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Build a cardboard chair

How to build a cardboard chair

The gang at Gomi style made a two different types of chairs from tossed out cardboard, simple and easy.

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Harvest the sun with a homemade solar panel

How to harvest the sun with a homemade solar panel

Making and installing solar heating for your home is not nearly as difficult or expensive as you might think. After watching this video, hopefully you will be inspired to make a solar water heater for yourself.

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Make a Furoshiki Japanese grocery bag

How to make a Furoshiki Japanese grocery bag

Learn how to make a Furoshiki bag, a method used by the Japanese for centuries to carry just about anything you can imagine, from food, groceries, boxes, bottles... even watermelons.

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How To Create Urban Rainforests

Create Urban Rainforests

Most urban areas have undeveloped land that can be utilized productively. Follow these steps to create an oasis where people can meet, learn ...more

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How To Create a Green Hotel

Create a Green Hotel

If you run an accommodation business, whether it be a hotel, motel, bed and breakfast, lodge, resort or other type of guest facilities ...more

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How To Save Paper in School

Save Paper in School

Saving paper in school is a good way to help save the environment . Schools are an excellent place to take steps to help save our natural ...more

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How To Avoid Creating Trash

Avoid Creating Trash

Landfills are expanding every day. Between 1960 and 1990, trash production has doubled, and since then remains at about 4.5 pounds per ...more

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How To Be a Kid Environmentalist

Be a Kid Environmentalist

While there are oodles of promises and "going-to-dos" out there about protecting our environment, a lot of it is yet to happen and often it ...more

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How To Be a Locovore

Be a Locovore

A locovore is anyone who only eats food from the local area. Local foods are becoming increasingly popular because they are perceived as ...more

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How To Build a Composting Toilet

Build a Composting Toilet

In this article a step-by-step guide to building a composting toilet made from empty plastic bottles will be described (provided by the ...more

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How To Build a Solar Panel Cooker

Build a Solar Panel Cooker

The Fun-Panel solar panel cooker can be built in less than an hour from a single cardboard box and some aluminum foil. This is significant ...more

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How To Conserve Water when Doing Dishes

Conserve Water when Doing Dishes

With every meal comes a stack of dirty dishes. There is no need to run the hot water full blast, holding each plate to rinse it under the ...more

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How To Convert Any Toilet to a Low Flush Toilet

Convert Any Toilet to a Low Flush Toilet

Toilets use the most water in our homes. Every day, Americans flush 4.8 billion gallons of water down the toilet. Reducing the amount of ...more

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How To Drain and Wash Your Biodiesel

Drain and Wash Your Biodiesel

Even if you don't like chemistry, you can make your own fuel. The biodiesel homebrew process is easier than making beer! Draining out the ...more

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How To Fuse Plastic Bags Into a Laptop Case

Fuse Plastic Bags Into a Laptop Case

There are many things you can do with the many plastic bags floating around in the world, such as make plastic yarn and knit a funky bag ...more

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How To Go Green in Your Kitchen

Go Green in Your Kitchen

Pretty much everywhere you turn today, there's talk about "going green." The push to be eco-friendly has gained more popularity in recent ...more

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How To Live Green As a College Student

Live Green As a College Student

During college there's already too much to think about. There's the myriad of assignments and projects, classes, professors that you can't ...more

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How To Make a Baby Romper from a T Shirt

Make a Baby Romper from a T Shirt

If you're tired of the ho-hum pastels and puppies for your baby's clothes, you can easily make your own rockin' duds for your little stud ...more

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How To Make a Cardboard Box Storage System

Make a Cardboard Box Storage System

If you have a lot of small supplies to store but would rather not invest in a permanent storage system yet, you can make your own from boxes ...more

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How To Make a Cereal Box and Juice Carton Placemat

Make a Cereal Box and Juice Carton Placemat

Breakfast often starts with a glass of juice, followed by a bowl of cereal. Well then, why not use both to create a placemat upon which to ...more

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How To Make a Desk Chair from a Car Seat

Make a Desk Chair from a Car Seat

Good, comfortable desk chairs can sometimes be absurdly expensive, and even many of the most expensive ones concern themselves more with ...more

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How To Make a Duct Tape Shower Curtain

Make a Duct Tape Shower Curtain

We've all made a duct tape wallet, right. Well here's the real challenge. That's right, a duct tape shower curtain! Will you make it, or ...more

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How To Make a Pencil and Photo Holder Using Office Supplies

Make a Pencil and Photo Holder Using Office Supplies

This modern looking marvel is both functional and fashionable , and ...more

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How To Make a Pot in a Pot Refrigerator

Make a Pot in a Pot Refrigerator

In a community without electricity, storage of food long-term can be tricky. One simple solution is to build your own pot-in-a-pot fridge ...more

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How To Make a Sand Timer from Recycled Plastic Bottles

Make a Sand Timer from Recycled Plastic Bottles

Lots of things take 2 minutes, like hearing one side of an argument ...more

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How To Make a Toothbrush Bracelet

Make a Toothbrush Bracelet

If you hate throwing stuff away and you love wearing unique jewelry, then turning your old toothbrushes into bracelets is a match made in ...more

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How To Make a Vase out of a Plastic Bottle

Make a Vase out of a Plastic Bottle

While this creation looks like a delicate glass or crystal vase , it is unbreakable and can still be recycled later if desired! Mark and cut ...more

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How To Make and Use a Solar Oven

Make and Use a Solar Oven

Around the world, solar ovens, or "solar cookers" are increasingly used to reduce people's reliance on firewood and other fuels in areas ...more

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How To Make Bowls out of Vinyl Records

Make Bowls out of Vinyl Records

You can easily turn any old, unwanted vinyl into a unique bowl! These crafty creations can be used for any storage purpose and make great ...more

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How To Make Placemats from Greeting Cards

Make Placemats from Greeting Cards

There are various methods of making placemats for your table, but this one is perfect for right after the holidays because you can recycle ...more

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How To Make Table Placemats with Leaves

Make Table Placemats with Leaves

If leaves are falling in your part of the world, it's time to make beautiful (and easy!) fall leaf placemats for your family get-togethers ...more

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How To Make Your Own Gasoline

Make Your Own Gasoline

Gasoline has become a necessity for most people. However, gas is becoming expensive, so more and more people are interested in making their ...more

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How To Practice Sustainable Agriculture

Practice Sustainable Agriculture

Lots of people confuse sustainable agriculture with organic farming. Both are aimed at using more ecologically sensible practices, but they ...more

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How To Recycle Old Computer Hard Drives

Recycle Old Computer Hard Drives

Let’s say that you have an old hard drive that you want to get rid of but you want to make sure that any information that was on it can not ...more

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How To Recycle Old Plastic Bags

Recycle Old Plastic Bags

Wondering what to do with those plastic grocery bags? Here are a few ideas. Take them with you to the grocery store to be reused when ...more

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How To Recycle Plastic Bottles

Recycle Plastic Bottles

40 billion plastic bottles are produced each year in the United States, mostly for beverages. Two-thirds of them end up in landfills. All ...more

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How To Recycle Wine Bottles

Recycle Wine Bottles

Many people drink wine, and simply get rid of the bottle. With the help of this article, you can learn how to recycle your wine bottles into ...more

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How To Recycle Your Socks

Recycle Your Socks

You've just cleaned out your drawer , and in front of you is a huge pile of old, holey, mismatched socks . You're thinking about throwing ...more

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How To Reduce Your Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Reduce Your Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Although the climate changes naturally on its own, humans contribute heavily to pollution of the environment. More and more people are ...more

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Views 89

How To Remember to Take Bags With You to the Store

Remember to Take Bags With You to the Store

By now, you have probably heard what a waste of resources plastic bags are. You may even have some reusable bags of your own. Are they going ...more

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How To Respond to an Air Quality Action Day for Ozone (USA)

Respond to an Air Quality Action Day for Ozone (USA)

Even relatively low levels of ozone can cause health effects. People ...more

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How To Reuse a Corrugated Box for Mailing

Reuse a Corrugated Box for Mailing

The United States Postal Service requires that mailing boxes be free of old mail labels and barcodes that could confuse their mail handling ...more

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How To Reuse Disposable Plastic Containers for Gardening

Reuse Disposable Plastic Containers for Gardening

Love pastries and foods from the grocery store but don't know what to ...more

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How To Reuse Dryer Lint

Reuse Dryer Lint

Use it as stuffing. Collect lint over time and keep it in container in the laundry. Next time you whip up a stuffed toy or a round cloth ...more

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How To Reuse Old Shower Curtains

Reuse Old Shower Curtains

A few rips in the shower curtain or the design on it is looking faded and tired? Time to change it for a new one; before you do so, keep the ...more

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How To Reuse Old Toothbrushes

Reuse Old Toothbrushes

Even though the American Dental Association recommends that you replace your toothbrush every 3-4 months (or when the bristles get frayed ...more

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How To Run Your House With Solar Power

Run Your House With Solar Power

Unless you have US$20K or more to invest, running a typical household "off grid" is not possible; what many people take for granted as ...more

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Views 593

How To Safely Get Rid of an Old Computer

Safely Get Rid of an Old Computer

Unfortunately, you can't just chuck an old computer in the garbage can and move on. Computers, like many electronics, contain heavy metals ...more

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How To Save Energy in the Laundry

Save Energy in the Laundry

Laundries are big energy suckers, from the washing machine to the dryer. It is possible to reduce this impact by following some simple ideas ...more

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How To Save Money by Reusing Household Items

Save Money by Reusing Household Items

Did you know you can use plenty of things in your home for other purposes? Stop wasting and save money with some of these tried and true ...more

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How To Save the Environment at Home

Save the Environment at Home

There are plenty of little steps that people can take at home to help save the environment . While the eco-footprint of each step is small ...more

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How To Set Up a Home Recycling System

Set Up a Home Recycling System

Recycling helps cut domestic waste that would otherwise be buried in landfills and provides a steady supply of used materials that can be ...more

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How To Start Living in a Tiny House

Start Living in a Tiny House

Living in a house smaller than some people's walk-in closets may not be for everyone, but those who are able to do so reap many benefits for ...more

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Holiday Cookies: Lab Mice, Chocolate Atoms & Gingerbread Scientists

In spirit of the recently posted brightly frosted cupcake periodic table, here are some equally clever, beautiful science-themed holiday cookies from Not So Humble.  The creative cooking blog ...

Deliverance Style Old Dude Creates Fully Automatic Crossbow

I have to say, this thing is pretty awesome. I find the smooth movement of the apparatus mesmerizing. However, I also have to say, the inventor totally gives me the creeps (no offense, old man). Known ...

Horsesurfing (Swear, No Photoshop Used!)

The Brits have contributed a new sport to the world, coined Horsesurfing. Yes, it is just what it sounds like: the combined skill of horseback riding and surfing. According to the Daily Mail ...

New Super Hybrid Kicks Tesla Motors' Butt

Capstone's CMT-380 stealth looking prototype can hit 150mph, compared to Tesla's 125. Tesla better step it up. Says Engadget: "Rather than mixing batteries and a conventional engine, this whip ...

Super Robot Has Powers of Levitation

This robot hasn't levitated any humans yet (especially not pictured Days of Our Lives star Deidre Hall), but it looks like the sky may be the limit with the Robo-Air Jet System. Developed by Aaron ...

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