Kate and Matt knew they had to do things differently if they ever wanted to live in their dream home. Not only did they swap ...

TAOS, New Mexico — Old tires, crumpled cans and empty wine bottles are piling up at construction sites across the desert. A renewed purpose awaits these discarded items, which will become the building ...

There’s no need to leave our orbit to experience the essence of a spaceship. Keep your feet on the ground and live in an Earthship instead. Earthships are a building design focused on the efficient ...

TAOS, N.M.--Imagine maintaining a steady 70 degrees in your house high in the New Mexico desert, even as outside temperatures vary between 100 and minus-20, all without spending a dime on power. Can't ...

BELFRY (AP) — Bill and Ruth Craven's longtime dream to build and live in an Earthship was nearly snuffed out in mid-June. The couple were preparing to construct the unconventional home — which ...

Two SUNY Cortland graduates have something to teach the SUNY Cortland campus about environmental sustainability. Chad DeVoe M ’04 and Courtney Coffey DeVoe M ’08 live in an Earthship built primarily ...

OFF THE GRID NEAR HEBER — Eventually his house would provide all he needed, but for now he still needed supplies, so Ullyses Gordon strapped into his car and made a rare trip into town. He weaved ...

The next owner of 1375 Queensborough Rd., near Tweed, Ont., might want to invest in a mariner’s cap. “Once you live in it, you realize that it is literally a ship, you have to sail it,” current owner ...