Living in Quonset Hut Homes
Read this five-year retrospective on what it’s like living in a Quonset hut home in the American midwest and decide if you’d give Quonset hut houses a try. Nontraditional housing…
Building a Yurt Vs. Tipi – Mother Earth News
Considering building a yurt vs. tipi? Each provide a secure, low-cost shelter for camping, temporary housing, or guest quarters. Nomadic people have used portable tipis and yurts for thousands of…
Building an Energy-Efficient Home – Mother Earth News
What is passive solar energy, and how can passive solar be incorporated into energy efficient home designs? A natural builder shares tips on building an energy-efficient home. To me, the…
Basic Techniques for Shaping Stone by Hand – Mother Earth News
Rock your hardscaping projects by learning how to cut stone correctly. This primer covers tools and techniques for shaping stone by hand. People have been shaping stones for millennia. As…
Passive Solar House Plans – Mother Earth News
Plan a comfortable, energy-efficient home that saves you money on heating and cooling with passive solar house plans and design basics. Passive solar design begins with the simple idea that…
Let Sustainable Transportation Drive Your Buying Habits – Mother Earth News
When you wake up in any city in North America you hear the roar of hundreds or even thousands of internal combustion engines. There are over 200 million licensed drivers…
New Volkswagen XL1 Is the World’s Most Fuel-Efficient Car – Mother Earth News
What first stands out about the new Volkswagen XL1 is the diesel plug-in hybrid’s stratospheric fuel efficiency — a combined 260 miles per gallon equivalent (MPGe) under ideal conditions. But…
7 Electric Car Questions, Answered – Mother Earth News
No longer hypothetical vehicles of the future, electric cars are shaking up the market much like hybrids did more than a decade ago. Nine models of rechargeable vehicles — all-electric…
Watch ‘Pump,’ a Documentary on Alternative Fuels and More – Mother Earth News
Imagine your local filling station, transformed: Instead of a few pumps supplying only gasoline, there are hoses for methanol, ethanol, gasoline and CNG (compressed natural gas) — and even a…
Watch ‘Pump,’ a Documentary on Alternative Fuels and More – Mother Earth News
Imagine your local filling station, transformed: Instead of a few pumps supplying only gasoline, there are hoses for methanol, ethanol, gasoline and CNG (compressed natural gas) — and even a…