November 17th, 2016 By Paul A. Philips Guest writer for Wake Up World The fact of the matter is that, over the years, we have allowed ourselves to become more and more accepting of the urban way of...
Category - Sustainability
A New Take on Sewage: How to Harness the Superpowers of Poo and Pee for Better Ecological and Human Health
By Carolanne Wright Contributing writer for Wake Up World What happens when we flush the toilet is not normally high on the list of dinner table topics, but a few forward thinking...
How the U.S. Department of Agriculture is Destroying Our Health and Environment
October 12th, 2016 By Dr. Joseph Mercola Guest writer for Wake Up World Sometimes you read or hear someone in a position of power say something so illogical and narrow-minded that it really helps to...
An Introduction to Permaculture (and Its Symbiotic Relationship with Agorism)
By Tim Bryant Guest writer for Wake Up World One of the focuses of both The Last American Vagabond and Wake Up World has been to not only properly diagnose all the problems facing humanity...
Affordable, Eco-Friendly and Energy Efficient: How Re-Purposed Plastic Waste is Helping to Solve Humanity’s Housing Crisis
By Carolanne Wright Contributing writer for Wake Up World “In Latin America, Africa and Asia 40% of people don’t have access to formal housing. In Bogota alone 750 tonnes of...
A Saltwater Powered Sports Car? It’s True — and Europe Just Made it Street Legal
2nd July 2016 By Carolanne Wright Contributing writer for Wake Up World Not so long ago, excitement rose to a fevered pitch with the announcement of a budget Tesla car slated to hit the...
The Price We Pay for Fighting Pests With Chemicals and Genetic Engineering
2nd August 2016 By Dr. Joseph Mercola Guest writer for Wake Up World As noted in a recent article by The Atlantic,[1] history is rife with pest control experiments gone terribly wrong. Today the...
Futuristic Nano Fabric May Eliminate the Need to Do Laundry, But at What Cost to Human and Environmental Health?
22nd July 2016 By Carolanne Wright Contributing writer for Wake Up World Standard methods of laundering clothing are rife with environmental problems, such as excessive water and electricity...
Jackfruit: Can This Nutritional Powerhouse Prevent Widespread Famine?
By Carolanne Wright Contributing writer for Wake Up World Unlike the United States — where self-sufficiency and food security is persecuted — the government of Venezuela is pushing...
Honeybees Pick Up an Alarming Number of Pesticides from Non-Crop Plants, Purdue Researchers Find
1st July 2016 By Carolanne Wright Contributing writer for Wake Up World Honeybees have had a hard time over the last several decades — colony collapse disorder, habitat destruction...
If You Care About Animals and the Earth, Here’s Why You Need to Boycott Palm Oil Immediately
By Carolanne Wright Contributing writer for Wake Up World Found in an astounding array of foods — like baked goods, cookies, chocolate, potato chips and milk — palm oil is in half...
How a “No-Till” Method Can Grow Vegetable and Fruit Gardens Without Irrigation, Fertilizer or Grueling Labor
By Carolanne Wright Contributing writer for Wake Up World Food self-sufficiency is a hot topic in the U.S. and beyond as our industrial agricultural system begins to crumble, poisonous...