By Rachel Garland Guest writer for Wake Up World Hemp is one of the world’s oldest crops. It also happens to be one of the most versatile. From plastics to paper, the hemp plant provides...
Category - Energy & Resources
Almost Free Energy? For the Cost an iPhone, You Can Now Buy a Wind Turbine to Power Your Entire House
By Carolanne Wright Contributing writer for Wake Up World A startup in southern India has revolutionized small-scale wind power by creating a unique wind turbine the size of ceiling fan that can...
A New Take on Sewage: How to Harness the Superpowers of Poo and Pee for Better Ecological and Human Health
By Carolanne Wright Contributing writer for Wake Up World What happens when we flush the toilet is not normally high on the list of dinner table topics, but a few forward thinking...
An Introduction to Permaculture (and Its Symbiotic Relationship with Agorism)
By Tim Bryant Guest writer for Wake Up World One of the focuses of both The Last American Vagabond and Wake Up World has been to not only properly diagnose all the problems facing humanity...
New Research Reveals Surprising Reasons Americans Waste So Much Food
By Dr. Joseph Mercola Guest writer for Wake Up World Foodborne illness is a major problem in developed countries like the U.S., but one tactic many Americans rely on to prevent it is seriously misled...
Affordable, Eco-Friendly and Energy Efficient: How Re-Purposed Plastic Waste is Helping to Solve Humanity’s Housing Crisis
By Carolanne Wright Contributing writer for Wake Up World “In Latin America, Africa and Asia 40% of people don’t have access to formal housing. In Bogota alone 750 tonnes of...
A Saltwater Powered Sports Car? It’s True — and Europe Just Made it Street Legal
2nd July 2016 By Carolanne Wright Contributing writer for Wake Up World Not so long ago, excitement rose to a fevered pitch with the announcement of a budget Tesla car slated to hit the...
9 Uses For Hemp You Won’t Learn From Mainstream Media
By Amanda Froelich These are the most newsworthy benefits of industrial hemp corporate media won’t teach you about. Although the negative stigma associated with cannabis has lessened in recent...
Futuristic Nano Fabric May Eliminate the Need to Do Laundry, But at What Cost to Human and Environmental Health?
22nd July 2016 By Carolanne Wright Contributing writer for Wake Up World Standard methods of laundering clothing are rife with environmental problems, such as excessive water and electricity...
Will Mushroom-Based Materials Replace Plastic With an Eco-Friendly Twist?
By Carolanne Wright Contributing writer for Wake Up World As we well know, plastic is a serious issue throughout the world today. It takes hundreds — sometimes thousands — of years...
Tree Bombs: How Old Warplanes Can Plant Up to 900,000 Trees a Day
29th May 2016 By Carolanne Wright Contributing writer for Wake Up World Imagine old military planes used to revitalize barren areas of the earth, instead of causing death and destruction to the...
The Most Eco-Friendly Nation on the Planet is Now Carbon Negative
By Carolanne Wright Contributing writer for Wake Up World “If the Government cannot create happiness for its people, there is no purpose for the Government to exist.” ~Legal code...