Very nice house design. It looks like they’re prepared for just about anything.
General
The £150 Hobbit Hole
“It looks like something straight out of Middle Earth – and the story behind it is almost as fantastical. This cottage cost just £150 to build, using only natural or reclaimed materials, and is now rented out for a fee of fresh milk and cream. And with no mains electricity, gas or water, the bills don’t come to much either.
Off-grid, handcrafted life on Oregon farm & workshop
This is the full length video interview of Brian’s off-grid farm and Zen house that we featured the other day.
Tile Faced Mud Block
“Tile faced Mud Blocks have been developed and used by Centre of Science for Villages, Wardha, Maharashtra for the last four decades. The blocks are made of earth and not baked. they are protected by a baked tile that is inserted during block production to provide weather proofing. The blocks use lesser energy in production as compared to conventional kiln baked bricks and can be produced with local materials and labour.”
Adam Baker – Sell your crap. Pay your debt. Do what you love.
“What does freedom mean to you?… Life should be about a series of experiences…”
Urban Sprawl
What type of environment do you want to live in? All too often cities tend to grow haphazrdly, creating more traffic and pollution as people have to drive farther to get what they need. And eventually cities get large and then crime and all sorts of problems develop. Hopefully this blog post will encourage people to think through how their communities may develop in years to come and make more informed choices.