“We met up with Rivkah from Groovy Yurts (www.groovyyurts.com) to learn about the traditional hand-painted yurts (gers) they import directly from Mongolia, and we also helped her team set one up at the Tiny House Festival this summer. It was more work than we thought it would be but it was totally worth it when we finally stepped inside the beautiful structure.
DIY
Living in a straw-bale house
“How to construct a straw-bale house. The advantage of living in a straw-bale house.”
Natural Building at Terra Alta 2016
“This short film wants to be an inspiration to everybody on this planet to build with local and natural materials, to empower themselves and share the beauty and joy with everybody around them!
Spiral Chamber Composting Toilet
“I did a thatched roof on a composting toilet…the Spiral Chamber, a wattle and daub spiral. It is pretty sweet.
Modern Caveman: Man Builds A $230,000 House In 700-Year-Old Cave
“THE pressures of modern life mean that most of us have probably dreamt at one time or another of fleeing to the hills. But real-life caveman Angelo Mastropietro has made his hermit dream a reality – by spending over £160,000 turning a 700-year-old cave, carved into 250 million year old sandstone cliffs in the the Wyre Forest, into his dream home.