Needing to build a guest house. Inexpensive, but strong, well insulated, attractive and off-grid ready. There is a series of YouTube videos featuring Bob Vila building houses with Steel Shipping Containers, sometimes called CONEX boxes. When finished, they make attractive houses, indistinguishable from others in the tract. But the cost per square foot is about [...]
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Build a great house for under $10,000
Posted in Art, Community, Ecology, Homes, Liberty, Self-Sufficiency, Shelter, tagged Alternative Construction, Bob Vila, CONEX Container, Container Construction, Containerization, Debt Free, Insulated glazing, Off-Grid, Self Sufficient, Thermal mass, Wood-burning stove on October 3, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Hands-On Preparedness Fair – Workshops
Posted in Community, Ecology, Energy, Food, Health, Homes, Nature, News, Self-Sufficiency, Shelter, Technology, Water, tagged alternative fuels, Energy Self-Sufficiency, micro-hydro Power, organic gardening, permaculture, Prepper, Provident Living, rain water collection system, Self-Reliance, Self-Sufficiency, Self-Sufficient Living, Self-Sustaining Community, Tennessee Mountain Land on July 17, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Our call for highly qualified workshop leaders has been answered in spades. The quality and diversity of topics to be covered at the Fair on July 23-24 is outstanding. See some of my older posts for a flyer and overview. Here is a sampling Preparedness Fair Schedule 7-24-2010 A sequence of three presentations, starts with Permaculture [...]
Alternative Green Construction
Posted in Caves, Creeks & Waterfalls, Energy, Homes, Nature, Self-Sufficiency, Shelter, tagged Biodiesel, Hydroelectricity, Shipping Container on May 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The more I experiment with construction using steel shipping containers as the basic building block, the more excited I become. We just took delivery on two more 40′ X 20′ high cube containers from Atlanta. That makes five now. The first one is now a community center outfitted with a kitchen, sound system, 22′ wide [...]
Calling organic volunteers – wwoofers
Posted in Caves, Creeks & Waterfalls, Community, Energy, Food, Homes, Nature, Self-Sufficiency, Water, Work, tagged Energy Self-Sufficiency, intentional community, organic gardening, permaculture, Self-Reliance, Self-Sufficiency, Self-Sufficient Living, Self-Sustaining Community, Wood gasification on March 1, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Looking for Organic Volunteers – WWOOFers
Prepper’s Top Ten Necessities for Life in Troubled Times
Posted in Community, Energy, Food, Health, Homes, Life, Love and Wisdom, Nature, Self-Sufficiency, Water, tagged Abundant Lifestyle, EcoVillage, Energy Self-Sufficiency, green homes, intentional community, Old Fashioned Neighborhood, Peak Oil, Prepper, Provident Living, rain water collection system, Self-Reliance, Self-Sufficiency, Self-Sufficient Living, Self-Sustaining Community, Tennessee Mountain Land on February 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The task of becoming self-sufficient can be daunting even to seasoned preppers. With a like-minded community, it’s not so hard.
Tiny Homes – Big Life
Posted in Community, Homes, Nature, Self-Sufficiency, Shelter, tagged Abundant Lifestyle, active adult community, EcoVillage, green homes, green housing, intentional community, New Ruralism, Old Fashioned Neighborhood, Provident Living, Self-Reliance, Self-Sufficiency, Self-Sufficient Living, Self-Sustaining Community, small cottages, Tennessee Mountain Land, Tiny Houses on May 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Some time ago a Realtor suggested to me that the formula for calculating the cost of building a home should be a large multiple of the cost of the lot. At the time it struck me as a bit odd. The more I have considered it, the more out of step that thinking seems. It [...]
Spring Green and Peace is in the Air
Posted in Community, Homes, Nature, News, Self-Sufficiency, tagged Abundant Lifestyle, active adult community, EcoVillage, intentional community, Old Fashioned Neighborhood, Provident Living, Self-Reliance, Self-Sufficiency, Self-Sufficient Living, Self-Sustaining Community, Tennessee Mountain Land on May 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s that beautiful time of year when the new green is fresh and delicate. Recent rains have filled the creeks to overflowing and the waterfalls roar. At our elevation, the dogwoods, wild azaleas, wildflowers and mountain laurel are about a month behind Atlanta – now in full bloom. Spring brings out the best in us. [...]
Sustainable Living Progress Report
Posted in Community, Culture & Education, Energy, Food, Homes, Self-Sufficiency, Technology, Water, tagged Abundant Lifestyle, active adult community, alcohol as fuel, alcohol can be a gas, alternative fuels, catchment, Community, Community Garden, CONEX Container, Economic Preparedness, EcoVillage, Energy Self-Sufficiency, ethanol, intentional community, methanol, Old Fashioned Neighborhood, organic gardening, Peak Oil, permaculture, Preparedness, Provident Living, rain water collection system, Self-Reliance, Self-Sufficiency, Self-Sufficient Living, Self-Sustaining Community, Shipping Container, Tennessee Mountain Land, Water Conservation, Wood Burning Furnace, Wood gasification on March 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Progress Update OK, so I have been really bad about posting updates lately. That’s because I’ve been working hard on projects and I’m dog-tired at the end of each day. The good news is that we’re moving forward with lots of cool stuff here. Thanks to my wife, the greenhouse is planted and lots of [...]
Yes, You Can … be free and independent… and we can help
Posted in Community, Homes, Self-Sufficiency, tagged Abundant Lifestyle, catchment, Economic Preparedness, EcoVillage, Energy Self-Sufficiency, green homes, green housing, intentional community, Old Fashioned Neighborhood, organic gardening, permaculture, Provident Living, rain water collection system, Self-Reliance, Self-Sufficiency, Self-Sufficient Living, Self-Sustaining Community, Tennessee Mountain Land on January 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »
A recent visitor shared with us his desire to make a break from dependence on an unstable world… quickly followed by a confession of fear of plunging into the unknown. Is it just an illusion for old hippies who live in communes? We took a walk past our thundering waterfall, then to our garden that [...]
Learning to live the Not-So-Big Lifestyle
Posted in Homes, Self-Sufficiency, tagged Cabins, green homes, green housing, small cottages on October 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
At the Village, we are focused on sustainable, green living, which can mean considerable downsizing. My wife and I went from a 5,000 square foot house to a 1,400 square foot house. I designed it myself and although there are a few things I would change about it, we love our little house in the [...]
Ground Breaking: 1st House in the Village
Posted in Community, Homes, Shelter, tagged Golden Rule, Sense of community, Sewanee Creek, Village on May 3, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I am pleased to announce ground breaking for the first house in the Village on Sewanee Creek. And the best news is that my family and I will be living in it. Developer residence is an important feature that distinguishes our community. It means that the developer deeply cares about quality of life values beyond [...]
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