Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Earth Overshoot Day is an annual date that marks when humanity's demand for ecological resources and services in a given year ...

Twenty years ago, Matt Code confessed to his girlfriend that he fancied living in a mound of used car tires, crushed pop cans, and dirt. Like most people, she was taken aback by the idea. “I don’t ...

To build their dream home on a patch of farmland in southern Ontario, Craig and Connie Cook had to source 1,200 old tires. Packed with dirt, they are the bricks of their Earthship, an off-the-grid ...

An Earthship is a unique type of low-cost home that strives for self sufficiency and is built primarily with recycled materials. These sustainable homes have been installed in India, Haiti, Sierra ...

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 ...

'Earthship' home designed off-the-grid From CTV Kitchener's Carmen Wong: A couple in Brant has gone off-the-grid, designing an eco-friendly 'earthship' home.

Homes made of recycled materials have sprung up across the country in recent years, but it’s the first time one will be built on a First Nations reserve Francine Doxtator is on a search for used tires ...

house in the Taos, N.M., area with Earthship creator Michael Reynolds, interviewed by Democracy Now's Amy Goodman. What's amazing is how jungle-like it is indoors, with bananas growing, a pond for ...

A day in lockdown for Craig Cook is no different than any other day. The pandemic has him considering building a greenhouse, but besides that, Cook's life hasn't changed. He didn't wait in long lines ...