Nordic homestead near Russian border: couple’s no-bank, no-phone life by Kirsten Dirksen on March 8, 2026 At 63° north in the forests of Finnish Karelia (for comparison, Anchorage, Alaska, is 61.2° N), Lasse Nordlund has spent …
Homesteading from the Homestead Act to YouTube. A real American Dream? by Nicolás Boullosa on February 19, 2026 The tools changed from axe and almanac to solar and smartphones, but the old wager remains: live deliberately, outside the …
Hot springs & human culture: the overlooked energy beneath our feet by Nicolás Boullosa on November 26, 2025 Hot springs have soothed bodies and shaped cultures from Scandinavia to Japan for thousands of years. But the same ancient …
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, …
Couple builds fulfilling life & homestead on abandoned Nordic island by Kirsten Dirksen on September 14, 2025 At 63° North — where the midnight sun lingers and winters test endurance at 35 below — a young couple …
A kingdom we can’t see: little-known organisms could untap innovation by Nicolás Boullosa on September 11, 2025 Hidden within trees and soil lies a world we barely perceive. Trillions of microorganisms may hold the keys to medicine, …
35 years underground: Dan Price’s living free on tranquil river meadow by Kirsten Dirksen on August 17, 2025 For 35 years, Dan Price has lived underground in a tiny “hobbit hole” tucked into a quiet Oregon mountain meadow. …
Dream Domestead uses water & geothermal for all-season paradise in Spain by Kirsten Dirksen on August 3, 2025 This off-grid homestead includes two handcrafted natural homes, a geodesic dome greenhouse built from local stone, a hand-dug stream, two …
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 …
