By Sayer Ji Wake Up World “The nation that destroys its soil, destroys itself.” Franklin Delano Roosevelt In light of this quote, had Monsanto been around during...
Category - Sustainability
Top Five Free Energy Technologies Unfolding Now
By Hank Mills Courtesy of Pure Energy System News An age of free energy is rapidly approaching. As we speak, multiple companies are preparing the technologies that will make energy abundant, cheap...
Four Methods for Off the Grid Food Production
By – Activist Post For most of us producing all of our own food is just a fantasy. It evokes visions of multiple acres of fertile land, long work days, and expensive machinery. However...
Sunflower Design Enhances Solar Energy Prospects
18th January 2012 By Alyssa Danigelis – news.discovery.com There are only a few solar concentrator plants in the world, mainly because these multi-mirrored solar power production...
A Deliciously Resourceful Town Aims For Total Food Self-Sufficiency Within 7 Years
By Vincent Graff dailymail.co.uk Admittedly, it sounds like the most foolhardy of criminal capers, and one of the cheekiest, too. Outside the police station in the small Victorian mill town of...
OCCUPY CHRISTMAS! For a Sustainable Holiday Season
By Jack Adam Weber Guest Writer for Wake Up World With the holidays swiftly approaching and the Occupy movement finding new legs, we should be seriously considering where to cast our purchase...
Feeding 7 Billion Of Us Without Ruining The Planet
by Tom Laska – sutainableweston.org It turns out converted rainforest land is neither particularly productive as farmland nor climate smart, since creating it releases huge amounts of carbon...
10 Great Reasons to Eat Local Food and Pick Your Own Where Possible
Eating local means more for the local economy. According to a study by the New Economics Foundation in London, a dollar spent locally generates twice as much income for the local economy. When...
PART 2 – How 1 MILLION Pounds Of Organic Food Can Be Produced On 3 Acres
By Andy Whiteley Co-Founder of Wake Up World I recently posted an article, How 1 MILLION Pounds Of Organic Food Can Be Produced On 3 Acres, which featured the work of farmer Will...
How To Start a 1-Acre, Self-Sufficient Sanctuary
By John Seymour – Mother Earth News Everyone will have a different approach to keeping a self-sufficient homestead, and it’s unlikely that any two 1-acre farms will follow the same plan...