Giant Earthship vs wildfire: Did good prepping save this ecovillage? by Kirsten Dirksen on December 17, 2023 Dan Schultz spent 15 years building his off-grid self-sufficient utopia with whimsical homes and trees and gardens that produced enough …
No bank loaned them money. They built dream Hobbit Home themselves by Kirsten Dirksen on December 10, 2023 When no bank would give them a loan for an earth-sheltered dome home, Steve Travis and Jeff Ingram began to …
Family builds twin underground homes in ancient mountain farm by Kirsten Dirksen on February 28, 2022 René Douma and his mom Marianne began building houses into the hillside on the family farm without any experience in …
Kristie Wolfe turns 1950s fire lookout into offgrid shelter by Kirsten Dirksen on November 17, 2019 When Kristie Wolfe saw a fire lookout tower advertised for sale on private land, she knew she had found her …
Austin coder builds timeless cob home using precise patterns by Kirsten Dirksen on August 4, 2014 When Gary Zuker bought an undeveloped piece of land outside of Austin (Texas) 25 years ago, he knew the only …
