How To: Practice urban sustainable living
This is a loose overview of Patti Moreno's permaculture, urban sustainable lifestyle. She uses gardens, livestock and sustainable agriculture to promote a life of conservation.
This is a loose overview of Patti Moreno's permaculture, urban sustainable lifestyle. She uses gardens, livestock and sustainable agriculture to promote a life of conservation.
Fish is delicious, and as the Harvard School of Public Health points out, incredibly good for you. There are many studies that show regularly consuming a couple of servings of fish per week can help prevent heart disease and may well reduce your chances of stroke, depression, and getting Alzheimer's. After all, there's a reason why fish is called "brain food."
The EcoGarden is designed to give back to nature and show people how easy it is to go green in their own backyard. All you need to remember is to plant, feed and protect to grow your own sustainable garden. This how to video teaches you how to care for your beautiful and eco friendly garden.
Having a raised garden bed is great in the city because you can fill it with good soil and create a healthy environment for your plants. Install a hoop house made from PVC pipe. To build the raised bed, use 2x10x8 lumper. Predrill the holes at the corners to make it easier to assemble. Butt the ends together and use exterior deck screws to assemble it. If you want the raised bed higher, build another box the same size and stack them. Fasten a wire screen onto the underside of the frame to ke...
As you might guess, one of the domains in which Microsoft Excel really excels is finance math. Brush up on the stuff for your next or current job with this how-to. In this tutorial from everyone's favorite digital spreadsheet guru, YouTube's ExcelIsFun, the 11th installment in his "Excel Finance Class" series of free video lessons, you'll learn how to calculate the Earnings per Share EPS, Price to Earnings (PE), Dividends per Share, Internal Growth and Sustainable Growth ratios in Excel.
Pruning tomatoes, though not required, will create stronger vines, which produce larger, fuller tomatoes during the growing season. Trim back a tomato plant in the winter with instructions from a sustainable gardener in this free video on gardening. No need to go crazy, even trimming the plant down by a third will give you a bigger, better tomato. Follow along with the tips in this gardening video and learn how to prune a tomato plant.
Join Molly de Vries and pick up some new holiday tricks with a green conscience. She shows us how to make a festive fabric garland from attractive scraps, then shows a furoshiki fabric gift wrapping technique. Molly is a sustainable textiles maven and creator of Ambatalia "The Fabric Society." Learn how to wrap gifts the furoshiki method.
The firm and fatty flesh of Chilean sea bass makes it an ideal choice for the grill. A hot-sweet grilled mango and red pepper salsa provides delicious contrast to the rich fish. When shopping for seafood, make sure it bears the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) label to ensure it was harvested in an environmentally sustainable manner.
Yes we know that there's been a huge food revolution (thanks in no small part to Jamie Oliver) championing growing your own sustainable food and eating fresh and well. However, how can you deny that your tongue doesn't salivate when you walk past an In-n-Out?
If you don't have room for a full-scale compost heap, you can always employ the services of some worms. In this handy vermiculture how-to, you'll learn how to build your very own wormery.
Patti Moreno, the Garden Girl, from GardenGirltv, brings us this step-by-step video about how to install what's called a drip irrigation system in her urban sustainable garden with this square foot gardening technique. She illustrates this process in a very detailed way, describing all the tools and various parts you will need to create an irrigation system for your garden that will allow you to save money and water, not to mention time spent watering each plant individually, for under $200.
In this second episode of the Hawaiian "Jenna in the Jungle" series, Manis demonstrates how to climb a coconut tree. Watch this how to video and learn how to cut coconuts open to make fresh, rich coconut cream. Learn the benefits of coconuts and how to use them in the most sustainable way. Use the coconut cream in a decadent chocolate recipe, jungle-style.
See how Patti Moreno, the Garden Girl, uses vertical gardening in her Urban Sustainable Living Garden.
We realize Christmas is over, but there's no reason you shouldn't surprise a friend with a pretty gift for New Year's Eve! In many other cultures friends and family give each other presents to celebrate their new year, including during Chinese New Year.
Yuri Elkaim, author of "Eating for Energy", explains how to begin a raw food diet. First, understand what you want. If you want to lose weight, be healthy or have more energy, the raw food diet will be great for you. If you take a simple approach to incorporating more fresh foods into your diet, it will be easier to manage and more sustainable. Keep it simple and fresh. Don't focus on recipes that require complicated preparation. To transition from a cooked food diet, just add in one more fru...
Belly dancing is more than simply physical movements set to music. Learn spiritual belly dance in this free dance video series.
Pastel drawings are a creative way to learn about color theory and art observation. Learn pastel drawing techniques with this free instructional art video series.
Learn how to do the Sun Salutation of yoga in 12 steps with the help of this digital yogi. This asana helps in curing back aches (or) pain, prevents skin disorders, refreshes the skin and rejuvenates the legs.
This video is for those who are either at an advanced skill level or have practiced video number two in this series a few times.
Practicing your lockpicking skills without ruining the doors around your home might seem impossible. With a little DIY knowhow, not so. Watch this video to learn how to easily make a lock picking practice set that will allow you to work on different types of locks easily without having to worry about your home locks.
In this video, learn how to light your Zippo by slamming the lighter into your hand in one fluid motion. This "hot hand" illusion is very flashy and works well for impressing a date that needs a light. This trick is a little advanced, so practice, practice, practice! Have fun!
Nia is a blend of martial arts, dance arts and healing arts combined into an aerobic exercise routine. Learn several steps from a professional Nia instructor in this free video series.
Play drums using basic beats and time signatures, different equipment and musical styles like jazz, funk and rock; learn how from our professional drummer this free drum tutorial video series.
Nia is a blend of martial arts, dance arts and healing arts combined into an aerobic exercise routine. Learn several Nia steps and exercises from a professional Nia instructor in this free fitness video series.
Proper phone etiquette is important for many businesses and career paths. Learn how to practice professional phone etiquette from a communications specialist in this free business video.
E-mails has become an everyday medium of communication, but rules and etiquette still apply. Learn e-mail etiquette and popular e-mail features in this free communications video.
Squash is a game of movement in which efficient steps and shots usually lead to victory. Learn about movement and covering the court in squash with this free video on squash drills.
Dribbling is a basketball skill you'll want to improve if you plan on making it to the next level. Get expert tips and advice on basketball rules, shoes, and history in this free video.
Become a better player. Learn conditioning drills which improve basketball skills in youth basketball in this free basketball lesson video from an experienced coach.
Sketching takes exercises and practice. Learn different sketching techniques to get started with this free drawing video series.
Women's self defense strikes are extremely valuable in a world where women are attacked everyday. Learn self defense strikes, kicks and punches with tips from a martial arts expert in this free self defense video series.
Self defense for women is a great way for women to feel safe knowing they can protect themselves. Learn some self defense moves against frontal attacks with tips from a martial arts expert in this free women's self defense video series.
If you've come home from a long day of work, you might just want to sculpt in Pixologic's Zbrush 3.1 3D sculpting software. So sculpt out of clay to practice the Zbrush 3D modeling program, don't work on Zspheres or an entire model, practice on sculpting. If you plan on being a good 3D digital animator, then practice, practice, practice. This video will show you how to work in the interface, use brushes, and sculpt a squirkle, yes a squirkle.
This video series covers free throws in basketball. Learn proper technique and how to practice and improve your free throw shots. Topics covered, in order are: pre-shot routine, physical mechanics, mental mechanics, rhythm and timing, and practice.
Introduction to double tonguing. Practice with and without your flute. Remember to play with a good sound even while articulating fast. Use a metronome for EVEN articulation. Try to equalize the tongue (T or K) and throat (K or G) strokes.
Master Tarot card reader John Ballantrae gives a few tips and suggestions for practicing Tarot card reading on your own. As with anything, it's always good to improve your technique in the down time.
This Sports video tutorial will show you how to practice away from the golf course. This video is from Golf Link. Sandy LaBauve presents this video tutorial. You can work on your grip while watching TV. Sitting on your sofa, take your golf club and keep on practicing on the correct grip. Make sure the face is square, use the visual check points, lower your hand and feel the grip. Check your posture in the mirror. Use your backyard to practice your arm swing. And finally you can work on your p...
Check out this dance video that demonstrates how to moonwalk. Learn this classic move made famous by Michael Jackson and practice your moonwalking skills with this video. This video also explains how to combine the moonwalk to the running man. Soon you'll be able to do the Moon walk and running man like a pro. Practice, practice, practice!
Everyone has a different batting stance because hitting a baseball is more about where you end up, and less about where your body starts. Learn about batting stances and how to prepare to hit a baseball in this free video lesson.
This instructional cello video explains the art of practice and how to effectively practice the cello in a musical way. It is important to spend some quiet time with the cello alone. The golden rule of practice is to take less material and to slow it down. This tutorial also offers a few basic principles for beginners that will help them improve their cello skills.