Global Population to Hit 7 Billion

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to the Natural Living RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!According to the US Census Bureau, the world population is scheduled to hit 7 billion by the year 2012. India and China are the countries with the largest populations and the US is currently third [...]

Video: Build a Worm Composting Bin

This is a great video that will show you just how easy it is to start a worm composting bin. What you need:

Red Composting Worms
Rubbermaid Bin
Worm bedding such as old leaves, grass clippings or shredded newspapers

You can put it under your sink, feed it anything compostable, do your part to save the [...]

Is Ethanol The Answer to Our Fuel Problems?

Have you ever driven across the midwest? While farmers seem very proud of their “heartland” and they exude patriotism while overlooking their “amber waves of grain”, others see is a vast wasteland, where pesticides have replaced the oxygen giving trees and forests that used to blanket entire states.
This might be acceptable if the [...]

Most Terrifying Video You Will Ever See

This is simply an excellent video on the potential consequences of global warming. It is a wonderful video that will make you think about whether or not you are doing all your can to reduce your footprint. This video has been viewed on Youtube over a million times with over 7,000 comments. [...]

Saturn’s New Hybrid Concept Car

Here is my idea of a sexy hybrid! This is Saturn’s new concept car called the Flextreme. It is a fabulous, futuristic design. I love the built in Segways. This is a car we would love to see and drive.
“Using GM’s E-Flex technology, the Flextreme can drive up to 34 miles [...]

Are Electric Cars In Our Future?

If you are interested in the evolution of eco friendly transportation, then you must watch Who Killed the Electric Car. The following video is a PBS interview with Chris Paine, the director of the movie. If you haven’t had a chance to see the movie yet, then this interview gives a great overview [...]

Drugs Are Not The Only Nasty Thing in Your Tap Water

According to a recent Associated Press Investigation, residues from pharmaceutical drugs have been found in the tap water of over 41 million Americans across the US. The drugs include sex hormones, anti-convulsants, mood stabilizers and antibiotics. No tests or studies have been performed to see what even trace amounts of this [...]

How Modern Fishing Practices Destroy Marine Life

I received a reader response to the article that I just posted about The Floating, Plastic Dump in the Pacific Ocean. My reader sent me a great link to a slideshow on pbs.org that everyone should watch who is interested in the condition of our oceans due to modern fishing practices.
The slideshow includes information [...]

A Floating, Plastic Garbage Dump

“We haven’t yet learned how to factor the health of the environment into our economic paradigm. We need to get to work on this calculus quickly, for a stock market crash will pale by comparison to an ecological crash on an oceanic scale.” Charles Moore
Did you know that there is a body of garbage floating [...]