“Earthship development in South Africa. Main goal is to create an information centre of eco- and autarkical houses also for the less fortunate.” I look forward to hearing more details. Check out their blog for more info. Source: Aardskip – Earthship   Read More →

Our blog focuses on low cost, sustainable ways of building homes with local resources. It’s equally exciting and practical learning about alternatives to costly centralized grid systems (electrical, gas, sewer, water) that tend to lock people into the system and make them vulnerable to price controls. Biogas is one of many renewable energy systems that    Read More →

When: July 12-24th, 2012 (with a day of rest on July 18th…river time!) Where: Laughing Heart Living Farm, North San Juan, CA Who: Cal Earth certified Dada Krpasundarananda (check out this article) & Betty Lenora http://www.onecommunityranch.org/betty-lenora/ Cost: $600 for 12 days, $350 for 6 days, or $60/day (includes food, camping and instruction) Food: simple vegetarian    Read More →

Training the next generation of women leaders in the ecological design-build movement! Ideal apprentices are women who want to work in the natural building trades, build their own house and houses of friends, start a business, teach others, move it n’ shake it in the ecological design-build movement, develop a peer-based council of support, immerse    Read More →

“Josef “Sepp” Holzer is a farmer, author, and an international consultant for natural agriculture.   Read More →

“Jean Pain (1930–1981) was a French innovator who developed a compost-based bioenergy system that produced 100% of his energy needs. He heated water to 60 degrees celsius at a rate of 4 litres a minute which he used for washing and heating. He also distilled enough methane to run an electricity generator, cooking elements, and    Read More →