“Slide show of the process of putting a ferrocement curved barrel vault on my earthbag house. Annotations and video rendering is a constant thorn in my side. We’ll go with this – you’ll have to pause the video to read most annotations. Original elevator music “the Hat” is by Doctor Dirtbag and The Baby Shakers.   Read more from > Earthbag House 10 – the Hat

“A tour of our tiny house. Built on Tumbleweed principles, we bought this 272sq ft house already built, then hauled it across the state and parked it in a garden. We bought it fully functional but very bare bones. We did major remodels to suit our personalities and needs. We have enjoyed living in our   Read more from > Tiny House Tour that Houses Family of Four

Porous lava rock — scoria (cinders) and pumice — is an ideal building material. We’ve covered this amazing material many times on our blog, but I just learned something very exciting. It turns out scoria is available in Alaska, British Columbia and to some extent the Yukon. All these areas have cinder cones (a type   Read more from > Affordable Lava Rock Insulation for the Far North

Earthbag House Time-lapse – February/March 2013 from The Yoga Farm on Vimeo. February/March 2013 This is 6 weeks of work in 2 and a half minutes :)  Read more from > Costa Rica Earthbag Time Lapse

The cost of building a sustainable home is much higher in urban areas due to the stricter building codes, zoning and other housing regulations. Many readers dream of a simpler, healthier life in rural areas where there are few or no building codes and costs are far lower. But where’s the best place to live?   Read more from > Best Places to Live in Rural America

“A friends hand built ferro cement dome house complete with roof top hot tub, heated by an internal pizza oven. Located well off the beaten track in the Far North of New Zealand.”  Read more from > Ferro-cement Dream House