Our blog has quite a few free emergency shelters for various purposes. All designs can be found on this blog using the built-in the search engine. Free detailed plans for these shelters are on our Free House Plans page. I’ll add this latest design there if it proves popular. Leave a comment below if you’re interested in building this earthbag shelter.
natural building
Living in the Future: a new film on low impact homes
“Living in the Future is an Undercurrents series about Ecovillages – community and low impact living. We explore people creating sustainable lives across the World. We show the people growing their own food, building their own homes and learning to be self sufficient in preparation for peak oil and climate change.
Hardwood Kitchen Island on Wheels
Here’s a brief description of a project I built years ago, back when I made custom woodworking projects.
Green Turbine
Green Turbine (TM) is a very small (slightly larger than a football) steam driven turbo generator that converts (waste) heat into electricity. This makes the Green Turbine an excellent choice in applications where both heat and electricity is required (combined heat and power). The part of the energy not converted to electricity is available for heating or cooling.
Backyard Farmers by Necessity: Self-sufficient & Debt-free
“When Myrna and Earl Fincher married 53 years ago they started farming their yard “out of necessity”. Today, the Finchers make a living selling their organic produce to restaurants and at the local farmers’ market twice a week for much of the year. They had no experience as farmers, but learned by trial and error.”
Casa Verde
This site is in Romanian and so I’ll keep this entry brief. The home is so beautiful that few words are needed.