I first heard about the Autonomous House in Southwell during a particularly grim London winter, scrolling through research papers while my own heating bills climbed toward terrifying heights. Here was…
I’ve been fascinated by off-grid living for about as long as I’ve been trying to make my own place more sustainable, and honestly, nothing prepared me for my first visit…
I remember the first time someone told me about Findhorn Ecovillage. A colleague mentioned a Scottish community that had been running successfully on renewable energy and ecological principles for decades.…
**ReGen Villages Netherlands: When Silicon Valley Meets Dutch Polder Dreams** Look, I’ll admit it upfront. When I first heard about ReGen Villages back in 2015, I rolled my eyes so…
I’ve spent most of my career watching developers slap solar panels on conventional houses and call it sustainable building. Then I visited Hockerton Housing Project in Nottinghamshire, and realised I’d…
Walking through the Sonoran Desert near Elfrida, Arizona, you’ll find something that challenges everything the modern construction industry tells us about building homes. Here, on 145 acres of high desert…
I remember the exact moment I decided I wanted to build my own version of Simon Dale’s hobbit house. It was 2009, I’d just seen the photos online for the…
# Lammas Ecovillage: Living Proof That Off-Grid Community Design Actually Works I first heard about Lammas when a client mentioned they’d visited friends who lived “completely off-grid in Wales, but…
I built my first structure without planning permission when I was twenty-three. Nothing as ambitious as a whole house, mind you – just a garden shed that was probably six…
I’ve been working on sustainable building projects for over ten years, and I’ll be honest – most of what passes for “zero emission” housing makes me want to tear my…