Appetite For Change is a North Minneapolis nonprofit organization that uses food as a tool to build health, wealth and social change. “Grow Food” is the culminating project of Appetite For Change’s Summer 2016 Youth Employment & Training Program. Urban Youth wanted to share their message – the importance of actively choosing healthy foods -…
Hand Sewing Tutorial (RIGHT HANDED): Backstitching
Want to go deeper? Pre-recorded workshops: https://www.sewncompany.com Backstitching is the strongest hand sewn stitch you can do. People often are concerned about the strength of hand sewing and honestly regardless of what stitch you use it is much stronger than you think. However, for seams that have stress on them like arm holes, shoulder seams…
100 THINGS TO REUSE OR REPURPOSE YOU HAVE TO TRY
In today’s video we cover 100 things you can reuse or repurpose. Hopefully you can use these tips on your zero waste, low waste, or just general sustainability journey. Many of these are simple and easy zero waste swaps that will help you on your low impact journey. They run from beginner to advanced sustainable…
The Easiest, Most Abundant Edible Plants to Grow in a Garden – Gardening in a Cold Climate
In this video I share the easiest and most abundant foods to grow in your garden in a colder climate. If you are gardening across the Northern states of the United States, Canada, Western Europe or similar climates then this information is very applicable to you. However, I also have grow many of these foods…
Revolutionary new sustainable battery technology!
Lithium-ion batteries do a fantastic job in all sorts of applications today, but they contain materials that can be problematic from an environmental point of view. Now a research team in Sweden has perfected an energy storage device in which the electrons are produced by a previously unwanted waste wood material from the paper milling…
How To Make Pickles Without A Recipe
This is something everyone should do at least once. I mean come on, these are the easiest pickles you will ever make in your life. With this method you can pickle just about any vegetable with only about 5 minutes of work, plus it’s cheap as heck. Never waste money on fancy pickles at the…
Everything Zero Waste Expert Lauren Singer Eats in a Day | Food Diaries | Harper’s BAZAAR
Activist and Founder of Package Free Shop, Lauren Singer has been living a zero waste lifestyle for eight years and is “on a mission to make the world less trashy.” In this episode of #FoodDiaries, Lauren shows us how to shop zero waste and shares her top tips for living a more sustainable and eco-friendly…
5 TIPS For BEGINNER Food Gardeners to Grow Veggies at Home
In this video, I give you my five top tips for beginner food gardeners to grow vegetables at home. Go here to get Birdies Raised Garden beds (featured in the video) in the USA: https://shop.epicgardening.com/ and use SSME2020 for a 5% discount. In Australia, go to https://birdiesgardenproducts.com.au/ and use Code SSMEbird for a 5% discount.…
10 Amazing Furniture Makeovers | DIY Furniture Flip
Ive compiled some of my favorite DIY Furniture Flips to bring you a timelapse of. 10 Amazing Furniture Makeovers in under 1 hour! I hope You enjoy! Listed below you will find the links to the full tutorials for these makeovers, so be sure and check them out and if you havent already! DONT FORGET…
Learn by yourself to fix a hole on your clothes elegantly / repair clothes
Learn how to fix a hole in your clothes in style using simple crafts to teach hand sewing for beginners to provide new and innovative tips that allow us to repair holes on clothes in an invisible way, allowing us to reuse clothes again / Full explanation and translation of this wonderful repair / Hope…