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Cat "Nurses" Ducklings Along With Her Kittens

Cats and baby ducks are pretty cute on their own --- but this video of a cat trying to nurse ducklings might just exceed the Internet's viral cuteness metric.

According to Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RT...

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What is Your Water Footprint: Calculator

Take a water tour with this calculator through your home, yard, diet, energy, and consumer choices! Then, pledge to cut your water footprint and help return more water to rivers, lakes, wetlands, unde...

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Change The Course: US Water Consumption

We live in a watery world, with the average American lifestyle fueled by nearly 2,000 gallons of H2O a day.

What may come as a surprise is that very little of that—only five percent—runs through toilet...

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Documentary: Surviving The Cold

Valery Malkov made the headlines when he fell out of a train in Siberia in -40 degrees Celsius wearing practically nothing, then ran 30 minutes to the next station and lived to tell the tale.

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Giant Mosquito Invasion Scares Florida

You might want to think twice about your beach vacation this year: giant mosquitoes are expected to invade Florida this summer. The insects are 20 times larger than most other mosquitoes and their bit...

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Love for Life: From Bare Earth to Abundance

Must see video of a super productive, suburban backyard vertical garden made with salvaged materials. Enlarge video to full screen. Get a pen and paper handy to take notes. Pause occasionally to catch details. As you’re watching with gaping mouth, keep in mind the plants are only ten weeks old....

DIY Superinsulated Vaults

Slumtube pallet vaults are designed and built to European standards for structural soundness, and have plenty of space for thick insulation. As we reported the other day, Brian Waite’s straw bale vault kit in England is an excellent option. However, many owner-builders might prefer to build their own vaulted home from...

New vs Old Room Fire Final UL

Jay, one of our readers, suggested this video. It compares the fire risk between furniture and furnishings in a legacy room and modern room. In Jay’s words, “Natural Building makes sense on what you put inside a structure as well as what the structure is built out of. I think...

Free Food Forever

Learn how to grow your own food forever at little or no expense once established. The solution is forest gardening. Low Cost, Self-sufficient Homestead YouTube channel Free Food Forever is a post from: Natural Building Blog

Earthbag building: The greatest advantage is that it is one of the cheapest and easiest ways to construct a green home which with some hard work can be done by the homeowner. “Earthbag construction is a type of rammed earth construction where durable bags, usually polypropylene or burlap, are filled with...