D.I.Y. HEAT

I came across a most wonderful site for "rocket stove mass heaters"  If you're interested in heating your home for as little as possible, I recommend you check out this link.

COOKING: D.I.Y. ECO FRIENDLY STOVES & OVENS

So, if your power goes out, how would you cook?  Or would you just rather save money and not have to use gas, oil or electricity to cook? Here's a healthy array of EASY D.I.Y.s for making your own stoves & ovens that won't effect your utility bill.

Rocket Stove out of cans (I can see this working with a five gallon metal paint bucket too)...

Rocket Stove out of brick...

Portable Brick Pizza Oven without mortar...

Now granted in the following link they sell ready-made rocket stoves but they also give instructions on making them yourself AND they also offer a free downloadable pdf tutorial on making five different kinds of cooking appliances.  Just click on the link that looks like this...