Solutions for Self-Reliance

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Curtis Stone is an urban farmer, and a quite successful one at that. He started his own business using other people’s backyards for farming in …

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DIY

What happens when 100+ makers, designers, engineers, scientists and self-proclaimed geeks join forces during an intensive 5 weeks to develop open-source, sustainable lifestyle technologies? …

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DIY

“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” – Buckminster …

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Convert a junk TV into a 2000ºF solar cooker. Check out this video from The King of Random and learn how to make your …

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The Sami people are one of the oldest semi-nomadic indigenous groups in the world. Traditionally herding reindeer in the Arctic regions of Sweden, Norway, …

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John from Growing Your Greens goes on a field trip to Swank Specialty Produce that grows over 350 varieties of vegetables and uses 90 minerals …

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In this video you’ll get a layout of a pretty simple process for building a rocket stove that will last you a lifetime and …

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This video demonstrates how you can grow during the winter in a 4 season greenhouse in Colorado. Here are five more examples of cold …

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The traditional approach growing potatoes is to hill them. Essentially, you use a hoe to cover up the potato sprouts as they emerge to …

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Knives, and knife making, goes back literally millions of years. As humankind’s first tool, certain cultures have attached spiritual and religious significance to the …