EcoNests

I first saw an EcoNest about 9 years ago and had forgotten about them until now. Even after studying many different types of natural building, Econests will continue to be one of my favorites because of their beautiful resemblance to the curves and colors of nature. They might even be the closest way to be outdoors without stepping out the door.

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EcoNests are simple, elegant, and healthful handcrafted dwellings that welcome owner participation in their construction.

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Tiny Adobe Casita

I am out of town today and was not able to get a detailed post up, so thought I would share with you a post Michael at Tiny House Design put  up a week ago. I wanted to make sure that our readers saw this cool little adobe casita featured … Read more

Hap and Lin’s Cob House Journal

In the fall of 2007 my wife Lin and I gave up our condo and pitched a tent in an Iowa field to live immersed in nature and without debt. The tent was soon flattened by a thunderstorm and replaced with a tow behind camper that we picked up on … Read more

Recipe for Building a Cob House

Over the past nine months we have been following Brian or Ziggy as his friends call him build his cob house. You can check out the last two posts on the build here and here. Ziggy emailed me Friday night to tell me he has completed his home and moved … Read more

Building with Cob

Those of you who have an interest in building with cob as in the Little Cob Cabin posted recently, will enjoy this site by Brian Liloia one of our readers. Brian is a 23 year old currently living at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage, learning to fulfill his desires to live more … Read more

Little Cob Cabin

Hi Everyone. Sorry it has been so long since the last post. My computer’s mother board started to die and it took a few days to get it replaced. I need to get a back up computer in the near future. Today we are going to look at a cob … Read more