Electric vehicles will be around for a long time. What seemed like a mere dream a decade ago is now the future’s default setting. States and countries have set deadlines by which combustion engine cars that consume fossil fuels and produce pollutants will no longer be sold. As a result, major automakers have decided to…
Category: Sustainabilty
Heat Waves: Thousands Of Victims.
Despite the serious threat extreme heat presents to our health and economy, people tend to perceive intense heat differently from other climate disasters. Heatwaves don’t get the same attention as a flood or a hurricane, because the damage isn’t as visually obvious. But that’s not to say that heatwaves aren’t causing concern. For example, professional…
Everything You Need To Know About Acid Rain.
What Is Acid Rain? During the 1970s and 1980s, “acid rain” was one of the most well-known environmental problems in Europe and North America. It was often featured in news reports and was sometimes mentioned in daily newspapers, television series and other forms of media. The visibility of acid rain in the media, however, has…
A comprehensive guide on foraging.
Initially, humans were hunter-gathers and obtained their food from nature. However, with modernization and evolution, we slowly moved away from this lifestyle and are more and more dependent on others to provide us with food sources. Foraging is a way of going back to our roots and gaining an insight into how our ancestors harvested…
A Guide to Living off of the Grid – Part 2
After looking at the different types of living off the grid, we will now focus on the minimum you’ll need. The Minimum of What You’ll Need Your Own Land This should seem obvious but at the very least, you’re going to need to own your own plot of land. It’s going to need to be…
A Guide to Living off of the Grid – Part 1
Living off the grid seems almost unbearably idyllic. You wake up in the morning to chill, clear air, step onto your porch with your coffee and hear no other human beings — just the birds and the wildlife on your homestead. Your water basin which has collected rain from the night before, is full. Your…