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 …
20 years building underground maze of natural-light tunnel homes by Kirsten Dirksen on November 9, 2025 Twenty years ago, Zach and Allison Anderson began digging into a hillside on their property in Grass Valley, California, to …
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, …
Bioremediation: plants, fungi & microbes help soil heal itself by Nicolás Boullosa on October 31, 2025 After soil is contaminated, regeneration begins below the surface — where microbes, roots, fungi, and people work together to heal …
Entropy fighters: on maintenance + Andy Campbell’s car (1.2 million km) by Nicolás Boullosa on August 13, 2025 Why paying attention to the small, unseen work makes the difference between collapse and endurance. From solo sailors to your …
Family’s self-built greenhouse home in farm country has indoor orchard 🌳 by Kirsten Dirksen on July 20, 2025 When Roja Brimalm and Johan Holmstedt set out to build a home for their family on the windswept plains of …
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 …
Couple builds own home & farm paradise with little money + inspiring work by Kirsten Dirksen on March 23, 2025 In rural Denmark, Tycho Holcomb and Karoline Nolsø Aaen have crafted a life of independence, resilience, and deep connection to …
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 …
