Wild berries, cherries, grapes, plums and apples are far more nutritious and delicious than store-bought… plus, they’re free! Here’s how to find them:

Once considered a nuisance, more and more “weeds” are making their way into the kitchen and onto the menus of high-end restaurants

Ten reasons you should go barefoot whenever you can and wear barefoot shoes when you can’t

Make a beautiful but deadly arrowhead from the bottom of a glass bottle… it’s easier to learn on than flint!

Lawns are useless. Transform yours into a garden that benefits you and endangered wildlife.

Make your own beautiful basket with one of the most abundant natural materials on the continent – pine needles

Farmers are using human urine as a natural, sustainable alternative to fossil-fuel-based fertilizers

Horse drawn urine applicator at Fairwinds hay farm in Vermont.

“Bring us your liquid gold,” the founders of Rich Earth Institute beckon their neighbors on their website.

Hidden in the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina is a tiny band of friends taking refuge from the stress and worry of modern-day civilization.

Scavenging wild animals, gathering wild nuts and berries, drinking wild water, and tending their own forest garden, they live as free as they possibly can in the ever-dwindling wilderness.

Man makes a rope-less raft, inspired by childhood heroes Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. Want a fun project to do with the kids? Follow the simple step-by-step instructions below.

Learning to walk along the way, Ellie Quirin became the youngest person ever to all-the-way-through “hike” the Appalachian Trail last month