Todays video is about Graham Hill who has started and sold successful businesses (including TreeHugger.com), graced the cover of Inc Magazine and the centerfold of Vanity Fair so when he talks about living a simple life it might be tough to believe. How’s a 350-square-foot bachelor pad with not much … Read more
It’s estimated that half of the world’s population lives in earth buildings, but for many countries this type of architecture was until recently fairly rare. Now materials like rammed earth, cob, compressed earth and mud brick are experiencing a comeback. A modern cob home- Cobtun House- in England won the … Read more
Derek “Deek” Diedricksen had an opportunity to visit Henry David Thoreau‘s cabin the other day and posted a video tour of the famous little cabin on YouTube. Also a bonus video made on a pit stop of the “Man Town” mobile cabin taped in Shot near Winchendon MA (not sure … Read more
Call for submissions: do you live in a small space and want to be profiled in a video? I’m Kirsten Dirksen, a former television producer (MTV, Sundance Channel, Oxygen, Travel Channel) and I now create videos for my husband’s and my website – faircompanies.com – and as a blogger for the Huffington Post. … Read more
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 Bakari Kafele (biodiesel hauling from our site and … Read more
Tiny Art Studio on Wheels Even if you don’t own land, you can own your own workspace, provided it’s got wheels. Stephen Marshall of Little House on the Trailer sells a tiny office- or in this case, a mobile art studio- that can be moved as a wide load for $1000. … Read more