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Upgrade & Organize Your Old Backyard Shed with 5 Easy Tips

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If you’re short on garage space, a garden shed is a fantastic solution for storing your outdoor gardening and yard supplies. They can even be used commercially too, and are great for decluttering cramped warehouses or packed offices. Depending on your organizational needs, a backyard shed can be a simple four-walled structure or larger for more storage. Sometimes it can be easy to throw things into a shed and forget about what’s in there, or you realize your organizational skills need some help. Upgrade your old garden shed with these 5 easy tips to utilize your space better and update your organization. Seasonal Cleaning Just like every other part of your home, your shed needs spring cleaning, too. Start with clearing out the clutter and sweeping the floor, removing cobwebs, and dusting shelves and tables. If your shed has windows, clean them inside and out, looking for any crevices that might need resealing. Before you put all of your stuff back into the shed, t...

Making Power Personal: Sustainably Lighting Homes in Developing Countries

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Communities worldwide are suffering from an insufficient power industry. Power-grids are the acclaimed resource for community, business, and home electricity. However, the costs to build and maintain these power-grids in developing countries and rural communities are astronomical, requiring billions of dollars every year to remain operational with not enough results. Rural and developing communities benefit from basic power resources, such as lights and multifunction power systems. Solar power offers the same benefits and more advantages than power grids, now less-expensive than ever, incredibly reliable, and significantly better for the environment. Solar powered lights alone can make a dent in significant world issues other than electricity.  Developing communities that are off the power grid but use solar power benefit from economic, academic, and social empowerment. Shown t hrough a survey from Santa Clara University’s Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship, ...