When you are out living in the country, your life seems to move a little bit slower. I have lived in big cities, next to the ocean and in big suburbs but it wasn’t until I started living at a small farm in Illinois that I finally felt truly alive. And it turns out there…
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Bridges Are Being Made For Animals To Safely Cross Roads
Today roads are a necessity for human transport. Even though they are very convenient for humans roads and highways have caused a lot more harm than good for the local animals that live near to them. Every day, thousands of wild animals are killed on the road in the United States Alone. Despite the many…
Take A Look At This Island Where Everybody Lives Completely “Off The Grid”
All over the world today, the number of people decided to cut their normal lives and go life off grid is increasing. A great example of this trend is an island one hour of the coast of Vancouver. Named Lasqueti, it lies between Vancouver and Vancouver Island. Sporting a population of around 400 people this…
100% Off Grid Netherlands Town Will Grow Its Own Food, Power Itself, & More
We are told to treat our body like it’s a temple, that we have only one and that we should care for it and use it wisely, this is a microscopic example of the bigger picture about our planet. We only have one earth as we do have one body, we should take care of…
Billionaire Intends To Buy 15% Of The Planet To Protect It
When last month over a billion dollars were donated for the restoration work on the Notre Dame, many people asked the question why aren’t such big amounts of money used for things like homelessness or the environment. It’s is a rare thing to see such big sums being used for nature, yet something it does…
This Is The Pallet Emergency Shelter, It Can Be Built In One Day
The folks over at i-Beam design created this ingenious design. A house plan that only uses commonly available materials and designed to be built by people that don’t even have construction experience. i-beam Design The whole house can be built in a day. i-beam Design Also it’s upgradable with stuff like insulation, AC, smoke detectors…
1.5 Million Volunteers Broke Guinness World Record By Planting 66 Million Trees In 12 Hours
A new world Guinness world record was set in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh after more than 1.5 million volunteers planted 66 million tree saplings in a time period of 12 hours. This planting beat the previous record which was set in the state of Uttar Pradesh when 800,000 people planted 50 million trees…
Japan is Giving Away 8 Millions Abandoned Homes for Free – Here’s How to Get Yours
If you ever wanted to live in a big home in Japan, you are in luck. Japan has more than 8 million abandoned or vacant houses and the government is making efforts to populate the houses that have been left empty. Abandoned houses are difficult to manage for owners and they also might not want…
No More Mondays. Colorado School District Moves to 4 Day Weeks
Its safe to assume that all students would like to have shorter school weeks and it seems like this wish has been fulfilled for thousands of them! Many school districts have adopted the 4 day school week to attract more teachers and to effectively cut costs. School District 27j in Brighton, Colorado is one of…
This Astonishing Fully Transparent Solar Cell Could Turn Every Window and Screen Into A Power Source
Back in August 2015, a group of researchers at Michigan State University designed a transparent solar concentrator that can turn any window or sheet of glass into a working solar cell. The project was run by Prof. Richard Lunt and their aims were to integrate the use of solar cells into people lives in the…