Mushroom growing can be done very low-cost and low-input. Additionally, it needs relatively little space. As the process does not happen on fields but in bags or jars, it does not require much or high soil quality, nor nearly any external input apart from the initial compost. It can therefore create economic opportunities in areas where other agricultural activity is hard. The only important thing regarding mushroom cultivation is that it is done properly. Which means that the sterilisation … Read more
Creating a Home Graywater System Creating a Home Graywater System
This video is a nice example, if you want to recycle and reuse your grey water. Important information starting at 5:50 min. … Read more
Solar Composting Toilet Dry Toilets
This video will explain you one of the differents ways you could built your own composting toilet. It is a special example, because it works with solar energy. … Read more
Healthy Snack Ideas Eating between the meals
In this video you will find some nice healthy snack ideas, which could for example be usefull for people on diet. - Kale Chips - Granola - Frozen Fruit - Seaweed (Dulse and Nori) - Avocados (with a fast and easy preparation) - Chia Seed Crackers … Read more
How to Grow Fresh Air How to renew the air in an enclosed space
Kamal Meattle comes from New Dheli, India a place where the quality of air is one of the worst. He looked at plants and their level of fresh air output and then planted numerous plants in a big block of flats. This building now has the cleanest air in all of new Dheli. This video will describe some of the plants used and the way they were used. … Read more
Water Harvesting The Ancient Ingenuity of Water Harvesting
In this video Anupam Mishra describes methods with which water was and is still collected in areas with extremely little rain. These methods however have been devised 1000s of years ago but are still deemed more effective than most modern methods. … Read more
Civilisation Starter Kit How to build farming tools from scratch
When Marcin Jakubowski wanted to start his own little garden he felt the need to get some tools, however he didn't have the money to buy good equipment and hence he built them himself. He made blueprints for the simple fabrication of everything needed to start a self-sustaining village. … Read more
Urban Gardening Using the unused spaces for public gardening
Ron Finley lives in Los Angeles and started gardening just on the little green patch next to the sidewalk in front of his house. Now this builds community and gets people to jointly get their hands into the earth and even get high quality food out of it. … Read more
Growing Food in Cities One way to grow food in Urban Areas
Stephen Ritz is a teacher in the USA Bronx who, after seeing many children of his classes eating unhealthy foods, started setting up growing walls with his classes. They now grow food for the community and sell it to make money for the school. The food produced is also used to cook with in the school canteen. … Read more
Evaluate your electricity consumption Check your electrical devices
The first step is to be aware of the consumption of all the electrical devices you have in your house. A very simple an not really expensive tool exist to easily do that: The WATT METRE. STEP1: check all your devices. Really easy to use, you just plug it in and then you plug any device on it. Thanks to the a little digital screen, you have the live consumption of your device. Even if it's not really expensive, you can join other people to buy it and then lend it to each other. STEP2: if you … Read more
