Underhill is an incredible hobbit-home like, eco-cave house built into the hillside of a Waikato (New Zealand) farm. The house is cleverly constructed to resemble a cave. With
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Backyard Aquaponics Mini Farm Connected To The Internet…
Rik Kretzinger grew up on a Christmas tree farm and spent his college years studying horticulture, but he found it too difficult to make a living as a
Backyard Aeroponics: A Self-Sustaining Farm In Wisconsin…
Benjamin Staffeldt grew up on a farm and works in a garden center so when he and his wife Sara moved into a rental home (a duplex), it
Student’s Faucet Design Saves Water By Swirling It Into Beautiful Patterns…
Award winning designer, Simin Qiu, has developed a faucet that produces a spiralling stream of water and conserves 15% more water than yesterday’s faucet. Two turbines inside the
The Advantages of Wicking Beds: Self-Watering Solutions for Thriving Gardens…
When it comes to gardening, the method of watering your plants plays a pivotal role in their health and overall productivity. While the conventional approach involves watering from
Vertical Aquaponics System Uses Bamboo Towers In Greenhouse To Increase Production 10x…
Watch a tour of a vertical aquaponics farm that is using sustainable bamboo towers to maximize production in a commercial greenhouse to grow vegetables and fish year round
How A Sustainable Aquaponics Farm Grows 7000 Heads Of Lettuce A Week…
Watch a field trip to Sustainable Harvesters, one of the largest commercial aquaponic farms in texas. You will discover how they are able to grow 7000 heads of
Bees Prove They Are Highly Intelligent To Amazed Scientists…
Bee videos ave been making waves on social media as people begin to realize that the tiny insects are actually much more intelligent than anyone has ever given
Revolutionary 3-D Printer Can Build 10 Houses In 24 Hours, And For Only $5,000 Each…
To remedy the housing crisis, as well as the increasing demand for economical and sustainably-produced living spaces, many architects are experimenting with 3D printing. One such designer is
How To Make A DIY Rain Barrel Array…
Save rainwater and join any number of barrels together in an array to collect rain water for your garden or any other purpose you can think of. Rainwater
How To Make Biodegradable Plant Pots – Homemade Seed Starting Pots…
Spring is finally arriving, so to help you save a little money why not try our simple homemade plant pot ideas? Whatever you’re planning to grow this year,
Free Open Source DIY Plans For A Sustainable “Indoor Garden” For Urban Living…
The design for The Growroom, an urban farm pavilion that looks into how cities can feed themselves through food producing architecture, is now open source and available for
Chickens Are A Lot Smarter Than Most People Think…
There was a time when chickens were viewed as exotic, fascinating birds. Descendants of exotic Asian jungle fowl, they were revered for their ferocity and intelligence, and domesticated
Escaping The Rent Trap – Simple Living In A Lotus Belle Tent…
If you’ve ever dreamed of living in a luxury tent in the forest, then this may just be the set-up for you! Over the last couple of months
Sunflower-Shaped Solar Concentrators Produce Electricity & Fresh Water…
IBM Research and Swiss solar technology company Airlight Energy have released an amazing 10 meter high solar structure that resembles a sunflower, capable of producing electricity and water. The High
This Couple Buys Old Farmland & Turns It Into Wildlife Sanctuaries…
Activists, Anil and Pamela Malhotra, met and married during the 1960’s but moved to India in 1986 after the death of Anil’s father. They were introduced to a
Swedish Supermarkets Replace Sticky Labels With Laser Marking…
The humble fruit sticker may seem an unlikely cause for environmental concern but removing it from produce could create huge savings in plastic, energy and CO2 emissions. In
Growing Huge Amounts of Food on 1/2 an Acre – Urban Abundance…
In the small town of Oxford in North Canterbury, New Zealand, Kane and Fiona Hogan have transformed their urban 1/2-acre property into abundant veggie gardens. Their business Urban Gardener
Science Now Shows That Plants Appear To Be Sentient Beings…
“Science now shows that plants appear to be sentient beings. They perceive light, smell, touch, water, and many more variables than we do. They can learn, remember and
How To Grow 25 Pounds Of Sweet Potatoes In A Bucket…
Sweet potatoes are becoming a popular food, so it’s about time I talk about how you can grow this plant yourself in a bucket. This article will give
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