Young architect’s Fairy-Tale home inspired by Nature’s spirals: awe inside 🐚 by Kirsten Dirksen on December 4, 2023 The Bloomhouse seems to erupt or grow from the ground, leaving no straight lines. It was actually hand-sculpted over the …
A quest for color: how ancient humans made enduring natural dyes by Nicolás Boullosa on November 30, 2023 Few non-fiction books turn out to be so magical and brave as to surpass a fiction reader’s expectations. Claude Lévi-Strauss …
Off-grid Hawaii dream: couple builds budget home & thriving food forest by Kirsten Dirksen on November 29, 2023 Matt Holton and Cristina Pineda were living on Maui where the average home price is a million dollars when they …
Polynesia then & now: a family visit to the Big Island of Hawaii by Nicolás Boullosa on November 26, 2023 When we recently traveled to the Big Island of Hawaii, the biggest and least populated by locals and tourists among …
He built $2K remote dome cabin amid freezing Siberian wilderness (step-by-step) by Kirsten Dirksen on November 19, 2023 Bio-architect and handyman Alosha Lynov has experienced his own Tolstoyan Odyssey: interested in natural building, he taught himself to design …
Insects: the effect of declining populations in ecosystems by Nicolás Boullosa on November 19, 2023 Insects represent by far the biggest diversity of all animals, with over a million known species of an estimated total …
Retro-futuristic ADU sits atop old Austin bungalow, freeing backyard by Kirsten Dirksen on November 12, 2023 An Austin couple wanted to add on to their small two-bedroom bungalow, but they didn’t want to move out and …
Healthy food compromised? Arsenic in brown rice, lead in turmeric by Nicolás Boullosa on November 9, 2023 Bill Bryson’s engaging and hilariously encyclopedic (if such two words can go together) A Short History of Nearly Everything includes …
Veteran coder builds stone-covered Dome Home into Texas hill by Kirsten Dirksen on November 5, 2023 When Al Schwarz moved from upstate NY near Dallas, TX, for work, he wanted a home with low energy bills …
Is the rise of the dietary supplements a public health risk? by Nicolás Boullosa on November 2, 2023 Dietary supplements are mainly unregulated. Public health experts warn against the cure-all rhetoric boosting sales of an industry where supply …