50 Easy Ways to Become More Sustainable

50 Easy Ways to Become More Sustainable

 

Great ideas! I love sharing other blogs and such to give others ideas on how to be self sufficient! 

How To Make Firewood From Recycled Paper (With Pictures)

How To Make Firewood From Recycled Paper (With Pictures): Firewood from recycled paper is easy to make and, once you have a basic setup, you make the stuff on a regular basis whenever the paper piles up.

Securing A Home

 

 I have been thinking about how to secure my home the last several weeks. Really worried about the huge windows I have. Would really love to get something like these Window Bar Guard or even figure out a way to do it myself. There are Security Motion Lights on the back of my house. Need some on the front. 

Really want some things that I can do myself and not cost an arm and a leg! Really want to figure out somehow to secure garage door when not in use. I open it a lot. But would love to have an idea of a way to secure it if bugging in and then would not be using it. I would think.

I have these Portable Door Lock for every door. They are inexpensive and do work at keeping the door shut. 

 

ANY IDEAS WOULD BE APPRECIATED!

DIY Quick Rice

Sometimes you just have to have quick rice. This is great to have on hand when you can just boil water. Camping recipes can be more filling with rice. This is an easy way to make some rice be a fast meal.

Cook the rice up like it says to on the package. Place the warm rice into your Food Dehydrator , using the Dehydrator Sheets Round Dehydrators Fruit Roll Up Fruit Leather Circle ReUsable Flexible Non Stick Sheets. Spreading the rice out as well as you can. Dehydrate at 135 degrees for at least 5 to 7 hours. Every once in while stir the rice around to separate the grains. Dry them until they ping when you drop them onto the counter. Let them cool and store them in an air tight container.

Using it in recipes is super quick and it stores very well.

 

Slippers from jeans. DIY tutorial ~ DIY Tutorial Ideas!

Slippers from jeans. DIY tutorial ~ DIY Tutorial Ideas!

 

Another great idea for keeping your feet warm! Plus they are cute.

DIY Reusable Sponges // Unsponges - Zero Waste Kitchen Scrubbers Tutorial ⋆ Hello Sewing

DIY Reusable Sponges // Unsponges - Zero Waste Kitchen Scrubbers Tutorial ⋆ Hello Sewing

 

I just had to share this. I buy way too many Kitchen Cleaning Sponges for washing dishes. I am going to try and make a few of these.  Be a great way to save some money.

Emergency Bathroom ...

 Not an easy way to talk about this , but everyone has to "go" sometime. If there is an emergency situation, like no power or no way to have running water, then you have to have an easy way to be able to "go". I keep a bucket with Emergency Zone Brand Honey Bucket Emergency Toilet Seat in my garage. Have toilet paper and some wipes. Disinfectant wipes are a great way to clean up hands and the seat. Save any bag you get from the grocery store etc to use inside the bucket for easier cleanup. Kitty litter will help also.

You Have To Have Clean Water!

Wild Survival | water

 

Having many ways to have clean water is a MUST! 

Have a water filter system and other ways to use in an emergency. 

I Made my own system from watching a Youtube video. Just used 2 buckets and a  Berkey Water System Replacement Filters. Not too hard. I bought some silver spray paint thinking that I would paint them to make them kind of look better, but I like the buckets as they are - they have measurements down the sides.

 

 

DIY Solar Air Heating Collectors: Pop Can vs Screen Absorbers

DIY Solar Air Heating Collectors: Pop Can vs Screen Absorbers

 

Something to put in my notebook to make. I love DIY and this could really be useful. 

I used to know a woman that was totally off-grid and had been for years. She had one of these sitting on the sun facing side of her house and a dryer vent pipe set up that went into her front window and the heat would just flow in. It was awesome. Her house was bigger then mine is now , so I bet it would really warm mine up...

China URGES Citizens to Stockpile Food! Should YOU? - YouTube

China URGES Citizens to Stockpile Food! Should YOU? - YouTube

 

Even if you are new to prepping , you have got to get started. Stack it to the rafters!