At the Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute in Basalt, Colorado, Jerome and his crew are creating a permaculture forest garden paradise that includes bananas in their greenhouse.
Beautiful DIY Tiny House Build with Massive Custom Patio Door
“We saw this DIY off grid tiny house on wheels by the side of the road on our way to PEI for a mini vacation (first one in a long time!). We fell in love with it and had to pull over to film a quick video about it.
Brzee Studio Earthbag Farmhouse
The Green Wall – Educational Vertical Garden Bottle System Project
“The Green Wall Vertical Garden Bottle System is an educational project designed to promote sustainability awareness.
DIY Steel Frames for Tiny Houses

This email exchange is from Cliff, a long time reader from New Zealand who’s designing a strong, lightweight tiny house that will meet strict building codes and withstand earthquakes. The cost of labor is very high there so he’s looking for do-it-yourself options to save money.
Phangan Earthworks Update

Between 2009 and 2011, Hubert and Julien built five earthbag structures on the tropical island of Koh Phangan, Southern Thailand. The structures include two darkroom meditation domes, a large 2-room fortress-like toolshed (roughly 1100 earthbags and over 50 metric tons of dirt were used) and a spacious, minimalist, and rather luxurious “cave” house that artfully combines granite, wood and earth.
