Romy Ash’s second novel, Mantle, asks what would happen if a pathogen made us wake up to ourselves – and change course.

Feast your eyes on one of the most unusual, gorgeous, and original restored old boats turned into a fully off-grid tiny home ...

Your home is a treasure chest of items that, with a little creativity, can find a new purpose in your backyard. Before you toss out that old piece of furniture or those dated decorations, think about ...

With temperatures on the rise, now is the ideal time to get your garden ready for summer, whether that means tidying up overgrown bushes or sowing new plants you've been looking forward to growing.

As the temperatures are getting warmer, now is the perfect time to preapre your garden for summer time, which can include cleaning up bushes and sowing and plants that you might want. However, ...

Compost is nature’s gift to gardeners. It is nutrient-dense humus from decomposed biological organisms that enriches the soil and gives nutrients to plants, which in turn reduces your need to buy ...

The following is an excerpt from “Compost After Reading: A Practical Manifesto for Purposeful Decomposition” by Cassandra Marketos. When you purchase products through the Bookshop.org link on this ...

Local nonprofit Toilet Equity is seeking anyone willing to host its outdoor composting toilets currently located at the North Avenue Homeward Bound homeless shelter, which is slated for closure at the ...

SAYS THAT THEY WILL TAKE THESE CONCERNS ON THE ROAD. IN A SERIES OF TOWN HALLS, A NEW NONPROFIT IS LOOKING TO GET MORE PEOPLE COMPOSTING IN OMAHA. HILLSIDE FUND SAYS YOU’LL SOON HAVE A YEAR ROUND ...

Two summers ago, a newspaper article inspired Roxann Specht to write a detailed note containing her end-of-life requests. After sharing it with her husband, Gerald, he was similarly inspired but much ...

In pursuit of a more eco-friendly future, Green-Wood Cemetery is going back to basics. Starting next year, the storied cemetery will offer a new burial option: “natural organic reduction,” also known ...

We left our city lives behind to live off-grid at the top of a mountain in Spain. After two years of renovating an old stone house and restoring the land, our experience with the toilet has been ...