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Passive solar heating and passive cooling—approaches known as natural conditioning—provide comfort throughout the year by reducing, or eliminating, the need for fossil fuel. Yet while heat from sunlight and ventilation from breezes is free for the taking, few modern architects or builders really understand the principles involved.Now Dan Chiras, author of the popular book The…

Did you know that even experts in the field of self-defense can make the same kind of mistakes that a novice might make?  Invariably, the actions that put you in most danger will always go back to a handful of fundamental things that you overlooked for one reason or another.  Avoiding these ten mistakes will…

This Week On Movie Monday Meteor Storm A little more light hearted entertainment this week with Meteor Storm.  A meteor shower turns San Francisco into a battle zone when the massive fiery rocks begin bombarding the city. The fate of the world hangs in the balance as astronomer Michelle Young tries to determine what is…

Even if you don’t keep too close of an ear to world events, you likely can’t help but have heard rumblings of a nuclear war with Russia lately.  Of course, I’m not the fear mongering public panic type, but I thought it might be a good idea to send a reminder…plant a seed of thought. …

Complete Book of Home Preserving Bernardin Home Canning Products are the gold standard in home preserving supplies, the trademark jars on display in stores every summer from coast to coast. Now the experts at Bernardin have written a book destined to become the Bernardin “bible” of home preserving. As nutrition and food quality have become…

Each year, September is a reminder that it’s time for children to go back to school and the annual flu season will soon raise its ugly head. Unfortunately the two events go hand in hand. School-aged children are especially susceptible to the catching the flu. Every year, anywhere from 5-20 percent of all school-aged children…

In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. His name was Christopher Johnson McCandless. He had given $25,000 in savings to charity, abandoned his car and most of his possessions, burned all the cash in his wallet, and invented a…

Homesteading comes with freedom. It provides you with an opportunity of living off the land as you enjoy your own grown food and recreation. On the flip side, getting started might require some capital before your homestead can sustain itself. Here are some tips to get started with homesteading for almost no money.Initial Decisions If…

As the news reports an endless array of chaotic events from summers of record-setting wildfires, heat waves and droughts or winter polar vortexes, Hurricane Sandy convinced many that climate change is real and that catastrophic weather events are the new norm. Many people resolved to be better prepared for the next big crisis and to…