Amazing Homemade Inventions

Here's a notable aquaponics story this Thirst-day. A 13-year-old girl from north of Pretoria, South Africa runs a promising aquaponics startup while still in school as shown in this inspiring video from October, 2015. On the Expresso Show.

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The demand for real, local food is growing as more people become aware that agribusiness corporations such as Monsanto, along with lobbying groups like the Grocery Manufacturers Association, have a frightening grip on the nation's food system.

There you have it, folks - the world's first thirsty water filter. We love it! The next steps for the researchers are partnering with manufacturers who can bring their modelled desalination technique to life. The first step will be testing, but

I clearly remember Sidney Poitier playing the part of Mark Thackeray in the epic movie, "To Sir, With Love." He had been hired to teach a group of inner-city high school students, but he soon found himself involved in their lives. His students we

During or following a disruptive event, life will be tough enough without having to worry about maintaining health and preventing disease. Why then, do I find the topic of a survival hygiene kit taking a backseat to articles about food, water, bug-o

This is the solution for people without garden space or a green thumb to maintain produce.

Engineers at the Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL) have developed graphene-based biofoam sheets that can be laid on dirty or salty dams and ponds to produce clean drinking water, using the power of the sun. This new technique could be a chea

I go old school and hand dig a well on the cheap. I wanted the well for the garden and for emergencies for power outages.

Over two centuries, little has changed in the way apples are harvested; by and large, it is still a manual process.

This video shows you how to build the Peters Pump, a simple inexpensive direct-acting PVC hand pump suitable for shallow wells.

One of the best ways to test your survival skills is to spend some time outdoors, without electricity, running water, and flushable toilets.

In 1911, the first edition of Boys' Life magazine was published. The first several issues included a short-lived section called "Things All Scouts Should Know," which featured short, practical tips for boys at home and out camping.

In our fast-paced technologically-centered modern world, many adults have never learned some of the basic skills need for self-sufficiency or survival. We've complied a list of some of the crucial skills everyone should know, for day-to-day life, h

John Michelotti of Catskill Fungi shows us how to grow Lion's Mane Mushrooms at home. I test a grow your own mushroom kit and share my results. This is an interview from the Porcupine Freedom Festival.

A team of scientists at a Belgian university say they have created a machine that turns urine into drinkable water and fertilizer using solar energy, a technique which could be applied in rural areas and developing countries.

(NaturalNews) A major species of malaria-carrying mosquito avoids the smell of chickens, according to a new study conducted by researchers from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia, published in Malar

Most of us have never been without food for more than a single day much less a week or more, but the gut tightening response is strong enough to elicit some realization that we never would want to go without for very long anyway.

This simple invention is aiding women and children by alleviating the burden of carrying water home everyday.

A "bug out situation" is the phrase used to describe a survival scenario which makes staying at home more dangerous than leaving.

Learning from your mistakes is a key life lesson, and it's one that researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) can attest to.

"Which ones will you put aside reserve resources for?"

Many of us will be firing up our grills this weekend for some well-deserved barbecue time. After all, barbecuing is one of America's favorite pastimes however it certainly isn't one of our most environmentally friendly.

The world is parched, we are thirsty, and there's likely nothing we can do to make it rain.

After some trial and error, I had success. I have had good growth using the curled blue kale. It is actually pretty easy to grow them once you get the factors right...

Finally….the week we've all been itching for. At least where I live, it's planting time!

Dutch stylist Helly Scholten is interested in living sustainably, so when the chance came to move herself and her family into an experimental sustainable house designed by Rotterdam University students and researchers, she jumped at it.

Solar desalination is a tantalizing cure-all to Earth's fresh-water woes.

In any survival scenario, water is by far your most important resource. You can easily go a day without food, and usually don't need shelter right away, unless you're in freezing conditions.

ReadyNutrition Guys and Gals, we're going to touch on a subject that bears keeping in mind: the Victory gardens kept by citizens of the United States during World War II.

to grow more organic food. (NaturalNews) In news that will be embraced by health-conscious consumers and organic farmers alike, Costco is finding the demand for organic food to be so staggering, that it is lending money to farmers so they can grow en

The Austrian startup Fontus has developed a water bottle that pulls vapor from the air to fill itself.

I tour the National Botanical Conservatory, where I learn the process for making chocolate from a Cocoa Pod. I show you a real cocoa plant and how they make cocoa beans, cocoa nibs, cocoa liquor, cocoa, cocoa butter and cocoa powder. The indoor garde

INFARM is revolutionizing the world of fresh grocery shopping with the introduction of minuscule vertical farms in supermarkets.

Whether you are just starting out with prepping and are figuring out what to focus on first, or whether you are a veteran prepper tracing over your plans for potential flaws, you can always make improvements.

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Recently-opened vertical farms from the likes of FarmedHere and AeroFarms allow produce to be grown more efficiently, transported shorter distances and arrive fresher in stores.

This unique hydroponic garden allows individuals to produce a variety of agriculture products in the comfort of their own home.

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When and if colonists ever arrive on Mars, they're going to need something to eat … on a long-term, ongoing basis. That's why several research groups are looking into the feasibility of growing crops on the Red Planet.

What if we could grow delicious, nutrient-dense food, indoors anywhere in the world? Caleb Harper, director of CitiFARM at the MIT Media Lab, wants to change the food system by connecting growers with technology.

This is a beginners guide to making moonshine and fuel. Learn how to distill alcohol, ethanol and even purify water.

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Meal planning for emergencies can be simplified if we adopted the same principles as the U.S. Military for making MREs.

Many Midwesterners take one look at the snowscape outside and see dreariness, yet Nebraskan Russ Finch instead saw a challenge.

I am a big fan of the bow and arrow for a variety of reasons, and I personally think that anyone who has an interest in primitive survival skills or modern urban survival should seriously consider purchasing a good bow and arrow and become proficient

Using solar technology to harvest fresh water, this cool invention has the potential to make a huge difference to the world.

Regardless of how many #10 cans of "just-add-water-ready-to-eat" stuff you have, at some point you're going to have to learn to use a kitchen in much the same way as your granny or your great-granny did, so we've put together this list of 38

The US city of Louisville, KY, is set to become home to a major new vertical farm. The FarmedHere facility will be part of the new 24-ac (9.7-ha) West Louisville FoodPort that will be home to a community of food-related businesses. It will grow micro