Family builds their own private ecovillage with free materials by Kirsten Dirksen on February 18, 2024 Cameron and Janeen Schiff built their dream home out of trash and salvage, but it took 16 years to put …
Solo girl terraforms lava field with off-grid oasis & rugged tiny home 🏝️ by Kirsten Dirksen on January 21, 2024 15 years ago, Jade Chen left New York City to settle on a remote lava field far from any store …
Modern home hideout sits on forsaken volcano like Star Wars rebel ship by Kirsten Dirksen on December 24, 2023 Perched on a slope of what is arguably the tallest mountain in the world (Mauna Kea), and accessible only by …
Restores abandoned Pyrenees home by hand with regenerative system by Kirsten Dirksen on January 9, 2023 After purchasing a ruin in a hilltop hamlet in the Spanish Pyrenees, Emmanuel Pauwels created a home in close harmony …
25Verde apartment jungle is an ecosystem of 150 trees, 60+ apartments by Kirsten Dirksen on January 16, 2022 With 150 trees sprouting across 5 floors of terraces, balconies and roof gardens, apartment complex “25 Verde” rises like a …
Didn’t use garage, turned it into his parents’ modern home by Kirsten Dirksen on October 24, 2021 To convert a garage into a home, Ramiro Losada-Amor left the structure untouched and dropped a birch box inside to …
Homestead Paradise: got barren land, boosted it at a profit by Kirsten Dirksen on March 27, 2021 In the early 90s, Mark and Jen Shepard bought a degraded corn farm in Viola, Wisconsin, and began to slowly …
Thrifty couple builds self-reliant, $60K homestead & workshop by Kirsten Dirksen on August 15, 2020 Marlena and Eugene built their homestead in Blanco, Texas using salvaged windows, doors, wood flooring, tile, a bathtub, a lot …
Towable, off-grid Ecocapsule gathers energy/water anywhere by Kirsten Dirksen on July 26, 2020 Can off-grid, anywhere-living appeal the masses? The Ecocapsule mobile dwelling gathers solar/wind energy, harvests/filters water. It shelters 2 and includes …
New Earthships capture more energy, water & food at lower cost by Kirsten Dirksen on July 13, 2020 With walls made from old tires packed with earth, as well as upcycled glass bottles and cans, Earthships have always …
