Solar passive houses are the name of ease – a brief discussion
Passive solar houses have made it possible to live with minimal temperature variations. Without investing any money in heating or cooling, you can save dramatically on these bills....
Pesticide giant Monsanto has taken another major legal blow in the recent verdict by a French appeals court, finding the company guilty of poisoning a farmer who has suffered massive neurological damage after inhaling one of their products. Global...
Our work culture is undergoing a profound transformation.
Approximately 33% of working Americans have ditched their day jobs to become self-employed. They likely worked overtime to develop some sort of side hustle, and then, when the time was right,...
Today I woke up and saw the following video of a pipeline explosion in Central Mexico. It broke my heart and left me feeling worried because we drove through that region very recently. The theft of gasoline was...
At age 21, I left the United States and embraced a fully nomadic existence.
I’d traveled before, but always with plans of returning home. This time, I had a one way ticket. Six years have passed, and I’ve never...
Remember your childhood bicycle? Made from metal, rubber, and other modern materials, that bike likely took you to friends’ homes, the local playground, maybe the grocery store.
Now, picture for a moment living in ancient times when the materials...
Tuning Your RV For Sustainability And Comfort
Of all of the vacations and trips Americans take every year, the road trip is one of the most popular. According to an February 2018 article in the NYT, 39% of vacations were road...
Food waste is a global problem and Sweden is no exception. More than 30 percent of the food in Swedish households is wasted, according to the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency. Instead of trusting our own sense of smell and...
This is Ted with Raven Rock Eco Village. He shows us how the chicken tractor is set up and describes how they have the chickens rotate between pastures, right behind the cattle. Joel Scalaton Method.
Get the book here on...
June of 2018 I visited Raven Rock Eco Village for nearly a week. It was one of the most transformational experiences of my life, please enjoy this interview I conducted with two of the founding members, Ted and Don. These...
Beaver Boxes
Tiny Homes. Container Homes. Backyard Modulars.
Tell them The Homestead Guru sent you for $500 off!
Embrace The Beaver!
Our construction company has been founded 10 years ago, at the very peak of the building frenzy in the US…
Since then we’ve...
The average price of a house in the United States is $200,000. That alone is a very good reason why many people are looking to downsize. But what does it really cost to join the tiny house movement? Let’s take...