Few things give me more pleasure than living among green plants, especially when they are edible. If you couple this with the possibility of helping to heat your house, you can readily see why people become attached to their attached greenhouses. I have built several of them, with different materials and designs, but the basic … Read more
Andrew Morrison, who I know from his involvement with straw bale building, has taken up the cause of going tiny and explains why this has worked for him in this TED Talk from a couple of years ago. He enumerates many reasons that make a lot of sense.
We have just created a crowd funding campaign to help Owen Geiger in his current situation and you can go to www.plumfund.com to donate.He is currently in a hospital in Sakhon Nakhon, Thailand, the town where he has made his home for the last dozen years. Owen fell ill in mid August, 2018, while traveling … Read more
There is a centuries old tradition in Europe that is only beginning to be known in North America: the use of masonry heaters. For some reason Americans are entirely familiar with wood stoves and fireplaces, but have only a hazy notion of what a masonry heater is. This is unfortunate because these devises represent the … Read more
DIY NETWORK – BUILDING OFF THE GRID – CASTING NOTICE We’re looking throughout the United States for folks who will soon start to build an off grid home and plan to complete the build before April of 2019. We cannot consider builds that are already well underway. If you are selected for the show, you … Read more
The O-Wind is made with vents in the exterior so that it can catch city crosswinds and spin accordingly. This means that city dwellers might be able to generate their own electricity with the typical swirling winds found in cities. You can read more about this interesting design at www.goodnewsnetwork.org