FOOTPRINT How-To Videos & Articles

Follow these footprint tutorials to learn all about footprint with WonderHowTo's collection of free how-to videos and articles, like Calculate your carbon footprint, Build a tent footprint, and Use the Footprint Test.

You'll also find several great home & garden tutorials in the Home & Garden category.

How to calculate your carbon footprint

Calculate your carbon footprint

Watch this video tutorial to learn how to calculate your carbon footprint. A carbon footprint is an equation that estimates just how much ...more

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How to build a tent footprint

Build a tent footprint

Backpacker magazine shows you how to build a plastic footprint for your tent--a skill taken from the Jan/Feb 2007 issue. Associate editor ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by bird crick | Comments 0
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How To Use the Footprint Test

Use the Footprint Test

Use this footprint test to find out whether you have normal feet, flat feet or high arched feet. This is very helpful when you are looking ...more

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Written 5 months ago by WikiHow | Comments 0
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How to find strange places and signs in Google Earth

Find strange places and signs in Google Earth

Weird Places/signs on Google Earth including the Teletubbies' secret ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by cwiltz | Comments 4
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How to water your grass

Water your grass

Giving your lawn too much water can be worse than not giving it enough. Here's how to get it just right. Learn how to water your grass ...more

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Curated 6 months ago by Howcast | Comments 0
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How to make your home more energy efficient

Make your home more energy efficient

Home improvement expert Lou Manfredini shares his tips on how to keep your energy bills down this winter and reduce your home's carbon ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by Amie | Comments 1
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How to set up a tent in fastpacking pitch

Set up a tent in fastpacking pitch

In this how-to clinic, Backpacker editors Jonathan Dorn and Marc Kauffman talk about the benefit of setting your tent up in the so-called ...more

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How to turn a shape bar/line of text into frames in Photoshop

Turn a shape bar/line of text into frames in Photoshop

This Photoshop CS2 tutorial walks you through one way to turn a ...more

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Curated 2 years ago by MeGustaLasOlas | Comments 0
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How to install solar light tubes

Install solar light tubes

This video demonstrates how to install solar light tubes. From the people who brought you the Dummies instructional book series, brings you ...more

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Curated 7 months ago by rmansur | Comments 0
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How to be green and eco-friendly when traveling

Be green and eco-friendly when traveling

Traveling the world doesn't mean you have to leave your carbon "footprint" everywhere you go. Watch this instructional video for tips on ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 0
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How to save energy in your home

Save energy in your home

We're always being told to save energy and to help fight climate change - but how do we actually go about doing it? Making your home more ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by rmansur | Comments 0
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How to clean a reusable diaper

Clean a reusable diaper

This is sustainable living at a whole other level. Baby diapers contribute great part to our carbon footprint growing bigger. An average ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by undrH2O | Comments 0
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How to have an extreme Earth Day

Have an extreme Earth Day

Honor Earth Day by completely obliterating your carbon footprint. Have an extremely eco-friendly Earth Day. You will need discipline ...more

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Curated 10 months ago by Howcast | Comments 0
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How to renovate your home to be eco-friendly

Renovate your home to be eco-friendly

Get tips on how to make your home more eco-friendly, especially if you plan to renovate it. Attention all brownstone daydreamers (if ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by Amie | Comments 0
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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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Written 3 months ago by WikiHow | Comments 0
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How To Identify a Sears Kit Home

Identify a Sears Kit Home

If you think houses built from kits are shoddy, cheap and obvious, think again. Between 1908 and 1940, Sears sold about 70,000 homes in 48 ...more

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Written 4 months ago by WikiHow | Comments 0
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How To Choose Your Window Manager

Choose Your Window Manager

In some systems, the interface is extremely customizable because there is only a very minimal one provided. For advanced things like GUIs ...more

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Written 4 months ago by WikiHow | Comments 0
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How to set a screensaver in Microsoft Windows XP

Set a screensaver in Microsoft Windows XP

A great way to look after your monitor and conserve energy is to run a screensaver. Screensavers run your monitor with minimal energy ...more

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How to green your house

Green your house

In this series of videos, our conservation expert Nili Nathan interviews Anne Reichman. They demonstrate several very basic steps you can ...more

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Curated 1 year ago by ExpertVillage | Comments 0
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How to reduce your home heating bills

Reduce your home heating bills

Changing your thermostats will help you save on your heating bills and reduce your carbon footprint.

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Creepy Crawler Ant Robot

Wow, this robot has incredible movement. "A-Pod is an ant inspired hexapod robot with a 2 DOF abdomen (tail), a 3 DOF head with large mandibles. 6 legs with 3 DOF each. Total 25 servos ...

Remote Control Your Lawn Mower

Time to make those lazy Sunday afternoons even lazier. Instructables member johndavid400 has posted a full HowTo on modding your lawn mower to operate via remote control. " ...How to make your ...

Why Buy a Car When You Can Build-It-Yourself?

BBC show Top Gear has built a homemade electric car in just 18 hours: the Hammerhead Eagle i-Thrust. According to Autocar,  "...the Hammerhead Eagle i-Thrust is a road legal car/shed that ...

Obama! Are You Eating that Chicken Wing Correctly?

Yes, there is a right way and a wrong way to eat a chicken wing. And yes, Obama likes chicken wings just like everybody else does. Here's how you do it, courtesy of Food Wishes (also, here's several ...

SPLAT! Art Made from Everyday Household Items

Tom Friedman. One of my very favorite contemporary artists. Friedman injects the wonder into the humdrum. He creates magic from the unsuspected with his incredible sculptures assembled from simple ...

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