It’s hard to grow good lettuces in the heat of summer – they dry out easily, and become hard and slightly bitter in taste. They grow best in
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A Beautiful 1-Acre Small Scale Permaculture Farm That Feeds 50 Families…
Brett Cooper manages a 1-acre permaculture farm in New South Wales, Australia, as a productive farm helping to feed around 50 families. Take a tour of the farm below
We Are Heading For The Warmest Climate In Half A Billion Years, Says New Study…
Carbon dioxide concentrations are heading towards values not seen in the past 200m years. The sun has also been gradually getting stronger over time. Put together, these facts
DIY Shed Made From Old Wood Pallets…
This Ingenious DIY Shed Was Constructed From Recycled Wood Pallets! The utilization of recycled materials in construction projects has gained significant attention in recent years, as individuals seek
Primitive Technology: How To Make A Forge…
I invented the Bow Blower, a combination of the bow drill and forge blower to make a device that can force air into a fire while being easy
Russian Lawyer Finds Happiness Living In A Hole In The Woods…
A former Russian lawyer named Yuri Alexeev got sick of his busy, high-stress life in the city. So one day, he quit and dug himself a “rabbit hole” 60
Miracle Farms, A 5-acre Commercial Permaculture Orchard In Southern Quebec, Canada…
Twenty years ago, Stefan Sobkowiak bought a commercial apple orchard with the intention of converting it to an organic orchard. He did just that, but eventually understood the
Life Is Good: Sustainable Living (National Geographic Documentary)…
Sustainable living is a lifestyle that attempts to reduce an individual’s or society’s use of the Earth’s natural resources and personal resources. Practitioners of sustainable living often attempt
Learn How To Make Organic Butter In Minutes & Never Buy It Again…
Most of the butter found in grocery stores is not healthy, because it is made from pasteurized milk. Homemade organic butter is very healthy as it still contains many of
Seed Swapping In The Ozarks – Feature Length Documentary…
Seed Swap follows Dr. Campbell, an anthropologist living in the Ozarks, as he helps to organize a seed swap to be held March 1st 2008 in Mountain View,
An Awesome Aquaponics Greenhouse Build From Start To Finish…
In the video below Donald Porta walks through the building of his awesome aquaponics greenhouse system from start to finish. Including the greenhouse and attached utility and fish
Build Your Own DIY Solar Dehydrator To Preserve Your Summer Harvest…
Build your own DIY solar dehydrator! This project was built using 1 piece of plywood, 10 food grade screens plus a bunch of salvaged materials that were then
How To Build An Underground / Sunken Greenhouse For Year Round Growing…
This is the first of a series of videos that will chronicle my construction of building a sunken greenhouse, otherwise known as a Walipini or Pit Green house.
DIY Solar Water Lightbulb Provides 55 Watts Of Light…
What do you get with sunshine and an old plastic bottle filled with water and chlorine? Thanks to Alfred Moser and a group of MIT students, you get
Man Inspired By A Near-Death Experience Is On A Personal Quest To Reforest Our Planet…
In 1991, arborist David Milarch had a near-death experience that inspired a personal quest to reforest our planet. He would harvest the genetics of the world’s oldest trees,
13 Years Living Off The Land – Man Shares REAL Homestead Experience…
Peter from TreeEater Farm & Nursery (http://treeeaternursery.com/) in BC shares the challenges and lessons learned from his experience earning a living off the land for 13 years with
How To Start A Fire With A Sandwich Bag & Water…
The intensity of sunlight on Earth is about 1300 Watts per square meter. When you focus the sun’s rays using a magnifying glass (or in this case a
Organic Sustainable Farming Is The Future Of Agriculture…
In this film, organic market gardeners Frank and Josje talk about why the supermarket system doesn’t work and how Community Supported Agriculture fits into a new story for
Couple Builds A Tiny House For Only $420 Using Recycled Materials!
Meet Liam and Rachel, who built this cute 6.25-metre tiny house for just $420. Using almost entirely recycled materials, including bits and pieces scavenged from building sites and
Urban Garden Tour – How We Grow Food For Our Family Of 6 In Our Backyard (Fall 2016)…
My wife and I decided in spring of 2015 that we wanted to start growing most of the vegetables our family of 6 eats. It’s been an incredible
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