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If you don't have AC or electricity, these tips will keep you cool no matter how hot it is.

What if a disaster knocks out the power to your home, leaving you without a refrigerator? Here are nine ways to keep your food cold.

A Practical Zeer Pot (evaporative Cooler / Non-electrical Refrigerator): A zeer pot is an evaporative cooler used in rural Africa and the Middle East to keep vegetables fresh. They consist of two terra cotta pots, one nested inside the other, with the gap between them filled with wet sand. The sand serves as a thermal ma…

These 7 hand crank kitchen tools are essentials for any homestead or off-grid kitchen working with limited or no electricity.

No matter where you live, you are probably looking for ways to save on your electricity bill. Here are 10 ways to cut your electric bill in half.

Be prepared for power outages! Before you're stuck with no electricity and no Plan B during a power outage, stock up on these 7 must have items!

How to Flush Toilets in a Power Outage - Flushing toilets is a luxury we often take for granted in this modern world. We carry mini-computers in the palm of our hand all day long. We have technology at our fingertips 24/7. We're not living in the Stone Ages. When we enter a bathroom, we

Electricity carried through an immense web of copper eventually makes its way into our homes, providing the endless supply we need for temperature control. It’s expensive, and in some places the air c

When an emergency strikes how can you ensure that you have an endless supply of hot water even when there is no electricity? Endless hot water without electricity is no longer a dream! Even our modern world there are times that power outages happen for reasons beyond our control. At those times you will be […]

Between 1970 and 1980, the National Safety Council of Australia, non-government, not-for-profit, membership based occupational health and safety service provider, created these wonderful posters