Veteran’s underground home in Maine Homestead is affordable little marvel by Kirsten Dirksen on February 16, 2025 Jim’s idea of happiness includes a 1-mile zipline that descends an entire hill and crosses a lake to get from …
Free speech-palooza & kids’ media access: when banalization gets pervasive by Nicolás Boullosa on February 12, 2025 When free speech becomes a game of provocation, kids learn that clout beats character—and history gets rewritten in the process. …
$15K remote homestead: bridging inexpensive kit homes in Scandinavian Arctic by Kirsten Dirksen on February 10, 2025 In Norway’s remote far north, where the wind can rattle walls and the winter light is fleeting, Kjetil Ingvar Berge …
Picking one’s battles: choosing healthy introspection over doomscrolling by Nicolás Boullosa on February 6, 2025 From an aging G-Wagon to the sacred peaks of Mount Athos, the quest for home and meaning unfolds in motion. …
Kristie Wolfe turns ruin into pirate paradise + old treasure beneath 🏴☠️ by Kirsten Dirksen on February 2, 2025 When Kristie Wolfe first saw the ship-shaped home—half of it slipping a small Salmon, Idaho lake—she knew anyone else would …
Formentera counterculture: pre-modern slow world on a tiny Mediterranean island by Nicolás Boullosa on January 30, 2025 Formentera in the 1960s was an off-grid, hidden Mediterranean refuge where artists, free spirits, and countercultural seekers embraced a slow, …
Could Quiet Van be healthier than Home? His story might surprise you by Kirsten Dirksen on January 26, 2025 In Southern California, where wildfires and housing shortages displaced countless residents, alternative living options like RVs and vans are more …
Bill Mollison & the Austral Summer: remediation in a disaster-prone world by Nicolás Boullosa on January 23, 2025 In January 2008, we visited CERES Melbourne and met Bill Mollison, author of the seminal book Permaculture One. Reflecting on …
L.A. startup speeds up housing with fireproof prefab homes 🛡️🔥 by Kirsten Dirksen on January 19, 2025 Can prefab homes be the key to rebuilding faster, safer, and more sustainably? We’ve been following the journey of Cover, …
Santa Ana Winds: a blaze through culture, memory, and resilience by Nicolás Boullosa on January 15, 2025 Exploring the fiery breath of the Santa Ana winds, their role in shaping California’s wildfires, and their haunting imprint on …
