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Off-the-grid, sustainable home built from recycled materials
Earthships – custom-built, off-the-grid, radically sustainable homes built from recycled materials – are blasting off around the planet. Now one has landed in Australia. Conceived in the early 1970s by...
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What you can learn from design innovation
Until we reach the point where we can live in especially-built ‘green’ houses, there are things you can do to make your own home cheaper to run, as well as a bit less harsh on the environment. Maximise...
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The Slip House – an inspiring water efficient green home
Water is one resource not lacking in the United Kingdom. So it’s perhaps a little surprising UK designers have effectively incorporated water efficiency into a pre-fabricated design. The Slip House was...
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Inspirational Green Homes
Yet, we’re all becoming increasingly aware of how we can use energy wisely to help make a difference – to bring down our own costs, as well as to tread more lightly on our land. It can start through...
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Ecocapsules off the grid
Not everyone likes camping out due to the discomfort, hassle and plain inconvenience that is inherent in living in a tent, cooking over an open fire and having to pack and unpack every time you move....
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Prefab and modular homes reduce building costs
Most people are familiar with the high cost of building. It’s traditionally been more expensive to build, than to buy a lived in home. Additionally, the cost of accommodation that is necessary as you...
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How growing trees can help avert climate change
This may be because traditionally, broad-acre farming, and even small crop growing, requires a certain expanse of acreage without any trees. However, farming isn’t always about planting crops. Graziers...
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