I am a member of a small group of natural building enthusiasts from around the world who are meeting online once a month to share ideas. This has been very productive and useful for all of us. Our last meeting was dedicated to a discussion about earth-sheltering that I led. Below is an outline of … Read more
This video is an extensive description and tour of a walipini, or pit greenhouse, at Red Gate Farm.
This natural building blog occasionally features information about solutions to global pollution problems and this post is about a building block that is made entirely out of recycled plastic. The small community where I live in New Mexico stopped recycling plastic about a year ago, so now it has all been going to the land … Read more
80% of Singapore’s residents live in public housing and it’s a tropical country where convenience and air conditioning are a way of life. So there is a great opportunity for the government to influence new, more ecological development. They are promising 42,000 new homes across five residential districts, and the eco-town of Tengah will be … Read more
Sea Ranch is a planned community along 10 miles of California’s northern Sonoma Coast that was developed in the early 1960’s. I remember driving past it around that time when I lived in Jenner, a few miles south of there. Sea Ranch was intended to be a second home community that embraced its surrounding environment. … Read more
Ten years ago the folks at Yogarriba had a vision to make something different, so they contacted the Earthship organization and soon started the Earthship houses in Bonaire, a Caribbean Island. It became a labor of love and they worked hard to make it a reality. Over several years they built two eco houses, with … Read more