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People tend to throw away loads of food scraps in the kitchen, failing to recognize that much of the “garbage” can be easily repurposed. Keep reading and I’ll show you a few tips and tricks for making your life easier ...

As children in school we were often taught, Native Americans used every part of an animal when butchering, from nose to tail. Nothing was wasted, not even bones or sinew. In today’s world we buy our choice cuts from the ...

Homesteaders are notorious for finding ways to repurpose items. Nothing gets thrown away without it being thoroughly evaluated for other uses. Consider, for example, milk jugs. There are plenty of ways you can use those milk jugs that don’t include ...

It isn’t recycling. It isn’t upcycling or reusing, either. Not even buying local. The number one way to conserve resources, both yours and the planets, is so simple and obvious that it might startle you. The way to conserve resources ...

It’s a shame how wasteful the average American is today. Fortunately, for those who want to save some money or limit their contribution to the landfill, there are ways to reuse almost any common household object – just like our ...

Chances are pretty good you’re already thrifty. Maybe you compost your kitchen scraps and save newspapers and rags. However, there are many items you may take for granted as trash that you should be stockpiling and using now to save ...

Being able to make just about anything out of pallets has many benefits for off-grid living – saving money and repurposing items among them. Pallets are something we can get for free if we just know where to look. Let’s ...

It’s pretty common to see pallets on Craigslist or sitting out in the back of hardware and lumber stores. Pallets are surprisingly versatile and can be very useful around your home. You can usually get them for free — or ...

Are you thinking of building a new house, renovating or expanding an existing one? Looking for ways to dramatically cut costs and leave less footprints in the environment? Consider building “green.” Not only is it the environmentally friendly way to ...

We know engineered materials like plastics, rubber and ceramics take ages to decompose and can pose a threat to the environment. But they have become so much a part of our lives that we cannot completely do away with them, ...