High-yield Solar Greenhouse harvests food & energy (timelapse) by Kirsten Dirksen on January 16, 2023 In the mountains overlooking Barcelona, a team at Valldaura Labs has built a solar greenhouse that harnesses the sun both …
Restores abandoned Pyrenees home by hand with regenerative system by Kirsten Dirksen on January 9, 2023 After purchasing a ruin in a hilltop hamlet in the Spanish Pyrenees, Emmanuel Pauwels created a home in close harmony …
Master forager makes mushroom paper, fish leather & superfoods by Kirsten Dirksen on December 27, 2022 Fergus Drennan is a professional forager who often sleeps in a solo tent in the woods to learn from the …
eVTOL: electric flying car beats helicopters in silent commute by Kirsten Dirksen on December 19, 2022 “Flying cars,” or eVTOLs (Electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing vehicles), are most likely to begin their operation as short-haul taxis …
Rebuilds $8K remote ruin by hand alone: best water/solar so far by Kirsten Dirksen on December 11, 2022 Outdoors enthusiast Luca Ventrella was living in a dense city in Northern Italy when, on one of his weekend hikes …
Simple living at sculptor’s homestead: 50 years building Utopia by Kirsten Dirksen on December 5, 2022 Bruce Johnson, and his wife Margie, moved to California’s remote North Coast in 1973 to rebuild the historic Fort Ross …
Villa Slow housebarn couple builds 30m2 mini-version 🐌 (timelapse) by Kirsten Dirksen on November 28, 2022 When Laura Álvarez and her partner Lewis Bailey got “stuck” for months during Covid confinement at their rural retreat, the …
Churchill’s underground bunker full tour, secret room included by Kirsten Dirksen on November 20, 2022 A private WC that people thought was Churchill’s bathroom included instead a high-tech telephone boot to call the US Presidents …
Samara Backyard ADU by Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia: full review by Kirsten Dirksen on November 18, 2022 In 2015, Airbnb cofounder Joe Gebbia wanted a backyard house, but couldn’t find anything he liked, so he decided to …
CA artist-farmer builds $25K quiet home to savor simple life by Kirsten Dirksen on November 9, 2022 Needing a break from roommates and social work environments, L Gilbert wanted an affordable home for one in pricey California. …
