Artist John Coffer had it all. A good-paying job, a nice house with a swimming pool, a sports car, and everything else you commonly associate with a “successful”
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Artist John Coffer had it all. A good-paying job, a nice house with a swimming pool, a sports car, and everything else you commonly associate with a “successful”
On just a tenth of an acre (6000 square feet) in Berkeley, California, the owners of an average home in an average neighborhood are doing something most of
If there’s anything you read – or share – let this be it. The content of this article has potential to radically shift the world in a variety
The Original EcoSphere is the world’s first totally enclosed ecosystem – a complete, self-contained and self-sustaining miniature world encased in glass. Be wary of inferior and lower quality
Can you imagine living in a 400-square-foot tiny home that is eco-friendly and energy-efficient, yet boasts all the amenities of a conventional house? Magic Green Homes fabricates such
This beautiful earth bag home contains 450 ft² of space and was built for less than $5000. Recycled or salvaged materials were used wherever it was possible (i.e. the door and flooring).
Meet 93 year old Jack English, a modern version of the good ole American homesteader. A legend among the locals, who lives in a cabin isolated deep in the
Natural swimming pools make a great alternative to a standard swimming pool. The water is contained by an isolating membrane or membranes and no chlorine or chemicals are required as plants
Richard Louis Proenneke (1916-2003), known as Dick, has become an icon of wilderness living in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve. Born in Iowa, he worked as a
Designer Ryan Frank wanted a semi-mobile home for a small plot in a “sensitive area”. He thought about yurts and domes, but settled for an open source design
Meet Jill Redwood. Jill built her house in East Gippsland, Australia where she has lived alone for over 30 years. Jill is almost entirely self-sufficient with no mains
“Composting toilets use the natural processes of decomposition and evaporation to recycle human waste. Waste entering the toilets is over 90% water, which is evaporated and carried back
“In this example a DIY brick cistern is used to store filtered water. This one holds about 9450 Litres of water (about 2500 gallons plus or minus 20
“The sprawling tentacles that constitute the water infrastructure in the United States spill about 860 million gallons (3.3 billion liters) of untreated water — along with all the
“For this project I set out to create the solar equivalent of the hot-water tap on a coffee machine: a solar on-demand hot-water heater. I was inspired by the functionality
“I truly enjoy being out in the garden, so I can’t let those yellow jackets keep chasing me indoors! So this involves taking matters into my own hands.
“Phytoremediation is the use of green plants to remove pollutants from the environment or render them harmless. Plants are truly amazing, when we find a problem in our
“Food supplies were sometimes meagre when the first Europeans settled along Nova Scotia bays and rivers. Inland, a boundless nearly unbroken forest canopy greeted them, much of it
“This Instructable explains each main step of construction for building vertical earthbag walls. For those who don’t know, earthbag building uses polypropylene rice bags or feed bags filled
Edible City is a fun, fast-paced journey through the Local Good Food movement that’s taking root in the San Francisco Bay Area, across the nation and around the
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