Future soda? micro-fermented, probiotic, water kefir brew by Kirsten Dirksen on December 9, 2013 It’s a 3000-year-old soda that is popular again. Water kefir is a natural ferment that was likely first discovered by …
Fully-plumbed DIY treehouses & tree-cabin in Oregon “treesort” by Kirsten Dirksen on December 2, 2013 When Phil moved to Oregon decades ago to be near his children, he began dreaming about building a treehouse or …
Off-grid, handcrafted life on Oregon farm & workshop by Kirsten Dirksen on November 25, 2013 Brian is an “obsessive craftsman” who believes he can build most anything in his life. On his Oregon farm he …
Tiny house pioneer Jay Shafer: thinking beyond trailer parks by Kirsten Dirksen on November 18, 2013 In 1997, Jay Shafer built a tiny house on wheels that shunned trailer park conventions and attempted to mimic a …
Zen forest house: handcrafted, 11K, small home in Oregon by Kirsten Dirksen on November 11, 2013 Brian Schulz wanted to see “how small of a house I could make feel big”. Inspired by the traditional Japanese …
Debt/car-free tiny house couple: simple living + resilience by Kirsten Dirksen on November 3, 2013 Seven years ago, Tammy Strobel was unhappy, but she wasn’t ready to make changes to her life. “I was in …
Way of Tea: celebrating the art of craft focusing on "now" by Kirsten Dirksen on October 28, 2013 It’s often translated as “tea ceremony”, but Chado, Chanoyu or the “Way of Tea”, is neither a ceremony nor a …
Oregon “teens + dad” team build barge home and workshop by Kirsten Dirksen on October 21, 2013 Eddie Ebel wanted his family to be self-sufficient so he began designing a home and teaching his kids to build …
Micro-homesteading in WA with 10K microhome in friends’ yard by Kirsten Dirksen on October 12, 2013 Dee Williams used to live in a 2,000-square-foot, 3-bedroom home. Then she traveled to Guatelama (to help build a schoolhouse) …
Off-grid self-reliance & survivalism in Australia’s outback by Kirsten Dirksen on October 7, 2013 When he was a teen, Link Knight saw his uncle go bankrupt and vowed to stay out of debt. Years …
