How To Convert a Lawn Mower into a Generator
Now this is a really cool way to re-purpose stuff that may not be of any use to you should the SHTF or if you ever find yourself in a long term down grid situation. You’re going to need power,
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DIY: How To Build Your Own Umbrella Solar Cooker
Solar cookers are ovens that harness the sun’s rays and use them to create a source of heat. They can be used to heat food or drink, cook food, or sterilize drinking water. Solar cookers are popular in the developing
How To Create A Simple and Inexpensive Rain Water Collection System
Do you think it’s possible to water your entire garden with reclaimed rain water? Well, if you said yes, then you are 100% right. Assuming it rains at all where you live, a simple and inexpensive rain water collection system
How to Bug-In: What You Need to Know to Survive a Grid-Down Disaster
This is by far the most thorough breakdown on how to bug-in to survive a grid-down disaster. Disasters can devastate our most critical services including water supplies, medical facilities and first responders, waste and trash processing and removal, transportation options,
How To Build A Mailbox Stove
I thought I’ve seen it all when it comes to different concoctions to cook stuff without power, but this definitely is among my new favorites. Have you ever seen a mailbox stove? Well now you have. And if you want
Cooking When The Grid Goes Down
In a grid-down scenario we may not have the easy access to our kitchen tools that we take for granted and rely on daily. Most kitchen appliances are powered by electricity or gas and if those go out due to
DIY Miniature Soda Can Solar Heater
This is brilliant – and easy to do. Using a few soda cans, some spare wood, some leftover plexiglass and a couple of old CPU fans – you too can make a miniature solar heater that is designed to sit
Affordable DIY Auxiliary Solar Arrays
Even though solar power is free and a sustainable form of energy, it doesn’t mean it’s cheap to put it to work for you. If you pay a company to install solar panels for you the conventional way, it can
How To Make A Hobo Stove
This is a neat little DIY project and definitely a good thing to know how to do. Because you never know when you might need some fire for cooking. So knowing how to make a hobo stove can mean the
Make a DIY Solar Shower For Under $100
Just when you think you’ve seen it all, you come across this. The DIY solar powered shower. For starters, I didn’t even know this was possible or that it existed, but nothing surprises me anymore. Nor should anything surprise you.
