How To Create Your Own 1-Acre, Self-Sustaining Homestead. There are endless ways to create your own self-sustaining homestead using 1-acre of land.
Some people prefer to keep cows, goats, pigs and hens, while others prefer to keep animal livestock to a minimum, or none at all. With or without livestock, your home can provide you with most of your everyday needs. Here’s a brief overview how you can turn one-acre of land into a self-sustaining homestead. How To Raise A Dairy Cow There are a multitude of pros and cons to keeping a cow on your self-sustaining homestead, although mostly pros if you are willing to put in the extra work. Calculate Your Carbon Footprint. What is a Carbon Footprint and why is it important?
Carbon Dioxide is the by-product of emissions from our vehicles, heating our homes, using electricity and from other activities in our daily lives (explained more in the 6 steps to go green). It is also the leading greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change. The term Footprint refers to the impact we are having on the Earth. If the whole world lived like Americans and Canadians, we would need seven Earth-size planets to sustain our way of living... yes, seven. By combining Carbon Dioxide with the term Footprint, we have a Carbon Footprint.
ECO-PRODUCTS. DIY Creations. PERSONAL CARE. SUSTAINABLE PET CARE. Recycling. WATER. ENERGY. AVOIDING TOXICS. Green Festivals. Repurposed Pallet & Wood Ideas. Frugality & Simplicity.