Once an almond plantation producing 75 tonnes a year, this 14-acre site was heavily sprayed with pesticides and herbicides ...

We left our city lives behind and moved to the top of a mountain in Spain to live off-grid. After two years of renovating an ...

REVIEW – Spending any significant amount of time living outdoors requires a lot of equipment, planning, and special considerations. One of the most important things to plan for is what’s known as “the ...

Visitors to the Finnish pavilion at this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale are greeted with an unlikely sight at a festival typically devoted to the avant-garde and newfangled: a no-flush outhouse ...

I want to paint a picture for you, and it’s not a pretty one. It’s 30 degrees, and lightly snowing with a crisp, 15-mile-per-hour wind blowing in my face. For the last hour, I’ve been kneeling next to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit: Sophie Hirsh When I first learned about the concept of a zero-waste lifestyle in 2017, I was inspired. The first step I ...

Next to kitchens, bathrooms tend to generate the most household waste. If you're looking for ways to make your home more sustainable and reduce the amount of trash you generate, your bathroom is a ...

Which composting toilet is best? If you’re looking to live off-grid or spend more time camping far away from facilities, the number one question is all about number two: what do you do with human ...

A basic outhouse is one option if you'd like to trade your flushing toilet for something with composting capabilities. Credit: Courtesy of Mary Jandreau Landry Editor’s note: This story was originally ...