Texan maker’s underground survival bunkers are real batcaves by Kirsten Dirksen on June 29, 2020 In Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, the protagonists are surprised by marauders, but are lucky to find a well-provisioned survival shelter. …
Underground dome house of the family who led geese to fly home by Kirsten Dirksen on August 17, 2019 Paula and Bill Lishman spent many winters in a poorly-insulated A frame cabin before realizing they needed to go underground …
Underground dome house stays warm in Omaha winters by Kirsten Dirksen on November 26, 2017 Rebecca Weitzel and Jeff Waschkowski live in a buried home in Omaha, Nebraska and while winters temperatures can hit negative 30 degrees …
Kristie Wolfe builds underground home & sets rural WA hamlet by Kirsten Dirksen on September 18, 2016 Inspired by the success of the Hawaii treehouse home she built for $11,000, Kristie Wolfe began searching for land to …
Earth-cooled, shipping container underground CA home for 30K by Kirsten Dirksen on April 18, 2016 As a kid Steve Rees played in caves and learned how the earth could cool. As an adult, he buried …
Dan Price’s underground home, art & philosophy on $5,000/year by Kirsten Dirksen on September 20, 2015 When Dan Price returned to his home state of Oregon in 1990 he was determined to avoid mortgages or rent …
Earthships: self-sustaining homes for post-apocalyptic land? by Kirsten Dirksen on October 6, 2014 On the desert mesa of New Mexico, miles from the nearest town of Taos (pop. 5,700), Star-Wars-like shelters rise from …
