Life on Mars: Inside volcano’s Space Habitat for future homesteading by Kirsten Dirksen on June 12, 2024 Nestled high on the northern slopes of Mauna Loa, the world’s most active volcano, the HI-SEAS habitat simulates life on …
Vermicompost Utopia: 50 years building off-grid Tea Homestead 🪱 by Kirsten Dirksen on February 12, 2023 David Lee Hoffman has spent 50 years building a composting compound where waste – whether grey water from the kitchen …
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 …
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. …
Tall Microsoft retirees build semi-truck “penthouse on wheels” by Kirsten Dirksen on August 29, 2022 Retirees Scott and Susan Burbank were looking for a full-time mobile home to tour the country at the same time …
Rundown apartments reborn as food-forest coliving Agritopia by Kirsten Dirksen on September 26, 2021 In 2007, Ole and Maitri Ersson bought a rundown apartment complex in the city and immediately began to de-pave parking …
