about nature hacker
build better systems
from the resources
around you
Nature Hacker is about capturing everyday resource flows—rain, sunlight, food scraps, yard waste, and organic materials—and transforming them into water, food, energy, fertility, and greater household resilience.
I share the systems, tools, guides, and products that can help homes and apartments make more of what is already available.
My STORY
More than a decade ago, a serious foot injury forced me to slow down and rethink how I was living. That search led me to gardening—and eventually to something much bigger.
The turning point was rainwater.
I watched thousands of gallons fall onto my roof, rush through the gutters, and disappear down the street. Instead of letting it go, I built a system to capture it.
That water began irrigating my garden, supplying an outdoor shower and sink, filling a pond, and helping produce food.
That was the moment I started seeing my home differently. I realized that rain was just one of many resource flows already moving around me that could be captured and put to work.
THE DISCOVERY THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING
Rainwater was only the beginning.
Food scraps could become biogas, compost, or fertilizer. Grass, leaves, and branches could build soil. Wood chips and sawdust could support garden paths, composting systems, and sanitation. Sunlight could produce electricity, heat water, cook food, and grow crops.
I realized that industries were already turning many of these same materials into valuable products—compost, mulch, reclaimed water, biosolids, and biogas. I wanted households to keep more of that value instead of giving those resources away.
These resources still had value.
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I began building small-scale systems that captured these flows and transformed them into useful household essentials.
I wanted households to keep more of that value instead of paying to bring resources in—and then paying again to have them hauled away.
WHY I CREATED
NATURE HACKER
I started Nature Hacker to help homeowners as well as renters find the best systems that make the most out of the resources around them.
That includes systems you can build yourself, along with useful technologies such as solar cookers, portable power stations, countertop composters, rainwater equipment, and home biogas systems.
It can be a simple solar cooker capturing free sun from the sky or a more advanced rainwater collection system. My mission is to provide the best information to build or purchase these systems for the home.
You do not need to become completely self-sufficient. You do not need a large property, and you do not need to build every system yourself.
The goal is to make your home more productive, less wasteful, and more capable over time.
I share:
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Practical videos and articles
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Step-by-step system guides
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Books and downloadable plans
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Lessons from systems I have built and tested
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Carefully selected tools and products for homes and apartments
Nature Hacker is about making better use of what is already around us. By capturing everyday resource flows and putting them to work, we can build homes that are more productive, resilient, and capable—one practical system at a time.