Who Said Bartering is a Dead Art Form? Trading and bartering were an important part of our ancestors’ lives. Bartering involved all kinds of items as currency. Furs, silks, perfumes, spices, and tea were some of the more traditional items of barter; human skulls and poisons are a couple of history’s more outlandish trade goods. […]
The Canadian green building market is poised to see strong growth over the next three years, with surveyed Canadian firms expecting to grow their green practices from one third in 2014, to one half by 2017. These findings are part of a new report prepared by McGraw Hill Construction and commissioned by the Canada Green […]
What Does it Take Property Wise to Get Off The Grid? In the today and now, it seems that everyone is continuing to talk about sustainable living, going off grid, and homesteading. But what should be really considered is to what level of off the grid living you are looking to achieve. Something easy and […]
PAINT LICK — “The rabbit goes out of the hole, it goes under, and it comes back in.” With a simple rhyme and loads of patience, Scout leader Jim Boyd taught our group to tie a bowline knot, a deceptively simple loop with many uses. If one of us tumbled off a cliff, knowing the […]
First City of Tiny Homes: Spur, Texas PRLog – Jul. 20, 2014 – SPUR, Texas — The City Council of Spur, TX passed a resolution tonight designating the City of Spur as Americas’ first officially “Tiny House Friendly” town. The resolution tips its hat to the movement toward smaller and more efficient dwellings that has […]
Two ways to cool your Off Grid home from the summer heat using a basic geothermal cooling system. The ability to cool your home with the Earths natural cool temperatures is likely easier then you may have initially thought. About 5 – 6 feet below the surface of the Earth the temperature is a constant […]
Pretty amazing when you think of the possibilities of being able to use a valuable resource like water to generate another valuable asset like Fire. Here is a great short 3:30 minute video that display five different methods of starting a fire using water. In other words, more great tips to add to your survival […]
Ergon Energy, the networks distributor for more than 90 per cent of Queensland, has explained why it wants to keep any new solar installations off the grid, and has introduced new rules to stop such exports. The response came to our story on Friday – Utilities move to kick solar off the grid – which highlighted how […]
Broadleaf Plantain (Plantago major) the Little Weed with the Mighty Power You’ve stepped on it, ignored it, and tried to eradicate it from your lawn. However, this innocuous little weed is one of the most useful medicines on the planet, just begging to be harvested. There are two major types of plantain in BC, Canada: […]
Energy use on the globe is expected to go up by more than 50% in the next 25 years. Michigan law is mandating a heavier reliance on renewable sources by next year. But some say that’s not enough, and they are taking matters into their own hands. Experimenting with sustainability Take Rolf and Mari von […]
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