A revolutionary power station in Southern Spain employs thousands of mirrors to focus the suns energy into a concentrated heat collector mounted on top of a tower. Salts pumped to the top of the tower can reach temperatures of up to 565 degrees Centigrade and this stored heat energy can ten be used to drive generators 24 hours a day. The plant produces electricity for 25 thousand homes and it has been estimated that the technology could meet 11% of global energy demand by 2050 … Read more
Vertical Garden Build a vertical veggie patch or flowerbed from recycled materials
Using 2 simple wooden pallets, you can build a vertical garden, to use space more efficiently. The vertical garden is both useful and aesthetic. To build the vertical garden, find two wooden pallets that haven't been treated against pests. One will serve as a construction and the other one, you will dismantle and use to build the planting spaces. The planting spaces are simply triangles with a 45 degree angle. They will be lined with a geotechnical fabric, which allows the water to drip … Read more
Make Your Own Natural Cleaning Products Some excellent, simple home recipes
Conventional cleaning are full of chemicals that are harmful to our body and to the earth. Here's some simple ways to make your own! Floors - add 1 cup of white vinegar and 1/2 teaspoon of dish-washing liquid to a bucket of water, for a sparkling floor. Polishing Taps - add 1/4 cup of vinegar to a bowl of warm water. Inside of Toilet - sprinkle some baking soda, add a bit of vinegar and scrub with brush. Windows & Mirrors - pour vinegar into a spray-bottle and spray on windows and mirrors, … Read more
Home-Made Vegan ‘Milk’ Make your own sustainable, cruelty-free milk
The industrial animal industry is unsustainable and cruel, and dairy has been proven to cause many types of diseases and health issues. There are plenty of vegan alternatives out there, some are imported from overseas and all of them are packaged. Why not make your own at home! Another advantage is that you can choose your own fresh ingredients and be in control over what enters your body. Here are a couple of recipes: Almond Milk: * 20 almonds, which were soaked overnight and peeled. … Read more
Tidal Power A Vast Untapped Clean Power Source
Half of all Europe's tidal power flows around UK waters, a vast untapped supply of clean energy. However, the world's first commercial tidal stream turbine has become operational in Northern Ireland and there are plans to install many more in powerful currents around the UK coast such as The Pentland Firth. Care has been taken to protect marine life and sensors will shut down a turbine in 3 seconds if approached by a seal, whale or dolphin. … Read more
Copenhagen – Cycle City Bicycle - The Way to Traverse the City
The city of Copenhagen has been planned and developed for cyclists with dedicated bike lanes and cycle paths, synchronized traffic signals and a wide spread general provision for bikes. Hundreds of thousand of cycle journeys are made every day easing congestion and pollution. Without the bicycle Copenhagen would be grid locked. Many other cities are also planning for bicycle routes but Copenhagen has done more successfully than most. … Read more
Store Root Vegetables in Sand Greatly Extend their Shelf Life
Using sand to preserve food isn’t a new method by any means, but it’s certainly effective, and can be used a few different ways to extend the shelf life of root veggies and certain firm-fleshed fruit. The link below describes how to do it … Read more
Garden Towers A sustainable, efficient solution for food production
A simple, sustainable way to grow food in a rural or urban setting. Why grow food in a Garden Tower? * Saves space - you can generally grow about 40-50 plants on a 1.5 sqm space. *Saves water - since the plants are located above each other, any surplus water drips on to the next plant and is easily collected at the bottom * Pest control - since the plants are grown on a separate soil, there are much less diseases and pests to tackle. *Urban solution - suitable for balconies, roofs, or … Read more
Greenhouse of the Future Grow Food and Create Space to Relax
Interested in building your own greenhouse, but don’t know where to begin? Now, there’s the Greenhouse of the Future. Filmmaker Curt Close teamed up with Anaconda Productions and the non-profit SolutionEra to release a DVD, eBook and step-by-step guide on how to build a passive solar greenhouse that utilizes renewable energy and is built from natural and recycled materials. Follow the link for more information:- … Read more
Wicking Beds An easy way to grow food at home, save water and offset some carbon
The wicking bed is a highly productive growing system which not only produces more food from limited water, but also recycles waste organic material to provide plant nutrient and capture carbon. The essence is to form an underground reservoir of water or pond contained by a waterproof container or liner below the surface. Problems would arise if the underground pond was routinely filled by applying water from the surface. The water percolating down through the soil would absorb nutrients which … Read more
