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Jan 15, 2012

Global Warming

The layman's guide to understanding what is global warming.

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Dec 30, 2011

Make Your Own Food and Staples

This make your own section is to help you build your homesteading skills and encourage a frugal healthy lifestyle.

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Dec 30, 2011

What is organic food?

With the entire buzz about healthy living and green choices you may be asking yourself what is organic food?

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Dec 23, 2011

Green Job - Work From Home!

Imagine a green job where you don’t have to leave your home - where you can write about something you love, where you can spend time with your family, don’t have to drum up customers or even drive a car and spew out Carbon Dioxide into the atmosphere!

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Dec 5, 2011

What is Peak Oil?

What does the term peak oil mean and how will it affect you and me? Here is a simple look at understanding world oil usage and the long term implications on the man in the street.

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Dec 5, 2011

Hybrid Cars

The first thing I think about when I consider hybrid cars is the cost. Most of the technology is still so new that these cars are very expensive and are not affordable for the man in the street. Here is an honest look at the big names in hybrid cars, be they electric, gas, biofuel or others.

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Oct 23, 2011

Frugal Living

Some simple steps to frugal living with tips to have a more affordable and sustainable lifestyle.

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Oct 8, 2011

Orange help

Save money by not buying sponges to clean pots - also reduce waste by reusing your orange bags. Tie old orange bags in a ball as a scrubber for scouring

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Oct 3, 2011

Why buy new when secondhand will do?

I have discovered the joy of buying quality items at half the price....secondhand! And I feel good about my green footprint as I am recycling by doing

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Oct 1, 2011

Save Power - boil the kettle less.

In our house we used to boil the kettle almost constantly, we are a large family, so there was a constant tea and coffee on the go. I bought a really

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Oct 1, 2011

Pine Cones as Firelighters

Pine cones make brilliant firelighters - once they are dry they catch easily and burn hot and steady for long enough to get the fire going. Even better

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Sep 4, 2011

Petrochemicals and You

Whats the big deal about petrochemicals? I asked myself this question a few months back and then started to do some research. For those like me who do not know what a petrochemical is and what it does to our bodies (and earth) lets go back to the beginning.

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Aug 29, 2011

Save Money And Help The Environment With Vegetarian Cooking

Ask anybody in the know and they'll tell you that eating meat has two real downsides. The first of these is that meat is expensive to buy when compared

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Aug 28, 2011

Why is recycling so important?

Easy recycling sytems, interesting facts and why recycling is so important

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Aug 28, 2011

Homesteading Skills

Learn some basic homesteading skills that you need to be successful in your urban homesteading journey.

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