Epic failure of Vertical farms

Epic failure of Vertical farms

Here’s a great video on vertical farming and why so many failed…

Heat Pump Combined with Solar Panels

Heat Pump Combined with Solar Panels

This technology might not be there yet but the idea is brilliant and beautiful as well! The Genius of a Hybrid Solar Tile + Heat Pump. Solar panels aren’t exactly pros at handling the sun. Sounds backward, but excess heat can be a big problem for solar panels. It drags down their efficiency and can […]

The Most Efficient Greenhouse on Earth

The Most Efficient Greenhouse on Earth

This greenhouse was built in Alberta, my province and runs all year round using only $100 a year to heat! There are a lot of interesting parts. Enjoy!

Wood Stove Water Heater Experiment – Surprising Results!

Wood Stove Water Heater Experiment – Surprising Results!

Greenhill Forge created an excellent water heater with a copper coil and a lot of creativity. Loved the ingenuity.  

Building a Rocket Mass Heater

Building a Rocket Mass Heater

Here’s a video I found online talking about Rocket Mass Heaters. I visited local homeowners previously who built a similar unit and will post later, but and will post but enjoy this video for now. Stefano Creatini What Would You Do If the Power Went Out? Have you ever wondered how you’d keep your family […]

Seed Oils – Single most Processed Food on Planet

Seed Oils – Single most Processed Food on Planet

I have been using Cold pressed Olive Oil for years now and avoid any seed oils. Here’s why Fed A Lie follows Paul Saladino MD, Nina Teicholz PhD, Chris Knobbe MD and Bethany Hamilton as they expose the truth about seed oils, also known as vegetable oils, and their correlation to the recent rise in […]

Tomatoes that last but at what cost?

Tomatoes that last but at what cost?

This is a big problem around the world. How do we grow enough food and make it affordable as well. Well big business has created varieties of vegetables that not only last longer they keep their shape when packed and shipped. The problem is that they have lost flavour as well as nutrients. They also […]

How to boil water with Induction

How to boil water with Induction

It’s me! Your ECO friend Terry… I rarely get in front of the camera, but I thought doing a video with my induction cookplate would be fun. It’s no secret that induction uses less energy than gas or straight electricity to a coil. In this video I explain induction and test a few methods of […]

The dirty dozen foods and clean fifteen

The dirty dozen foods and clean fifteen

A few years ago, I had a runny nose – all of the time! I also had lost my sense of smell. I went to a doctor, and she gave me a prescription for Flonase, a steroid that is sprayed into the nose and that mostly stopped the nose from running.  I came from a […]

Warning: The Truth About Splenda and Others Diet Sweeteners

Warning: The Truth About Splenda and Others Diet Sweeteners

I lost my mom to dementia a couple of years ago. Growing up, we ate what I now consider poorly. It wasn’t unusual to have Kraft Dinner, sweet cereals or other processed foods. She eventually got Diabetes, then Dementia. The really sad thing about her death was when she got sepsis, and they couldn’t operate […]