The Asterix village in the dark: resilience in a blacked-out world by Nicolás Boullosa on April 30, 2025 The Iberian Peninsula’s recent power outage exposed our deep reliance on electricity and digital systems. One village’s self-sufficient approach offers …
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, …
Special Operations vet commutes by Flying Car from rural off-grid home by Kirsten Dirksen on February 23, 2025 In the remote mountains of Washington’s North Cascades, Tim Lum commutes in a way few can imagine—by flying car. From …
Veteran’s underground home in Maine Homestead is affordable little marvel by Kirsten Dirksen on February 16, 2025 Jim’s idea of happiness includes a 1-mile zipline that descends an entire hill and crosses a lake to get from …
Kristie Wolfe turns ruin into pirate paradise + old treasure beneath by Kirsten Dirksen on February 2, 2025 When Kristie Wolfe first saw the ship-shaped home—half of it slipping a small Salmon, Idaho lake—she knew anyone else would …
How entire village runs fully off-grid on small hydropower & solar by Kirsten Dirksen on January 12, 2025 Thirty years ago, a group of permaculture experts purchased 329 acres of degraded land in Western North Carolina with a …
She built underground cabin in remote Arctic for $200 as cozy Stealth Home by Kirsten Dirksen on December 29, 2024 Franciska Eliassen built an underground earth home inspired by traditional Norwegian sod huts to live simply and sustainably from what …
Scandinavian ecovillage rethinks homeownership: no mortgages, no waste by Kirsten Dirksen on December 22, 2024 Twenty-two years ago, a group of friends bought a very affordable cornfield in rural Denmark and set out to build …
Northern Scandinavia’s forgotten lifestyle: family of 14 in remote cabin by Kirsten Dirksen on November 18, 2024 In the far north, where life revolves around the sea, Birger’s father grew up in a world without cars, where …
Off-grid container home uses pulleys to lower/raise bed & deck by Kirsten Dirksen on July 19, 2021 Vojtěch Valda’s shipping container house runs on wind, solar, and pulleys. He and his carpenter brother converted the 20-foot (6 …
