How to Write a Self Build Project Plan for a Natural Material Home
# How to Write a Self Build Project Plan for a Natural Material Home After watching dozens of natural material self-builds go spectacularly over budget and beyond deadline, I can…
MVHR Systems and How Mechanical Ventilation With Heat Recovery Works
# MVHR Systems and How Mechanical Ventilation With Heat Recovery Works I remember the first time a client asked me about MVHR systems. She was living in a new build…
Findhorn Ecovillage Scotland and Decades of Sustainable Community Living
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.…
How to Improve Ventilation in a Sealed Home Without Losing Heat
# How to Improve Ventilation in a Sealed Home Without Losing Heat I spent three winters fighting condensation on my bedroom windows before I realised the problem wasn’t just poor…
ReGen Villages Netherlands and the Tech Startup Trying to Reinvent Self Sufficiency
**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…
How Maggies Centres Use Nature to Support Cancer Patients
# How Maggie’s Centres Use Nature to Support Cancer Patients I remember the first time I walked into a Maggie’s Centre. After spending months visiting clients in sterile clinical environments,…
How to Install Rainwater Harvesting at Home and Whether Its Worth the Cost
# How to Install Rainwater Harvesting at Home and Whether It’s Worth the Cost I’ve spent the last five years watching clients debate rainwater harvesting systems, and the conversation always…
Why Your Old School Probably Made You Feel Dead Inside (And How Some Places Are Fixing It)
Okay, so remember being in school and feeling like you were slowly dying inside those fluorescent-lit boxes they called classrooms? Turns out there’s actually a reason for that, and some…
What Is Ferrock and Can It Really Replace Portland Cement
I first heard about Ferrock about eight years ago when I was knee-deep in researching every possible alternative to the concrete I was planning to use for a small extension.…
What I’ve Learned About Bringing Nature Back to Cities – A Retiree’s Perspective on Urban Green Spaces
Walking through downtown Detroit these days, you can see the difference that green spaces make. After thirty-eight years in the same house in suburban Michigan, I’ve watched our cities change…