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Many of us have barely dug our way out of the snow that dumped across the United States last week.  We’re still shivering, still trying to catch planes back to wherever we came from, and have it in the back ...

No matter where you live, staying warm in the winter takes much more work than being comfortable the rest of the year. But it can be done — no matter your heating source. Be Creative When Insulating Keeping the warm ...

The most common methods in the United States for home heating are electricity, gas, oil and wood. However, when it comes to keeping your home warm in the winter, there are countless options available — especially for those who live ...

Heating with wood is a great option for many households – and a must for most off-gridders and homesteaders. Wood stoves are easy to use and the feedstock is renewable and easy to obtain. If you live in a heavily ...

Passive solar is a building design approach that incorporates certain materials into the roof, walls and floors that collect solar energy to heat a home in the winter, cool it in the summer, and heat water year-round. It’s called passive ...

What chemical do we ingest in nearly every meal we eat, linked to hormone disruption, brain and behavior problems, cancer and heart problems? The answer is BPA or Bisphenol A, an industrial chemical used commercially in plastics and resins since ...

A lot of people are looking at getting off the grid these days. Some are doing it for the purpose of saving money, while others are looking down the road and thinking that going off-grid is a much more secure ...

Editor’s note: This is the first in a two-part series. Next installment: Long-term power outages.  Electrical power outages are becoming more and more common. With the condition of our aging electrical grid, this really shouldn’t come as much of a ...

December 27, 2013 Jim Meaney, owner of Cansolair Inc. displays how he converts pop cans into a powerful solar heating panel. Video courtesy of MartineBlue Previous Video

Passive solar is a great way to heat any home, lowering energy bills and providing some heating capacity for any power outage disaster. If one is fortunate enough to have solar heating, they can be sure that they will always ...