Nonprofit Critical Concrete aims to refurbish spaces that are shared by low-income communities in Portugal. They also try to educate the local community on sustainable and earth-friendly practices. The organization promotes green architecture through a summer school program that refurbishes a home for a family in need every year. Last year 32 students from 20 … Read more
This video shows a fellow building what he calls a studio out of mostly natural materials. There is no discussion or narration accompanying the video, so you have to watch to see how he goes about the project. The walls are primarily wattle and daub, using vertical bamboo poles stuck in the ground with some … Read more
Chinmay Pareek from Brzee Studio in India sent me some recent photos of how his project is progressing. We reported on this awhile ago in this post. This is an earthbag house in Jaipur that is surrounded by concrete and high rises in the main city. In addition to earthbags, they are using exposed stone, … Read more
An old stone building in Captain Cook’s boyhood village gets a new lease of life as the Poorhouse Cafe and Bar opens. One of the oldest buildings in Great Ayton is setting sail on a new adventure, after 18 months of renovation by local couple Michael and Cherie Larkin. Images of when the listed Yorkshire … Read more
86 smallholder farmers are celebrating their completion of a four-year Forest Garden program designed to end food and financial insecurity while eliminating farmer-caused deforestation. Nonprofit Trees for the Future educates and trains farmers to protect their land, diversify the crops they produce, and optimize their available space. “The energy today was electric. The entire community … Read more
If you go to blog.feedspot.com you can find links to 100 homesteading blogs with a wide range of interesting titles, such as The Homesteading Hippy, Tenth Acre Farm, Frugal Chicken, The Thrifty Homesteader, etc. It is likely that you can find something right up your alley.