We’ve been busy here at home. Friends from Israel dropped by for a stay. They have been traveling all over the US. One of the stops they made was at Natural Spaces Domes. They are a Minnesota based Geodesic Dome Home design family business. After talking with the family, my friends decided to make one…
Category: building
Happy new moon
Third solar eclipse this year, and a good time to set intentions for the coming month. I’ll be signing up for a cob building workshop September 10-18, and finally a PDC in LA! Hope to see you in one (of both) of these. The stars are aligning. We are learning lots about community living and…
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
As I prepare for a few awesome posts I’ve got up my sleve, I’ll leave you with this very inspiring TED video from Michael Pawlyn. Using Nature’s Genius in Architecture. Biomimicry is the way…
One more thing on the to do list
I’ve been around clay since the time I was nine years old. Mostly sculpting up until I Junior College when I touched my first potter’s wheel and never sculpted again. I’ve been wanting to get back on the clay wagon, except now in a more building type of mode. Today I was looking about on…
Rocket Stoves Rock!
I’ve been looking into building one of these for a while now. Known as Rocket Stoves, they are a kind of improved biomass stove. In essence they use less fuel to burn longer, hotter and cleaner. There are many designs out there. Some like the sixteen brick rocket stove are simple to build, others…
Did I mention how much I love this blog?
Solar water heating using a unique master and slave collector design. These guys are so on top of energy conservation and DIY projects! Beware of going into this blog or related page without hours to spare.