Earth Overshoot Day is an annual date that marks when humanity’s demand for ecological resources and services in a given year exceeds what Earth can regenerate in that year. This year it’s on Aug. 2, ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A family is building a so-called Earthship on the southern Alberta prairie — part of a homebuilding movement around the world. The ...

Since earthships make use of recycled and reclaimed building materials, they can be constructed at a very low cost. Grow Calgary’s volunteers began building this one in 2014, but their project was ...

Hundreds of tires, thousands of beer cans, and a range of natural and recycled materials are being used to construct an 1,800 square-foot, three-bedroom, off-the-grid, house on rural land in southern ...

Producing vegetables even when there’s snow on the ground isn’t the only feature that makes the Kinneys’ abode unusual You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an ...

A radically sustainable structure made of recycled tires and cans is set to help Canada’s largest urban agriculture farm produce even more food for Calgarians in need. What is believed to be North ...

Foot-wide holes are punched clean through the skirting of the baby blue, whale-shaped trailer. Plastic and blankets hang where window panes should be. Mice have made a mess of things in kitchen ...

A family is building a so-called Earthship on the southern Alberta prairie — part of a homebuilding movement around the world. The unique home is an off-the-grid, solar-powered house made of recycled ...