship House Built Using 1,200 Recycled Tires…
Meet Connie and Craig from Wind Chasers. They’re a retired couple who built themselves a 100% off-grid, passive solar earthship. The couple built the earth ship because they wanted
88 Year Old Women Lives Alone Off Grid…
In a world dominated by modern conveniences and technological advancements, it is both intriguing and inspiring to come across individuals who have chosen to live in a manner
How The World’s Most Fertile Soil Can Help Reverse Climate Change…
Feeding more than 7 billion people with minimal environmental and climate impacts is no small feat. That parts of the world are plagued by obesity while starvation is rampant
This Super Sustainable House Made From Cardboard Can Be Built In One Day…
A Dutch design firm has redefined living by creating a house that doesn’t need a foundation, can be built in one day and is three times more sustainable than
Super Nutritious & Delicious Gardening Techniques…
Did you know that you can create food that is more nutritious than any organic food you can buy right in your backyard? Food can be grown many
Foraging For Wild Edible Plants & Bartering With Free Forest Food…
Being self-sufficient goes beyond trying to have a self-sufficient home and homestead. Jesse and Alyssa from Pure Living For Life want to be self-sufficient even outside of the home,
How To Grow Broccoflower & Romanesco Varieties Of Broccoli…
Two similar vegetables are sometimes called broccoflower. One is a trade-marked hybrid between broccoli and cauliflower, richer in vitamin A than either of its parents and also well
How We Can Eat Our Landscapes…
What should a community do with its unused land? Plant food, of course. With energy and humor, Pam Warhurst tells the story of how she and a growing
His Class Attendance Went From 40% To 93% Because Of A Garden…
“If you teach kids about nature they learn to nurture. And when children learn to nurture we as a society collectively embrace our better nature.” – Stephen Ritz Stephen
Take The Sting Out Of Your Joint Pain With Nettle Tea…
If you’ve ever brushed by a patch of stinging nettles, or grabbed some unknowingly in your garden, you know the extraordinary discomfort that they can cause (the thought
How To Make Home-Made Lavender Lemonade To Get Rid Of Headaches And Anxiety…
Anxiety and headaches are a very common problem nowadays. They are “complementary” in many ways. Anxiety comes in many forms—panic attacks, phobia, and social anxiety—so the distinction between
How To Prune Tomatoes For Earlier Harvests, Higher Yields & Healthier Plants…
One Yard Revolution is all about growing a lot of food on a little land using sustainable organic methods, while keeping costs and labor at a minimum. Emphasis
This Pencil Made Out Of Recycled Coffee, Tea & Flower Petals Grows Into A New Plant When It’s Finished…
Fabula is an eco-friendly pencil created from recycled organic waste. Each one is created using tea-leaves and coffee grounds from cafes, together with petals discarded by florists… The materials
800,000 People Attempt To Plant 50 Million Trees To Break Guinness World Record…
More than 800,000 people turned out Monday in India to plant trees in hopes of breaking a world record. Uttar Pradesh officials distributed 50 million tree saplings across the
The Fruitful Forest – Botanical Explorers…
Their are over 20,000 Species of Edible plants on the planet, but Humans use only about 20 Species to provide 90% for our food. So why do we
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