This summer at Fly Ranch, a 3,800-acre expanse of dry lake beds, wetlands, wild horses and hot springs in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert, this vast tract is set to become an incubator for off-grid sustainable design. Last year the Burning Man Project, which has stewardship of the ranch, ran a competition with the Land Art … Read more
A 12 minute documentary of a Hobbit Hideaway built using the local, renewable materials of wood, stone, straw, clay, lime and mud. It is unique and beautifully built in Scotland by natural builders and educators Hartwyn Ltd. They shared the process with students in a pop-up learning village from June to September 2018. Hobbit Hideaway … Read more
A heritage sandstone building in old Jaffa, Tel Aviv, Isreal was renovated by architects Raz Melamed and Omer Danan. The revitalized dwelling faces the waves of the sea right at the entrance to the old city. The house was designed for a young couple and their two children, who had already lived there for many … Read more
A step by step tutorial on making an earthen floor, sourced from a mix of materials, such as clay, sand, and straw, similar to cob and adobe. In this video you’ll see construction of an on-grade floor (sealed with oil), along with its foundation (insulated with pumice). Sukita Reay, author of Earthen Floors, demonstrates how … Read more
Kasey Budgell, 14, is helping to bring an earth-sheltered greenhouse to King’s Point, Canada. Growing has been a family passion for generations, she said, recalling that as a tot she’d trail her grandfather around his garden. “I’d always want to be able to cut the turnip tops off, and be hands-on with it, but I was … Read more