Urban

The Sydney Morning Herald in Australia has been telling its readers about the joys of living off the grid. Life couldn’t be more different for Remy Sica n...

Shoes, ladies I know you think about them a lot, and some of you guys too, but how many of you wear shoes that would let you down in an emergency situation? Lad...

Phys.org reports on a completely self-sufficient apartment building revealed at the International Housing Exhibition in Hamburg, which produces renewable energy...

Bangalore, April 22nd — Planting miniature forests in cities sounds like a job for a government department rather than a small entrepreneur. Although thes...

a “little Dodge Caravan” plus “volunteering in exchange for meals and a shower”...

So, you are sitting in your climate controlled home, with lights, refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners, heaters, fans, TVs, computers, home theater systems...

Even as we own more and more gadgets, and spend increasing amounts of time using them, the average energy consumption in American homes has dropped steadily ove...

Service promises to keep energy bills down and an eye on grandma Is today’s smart home technology, which connects a household’s appliances to the In...

Simple rules to prepare yourself for an off-grid life while still inside the system...

China’s government just announced it will allow financial institutions to provide lower mortgage rates for buyers of environmentally friendly housing (see...

For Vancouver residents who want to eliminate the global industrial food complex from their diet, help is on the way. Rick Havlak’s Homesteader’s Em...

Urban homesteading, growing or raising a portion of your own food, has become so fashionable that upscale cookware company Williams-Sonoma introduced the Agrari...