Japanese architect Tono Mirai crafted a charming tiny timber structure that can be moved by truck. He calls it the Red Container and it was primarily designed as an exercise to promote Shinshu larch, a local species of Japan’s Nagano Prefecture that had long been overlooked because of its tendency to warp. Due to new drying … Read more
Shelly Miller is a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder. Much of her work has focused on how to control the transmission of airborne infectious diseases indoors. According to Shelly, “Once the virus escapes into the air inside a building, you have two options: bring in fresh air from outside or … Read more
Morgan Caraway, of the Sustainable Life School, has informed me that his new earthbag tiny house class is online at https://sustainablelifeschool.thinkific.com/ He says that, “After over a year of hard work, the online earthbag tiny house course is live! It covers the entire construction of our earthbag tiny house from foundation to finishing. The class … Read more
Farming is the primary source of livelihood for about 58 per cent of India’s population. India is the world’s largest producer of pulses, rice, wheat, spices and is the second largest producer of fruits and vegetables in the world. But with he impact of climate change and low incomes, farming communities are quite vulnerable. Over … Read more
This new home of 29-year-old Shelby Howland, owner of Village Carpentry and Landscaping in Goshen, Indiana, is being built with hempcrete. The house is not only a place to live, but is a pilot project for the future of his family business. The 1,600-square-foot, two-story home has been in the works for the past nine … Read more
Liz Hatch is building an Earthship in Greensboro, Vermont. Surrounded by a mass of scrap tires, cardboard and piled fill materials, she said “All this stuff, a lot of it, is just garbage.” She had been trying to live sustainably in her 19th-century Massachusetts home, converting it to geothermal energy. “I have wanted to minimize my … Read more