Guest Post by Steven Schneider
Truth be told, I didn’t choose to build with shipping containers because I like the look of them. I’m also not trying to save the planet by recycling them – not that there’s anything wrong with that. Rather, I f…

A design-build program headed by Urs Peter Flueckiger at Texas Tech University produced this small off-grid cabin. It will serve as a lab for exploring sustainable design. The project was inspired by Thoreau’s Cabin and Le Corbusier’s Cabanon.
The…

Michelle Wilson contacted me recently about a new business she started called Hornby Island Caravans located in Canada. She recently delivered her first caravan to a customer and wanted me to share with you her project. Here is a little about Michelle…

Ever since Kent posted the MiniCasas on the Tiny House Blog, my love of gypsy caravans has been renewed. The other day I ran across these gypsy caravans for rent and for purchase in France, and was amazed at how beautiful and spacious the designs were….

The folks at New Jura Natural Building will be hosting a pallet house building workshop beginning on November 1st in Waller, Texas. They will be covering the following topics:

Pallet walls
Slip straw
Earthen plastering
Rainwater capturing
Grey water
R…

They only get about 7-10 mpg, but RVs can be environmentally friendly… when parked. “What I use in electricity and water in one month is about the same as the average American household uses in one day.”
In this video, faircompanies’ blogger Ba…

The E-den and the Hut are two new outdoor living/tiny house designs by the UK company Timber Tradesmen. Timber Tradesmen are selling these tiny buildings as alternative options to camping in a tent or trailer, or as a tiny office, but I think they woul…

Ben Wheeler visited Cannery Row and the Aquarium in Monterey, California and shot a few photos of some worker’s shacks that were on display.
A chorus of cannery whistles, each with its own unique call, summoned the Cannery Row workforce. Men and wome…

Jon Giswold sent me some pictures of his cabin being built by an Amish company called Cabins To Go in Wisconsin. I will let Jon tell you more about its final destination.
My cabin was built by a modest Amish community in north central Wisconsin. I had…

Here’s a beautiful display of the portable libraries that were once supplied to Michigan’s lighthouse keepers; click through for a partial bibliography of titles, including “MY APINGI KINGDOM: WITH LIFE IN THE GREAT SAHARA, AND SKETCHES OF THE CHASE O…