Hidden bunker-like gem is actually affordable, underground family home by Kirsten Dirksen on April 20, 2025 Just beyond the olive groves of Sikamino, Greece, a jagged seam in the earth quietly declares its presence. In a …
When deserts were Edens: the lost children of the Green Sahara by Nicolás Boullosa on April 17, 2025 When the Sahara was green: what a 7,000-year-old skeleton tells us about lost worlds and future climates. When I was …
Friends pool money to build Scandinavian ecovillage in self-owned factory by Kirsten Dirksen on April 14, 2025 In the small Danish town of Ebeltoft, 160 friends did something most people only dream about: they pooled their money …
Blackshirts and hats: the return of Agitprop in the age of memes by Nicolás Boullosa on April 10, 2025 When examining the return of totalitarian symbolism in today’s politics, we have to only ask our teenage sons what messages …
How family of 7 lived simply in tiny stone home by the sea in Greece by Kirsten Dirksen on April 8, 2025 On the quiet Greek island of Serifos, in the once-bustling mining village of Megalo Livadi, sits a small whitewashed house …
Couple’s alleyway home feels like oasis farm in the middle of DC by Kirsten Dirksen on March 31, 2025 Tucked away in a Capitol Hill alley, Jack Becker and Maddie Hoagland-Hanson’s Brown House is a lush oasis in the …
The last artisans: finding meaning in a throwaway world by Nicolás Boullosa on March 26, 2025 If you keep the right attitude and avoid modernity’s prescriptions, you might find people still doing meaningful things. In the …
Couple builds own home & farm paradise with little money + inspiring work by Kirsten Dirksen on March 23, 2025 In rural Denmark, Tycho Holcomb and Karoline Nolsø Aaen have crafted a life of independence, resilience, and deep connection to …
1948 to 1984: an off-grid farm in the Hebrides & a book to read the future by Nicolás Boullosa on March 19, 2025 How Orwell’s retreat to a remote Scottish island shaped his final book, an allegory of things to come. At 43, …
Manhattan telescopic apartment grows with sliding walls & hidden bedroom by Kirsten Dirksen on March 17, 2025 Determined to make their small apartment work for their growing family, one couple turned their home into a shape-shifting marvel. …
