1st look at our forest homestead: simple life in stone hut & hermit cave by Kirsten Dirksen on November 23, 2025 After years of looking for a piece of simple land—a place we could learn from rather than develop—we finally came …
Turning suburban backyard into Bronze Age paradise: year-round food & natural lake by Kirsten Dirksen on November 2, 2025 On an ordinary suburban lot in Sebastopol, California, Erik Ohlsen and his family grow nearly everything they eat—fruits, vegetables, nuts, …
Thrifty couple grows all their food in their food-forest backyard by Kirsten Dirksen on June 30, 2025 When Kenta learned that 90% of Hawai‘i’s food—and nearly all of its carbohydrates—are imported, he began to rethink how he …
Family-style ecovillage is co-housing at heart of huge food-forest 🥗 by Kirsten Dirksen on May 19, 2025 In the lush rainforest of Hawai’i’s Big Island, a small group of people has created a way of life that’s …
Tetris founder’s family village is collapse-proof, remote offgrid-topia by Kirsten Dirksen on May 11, 2025 High in the hills of Hawaii’s Big Island, Henk Rogers—best known for bringing Tetris to the world—is taking on a …
Tiny Texas Houses pioneer digs personal lake & crafts village around it by Kirsten Dirksen on June 2, 2024 When we first met Tiny Texas Houses’ founder Brad Kittel 10 years ago (watch the video of our first visit …
He quit all to build off-grid village, mountain-long Earthship by Kirsten Dirksen on July 16, 2023 15 years ago, Dan Schultz sold his 2600-square-foot home in Flint, Michigan and bought 160 acres of raw land near …
Lost Valley wasteland revived as clever Restorative Ecovillage by Kirsten Dirksen on January 23, 2023 Nathaniel Nordin-Tuininga grew up in the ‘70s and ‘80s living off the land with his parents on an intentional community …
Turns barren suburban lot into high-yield Microfarm & YT studio by Kirsten Dirksen on August 8, 2022 On a 1/3rd acre urban lot in Corvallis, Oregon, horticulture professor and youtuber Andrew Millison has spent the past 12 years …
Clever microhome perches over compact food forest outside Barcelona by Kirsten Dirksen on July 17, 2022 At just 8 square meters (86 square feet), a clever micro-house perched on the coastal hills of Maresme outside Barcelona …
