Kateryna Zemskova from Good Earth Global wrote me, saying, “In Nepal we have an on-going Earthbag Building project: Houses for Widows. In Nomabhuda village, Kavre District we are building Earthbag homes for widows, single women and their children. All were … Continue reading →
This Cannon Beach house, built in 2005, has a green roof planted in sedum and wild strawberries and is clad with cedar shakes. Architect Nathan Good’s clients wanted a home “that would be healthy to live in with a dramatically … Continue reading →
A German architectural firm, Mono Architekten, designed this uniquely natural building extension to an existing concrete school in Germany, with a cluster of curving larch-clad forms topped with sloping green roofs. The extension houses an after-school care center for the … Continue reading →
Jakarta-based design studio RAW Architecture completed the School of Alfa Omega in the Indonesian city of Tangerang. This new school emphasizes a connection with the outdoors and is set on a former rice paddy. The school caters to 300 students … Continue reading →
Alosha Lynov established the Bio Veda Academy as a way to disseminate his knowledge about building what he calls a Living Bio Shelter Organism, along with holistic water treatment and cooperative eco-villages. Alosha studied Superadobe construction at CalEarth Institute in … Continue reading →
In 1996, Raghava inherited a coconut plantation from his grandfather. Unlike his ancestors who had practiced agriculture for seven generations, Raghava, then an undergraduate, had no connection with the soil. “I grew up on a healthy diet of inspiring stories … Continue reading →