This is one of the better van conversions that I’ve seen. “Kita has been living in a van for 3 years full time in Vancouver Canada and Hailey joined Kita one year ago. Kita teaches Kundalini yoga and Hailey is a Contemporary Dancer.”
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Homemade Camper Trailer
“Jon’s homemade trailer ready for a three week cross country trip.” Besides camping, this trailer could be lived in while you build your sustainable home, scout for property, etc.
Mother Earth News Homestead Fairs
Mother Earth News magazine has been conducting sustainable living / homesteading fairs since 2010. A Mother Earth News fair just finished this weekend in Oregon. The next ones will be in Pennsylvania and Kansas. Check their website below for details.
Tiny House Sailboat
Hi Owen, This is a website to keep an eye on: https://quidnon.blogspot.ca/
The video: Quidnon C: A houseboat that sails
Is Your Food Safe? Heavy Metals Found in Rice and Rice Products
Lots of homesteaders and natural builders eat simple foods like rice, beans, vegetables, etc. and so I was surprised to see the following article about toxic heavy metals in rice. Many types of rice and rice products now contain alarming levels of arsenic, lead, cadmium and other dangerous substances. I’ve quoted a few key points from the article below. You can read the full article here.
A Review on Stabilization of Soil using Various Admixtures
Abstract: The need of developing soil stability with low cost and environment friendly is necessary. In this paper, various articles have been reviewed in order to discuss the various economical and effective ground improvement techniques (GIT). In those articles the various stabilizing agents employed for soil stabilization are lime, fujibeton, renolith, fly ash, quarry dust, waste fibers and bio-enzymes such as Terrazyme, Permazyme and bacillus megaterium.