Restoring an Old Stone Home in Spain

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Several years ago Kirsten Dirksen’s family embarked on a project where they found a derelict (and affordable) country home located in a tiny, well-maintained castle hamlet 1 hour outside Barcelona, Spain. They began renovation with the help of a young architecture studio. Can a home remodel celebrate the layers of past, present, and future? Do … Read more

Firefly House in India is Built Mostly with Bamboo

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Ekarth Studio in India shows us that development and nature can go hand in hand. The Delhi-based studio focuses on bamboo construction to create luxurious spaces. Located in the heart of Assam, their new Firefly House merges innovative design with sustainable building practices. Firefly House is made almost entirely of bamboo that was harvested and … Read more

Touring The Crooked Forest Institute’s Land

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Yesterday I toured the Crooked Forest Institute‘s land that they recently acquired in the Mimbres Valley in Southern New Mexico via a $200,000 grant . A group of more than a dozen of us who already had some association with the Institute were invited to inspect the 50+ acre property and make suggestions about ways … Read more

Interview with Me by Morgan Caraway

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I was interviewed by Morgan Caraway of sustainablelifeschool.com awhile ago, and he has just released this video on www.youtube.com Our conversation is fairly lengthy and it reveals as much about Morgan as it does me. What he says about this on youtube is: This is an extended interview with Kelly Hart of: hartworks.com earthbagbuilding.com naturalbuildingblog.com … Read more

Companies Cooperate to Make Carbon Capture Building Materials

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Swiss based Neustark is working with Aggregate Industries on its first UK site to capture CO2 from biomass sites, liquefy it, and then inject it into existing mineral waste streams such as demolished materials to be recycled and used in construction. This stores the CO2 in the aggregate, permanently removing it from the atmosphere and … Read more