What is a pizza farm, you ask? It’s a small chunk of land (about half an acre) that is divided in 8 in a circle, similar to a pizza. It grows ALL the ingredients needed to make… you guessed it, a pizza.
The eight sections include:
• Goats: ”You are petting living cheese,” Gregory said.
• Pigs: Can [...]

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What are earthships? Earthships are dwellings, mostly made out of old tires or other recycled waste, built on the earth for the purpose of living “off the grid.” It uses passive solar and geothermal energy which allows the home to be heated without gas. Its design allows for a comfortable year-round temperature. Many people who [...]

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This video is by far the easiest and fastest way I’ve seen someone build a solar-powered gadget. And it’s quite inexpensive.

How To Make A Solar Powered USB Charger
This one’s for the broke but still green wannabe entrepreneurs. Build a few and show your friends and family — they’ll be amazed and would probably want to [...]

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Envision Solar has thought up a new place to install solar panels: in parking lots.
These lots, usually barren, heat-producing landscapes, can now provide shade for customers, while generating up to a half-megawatt of electricity. Envision’s “Solar Groves” incorporate lights that turn on automatically at night, while blocking skyward light pollution. — metafficient.com
Frick yeah! Now that’s [...]

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TerraCycle is a company started by two Princton University students. What’s so unusual about their products is that every single part is made from garbage and waste. Yes, including the bottles and the packaging. The bottle you see on the right is an old, cleaned Pepsi bottle. To save resources, they recycle old soda bottles, [...]

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Some of you may have already heard about landfills across the country utilizing their garbage to generate electricity. It sounds like a great idea. They dump the garbage into the landfill and collect the gases that are created while it’s decomposing. Typically, methane is the gas they look for to generate the power, which varies [...]

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