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“FreeDome Earth is a tribe of earthbuilders and sacred activists. Read more from > FreeDome Earth

“Hi Owen, I love your blog and am so impressed with all the work you do. Thank-you.

It crossed my mind that drying clothes is difficulty not often covered. Sure there are commercial dryers with various levels of efficiency and power sources. But they are expensive to buy and to use over time. And the dryer wears out your clothes, changing them slowly into lint. A clothes line works in good weather but is useless in bad. Read more from > Solar Drying Closet

Typical blueprint of a buried ferro-cement shell

“Truly Green Architecture: Earth Bermed with Living Roofs for low maintenance, quiet, safe and very long lived buildings. Read more from > Underground Ferrocement Homes

Spiral staircase at Ziggy and April’s new house at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage

“At last, I’m here to report that April and I accomplished building the round wood spiral staircase. Over the course of five days, literally up to the day before we left Dancing Rabbit, we installed the risers and treads. [Shock! They’re selling their home and moving to Berea, KY.] Read more from > Building The Roundwood Spiral Staircase

“We have upgraded that letter of warning and refusal to the power company and it no longer fits in the allotted space here. You can find that by going to: jerryday.com On that home page, scroll down, way down, you will pass a large picture of an electric meter and a document called “Public Notice” (you will want to hang that on your electric meter). Read more from > Another Smart Meter Warning

“After several decades as an airline executive (including Delta president, Virgin America CEO and Lufthansa president/CEO), Fred Reid could have built a McMansion, but instead he chose to grow his home without taking on debt and embracing nature by adding small outbuildings. Read more from > Deconstructing luxury in small home + tiny cabin + treehouse