7 friends built restoration ecovillage. Outcome 50 years on
In 1994 a group of seven friends began living and farming together after taking over an 80-acre, 1974 organic farm 70 miles north of San Francisco that had been left…
U-Build hands-on: a flat-pack modular home you can assemble
U-Build is a modular construction system even completely inexperienced builders can assemble with simple hand tools. The flat-pack kit is made from CNC-cut plywood; components are slotted together like puzzle…
German law student tried woodworking, became master designer
In the tiny Bavarian town of Aschau im Chiemgau, Nils Holger Moormann and his 35 employees create modern furniture in a converted stable under the shadow of a 12th century…
Using containers to stack high yield farms for urban produce
In the small town of Waregem, the test farm at Urban Crop Solutions is completely closed to the outside, and everything here is controlled. Using LED lights and hydroponics, it…
Builder transforms old RV into unique tiny home
When Joe Weissbeck lost his property in 2009, he began converting a rundown RV- purchased for $350- into a one-of-a-kind mobile home. While living in it, he tore it down…
Portland’s 359 skinny house follows the sun like a sunflower
Ben Kaiser’s 359 house can be rotated by just one person- or two kids- pushing a bar and walking around it. It’s what he calls the logical union of the…
Aldo Leopold plants a forest and a meadow
In 1935, Aldo Leopold bought a worn out farm along the Wisconsin River. Taking up (second) residence in a former chicken coop, they wanted to live close to the land.…