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Although there is nothing complicated about constructing healthier homes, building for health is still not standard practice, and in fact there are many aspects of conventional home construction th

Many natural building methods rely upon the use of post and beam frame structures that are then in-filled with straw, cob, cordwood, or more conventional wall materials.

"Astyk and Newton have written an important book with an unusual message: We need millions of new farmers...as soon as possible.

In the Age of Scarcity now upon us, fresh water shortages are an increasingly serious global problem.

Cohousing balances privacy and independence with the benefits of living in community.

James Howard Kunstler is best known for his unflinching commentary on the collapse of the American dream in the face of the reality of Peak Oil.

Housing is a fundamental human right. For most of human history, our homes were built by hand from whatever local materials were available.

Across North America, an agricultural renaissance is unfolding. A growing number of market gardeners are emerging to feed our appetite for organic, regional produce.

Cultivated from sea level to mountaintop, from parched deserts to sodden rain forests, from the rocky GaspE Peninsula to the plains of Argentina, corn is the grain of the Americas.

Fueled by a failing economy and a passionate desire for a return to simpler times, a new wave of homesteaders is seeking the good life and the kind of true satisfaction that can only be built, not

Hollyhock-renowned the world over as an unparalleled center of learning and connection-exists to inspire, nourish, and support people who are making the world better.

There is no one-size-fits-all approach to raising goats (or any livestock for that matter).

Everyone loves to prepare a meal with ingredients fresh from their own garden. But for most of us, no matter how plentiful our harvest, homegrown produce comprises only a fraction of what we eat.

An EcoNest is not just a home-it is a breathtakingly beautiful structure that nurtures health and embraces ecology.

Long embraced by corporations who are driven only by the desire for profit, industrial agriculture wastes precious resources and spews millions of tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere each