Green Living
The ins and outs of green construction and natural building, with specifics on solar design, home insulation and more.
Are You Really Prepared To Buy A Property?
By Manuela Mueller
Buying your first piece of property or a house is exciting, but it’s not only about finding it! Have you really checked the fine print that comes with it?
Find Your Dream Property with Lessons from Our Nova Scotian Homestead
Are you dreaming about having a nice home on a lake in the woods? Make sure you ask yourself the right questions and tick all the boxes before you commit.
Planning Our Retirement Move to a Mountain Cabin
By Bruce McElmurray
How, without a plan, our move to our retirement home in the mountains would not have been possible.
How to Render Adobe on a Concrete Block Wall, with Video
By Tom Keeling, Fazenda Tomati
After you have done your tests for adobe mixture, reviewed them and decided which ratio of sand to clay to use, you're ready to apply them to your wall.
How to Review Interior Wall Adobe Render Tests, with Video
By Tom Keeling, Fazenda Tomati
In this short video, we really try to remove adobe patches from a wall and damage them. You want to know if they are going to be easily damaged by a falling cupboard or by water bring spilled on them.
Create Test Mixtures Before Rendering a Wall with Adobe Plaster, with Video
By Tom Keeling, Fazenda Tomati
In this natural building video, I cover basic tests for rendering. It is important to do many tests before applying an earthen finish for walls.
We Started Building an Off-Grid Shipping Container Home with Zero Construction Experience
By Jessica at Pacific Pines Ranch
About two years ago, we escaped city living to develop an off-grid shipping container home with little to no construction experience in rural Oregon.
Green Household Cleaners: Clean Homes Naturally
By Ann Larkin-Hanson
Stop using harsh chemical cleaning products in your house and replace them with these natural cleaning recipes that use common household ingredients like vinegar, baking soda, borax and ammonia. Originally published as "Natural Housecleaning" in the July/August 1990 issue of MOTHER EARTH NEWS.
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