Welcome to our growing library of ideas.
We’ve organized them with two different mindsets. You can view them as tangents of our essential home principles or chronologically.
April 6 | Tour of Harmony Turbines
Forest Landowner Conference | March 9
February 9 | Bingaman Lumber Tour
Why Every Project Team Needs an LFA Professional | January 26
January 19 | Biophilic Reference Study ~ Winter
2022
2021
Becoming a PHIUS Certified Passive House Consultant | December 29
December 15 | Redwood Materials~ A Way to Recycle Batteries!
Bark House | November 3
October 27 | Home Building Curiosities: Rural Studios 20K House Project
Prepping for Percolation | October 13
October 6 | GBU’s 2021 Sustainability Symposium
September 1 | Further Conceptualizing This Greenhouse Thing
Mudroom/Greenhouse/Leach Field Thing Sketches | August 25
August 18 | Our Plants Need How Much Water? Specail Feature: Bad Math
…It’s an Indoor Leach Field! Part Two of Solving the Greywater Conundrum | August 11
August 4 | Potential Plants to Plant. Part One of Solving the Greywater Conundrum
Presenting…The Phius 2021 Certification Guidebook | July 28
July 21 | Brainstorm for the Too-Much-Mulch-Basin-Filtered-Greywater Conundrum
Declare Products That Aren’t Chairs! | July 14
June 30 | The Too-Much-Mulch-Basin-Filtered-Greywater Conundrum
GO Lab’s Wood Fiber Insulation | June 23
June 9 | ACTUAL Trees in the Land of the Laurels
William and Me under the Beech Tree | June 2
May 26 | Materials: A Quick Peek into the Insanity
Mapping Trees II | May 12
May 5 | The Invasive Japanese Barberry
The Water Cycle of The Seed III? | April 28
April 21 | Who Left This Tree Laying Here?
Mapping Trees | April 14
April 7 | An Inclined Mulch Basin
Home Building Curiosities: The BLOCK Project | March 24
March 17 | The Seed is Baba Yaga’s Hut…
Indoor Kitchen Mulch Basin? Solving the On-Site Wastewater Management Problem | March 10
February 24 | Presentation to Pittsburgh Living Future Collaborative
Greywater Garden Staircase Railings? Solving the On-Site Wastewater Management Problem | February 17
February 10 | Permitting our Water: Some Advice from ILFI
Accessibility: Floor Plan Round III | February 3
January 27 | Large Problems
Purple Paint | January 20
January 13 | Living Building Challenge – Petal of Beauty
Living Building Challenge – Petal of Equity | January 6
2021
2020
December 30 | Living Building Challenge – Petal of Materials
Living Building Challenge – Petal of Health & Happiness | December 23
December 16 | Living Building Challenge – Petal of Energy
Living Building Challenge – Petal of Water | December 9
December 2 | Welcome, to the Land of the Laurels. Part Two
Welcome, to the Land of the Laurels. Part One | November 25
November 18 | Living Building Challenge – Petal of Place
T-Shirts from Printful and Bella Canvas | November 11
November 4 | Alabama’s Gulf State Park Interpretive Center – Living Building Certified
Sally Strips Shingles Down by the Gulf Shores | October 28
October 14 | Going on a Trash Diet
A Recirculating Shower by Orbital Systems | October 7
September 30 | Home Building Curiosities: Manta North
Crazy House Drawings, Round Two | September 23
September 16 | Home Building Curiosities: The Bridge
Home Building Curiosities: Onion Flats | September 9
September 2 | I Wanted to Write to You About This Book I Read
Gardening: Sasquatch Squash | August 26
August 19 | Sustainability is for the Rich
Home Building Curiosities: Go Home | August 12
August 5 | An Odd Ode to Our Sample of CLT
A Lil’ About the Family Forest Carbon Program | July 29
July 22Â |Â Home Building Curiosities: M.A.Di
Looking for Land | July 15
July 8Â |Â Moss Walls, Biophilic Design
Home Building Curiosities: Ecocor |  July 1
June 24Â | Â Clivus Multrum vs. Conventional Means
Clivus Multrum Comp. Toilet & Greywater System |  June 17
June 10Â | Â Our Waste Goes Where?!
Gardening: Planting Onions and Seeing Sprouts |  June 3
May 27Â | Â Crazy House Drawings, Round One
William and Shelby’s Daily Water Usage |  May 20
May 13Â | Â The Original Rainwater Pillow
Webinar Recap: “Spaghetti Carbon-Era” |  May 6
April 29Â | Â A Tidbit on Pin Foundations
Home Building Curiosities: Dvele |  April 22
April 15Â | Â Is Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) Sustainable?
Barred Owl Inspirations |  April 8
April 1Â | Â What is a British Thermal Unit (BTU)?
Gardening: Raising the Beds, Bonus Blog |  Mar. 25
Mar. 25Â Â | Â Beginning a Vegetable Garden
Home Building Curiosities: Haus.me  |  Mar. 18
Mar. 11 Â | Â PHIUS Criteria for Passive Homes
R-value Explained  |  Mar. 4
Feb. 26 Â | Â Scranton Passive House, PHIUS Example
Kinzua Bridge Inspirations  |  Feb. 19
Feb. 12 Â | Â The Living Building Challenge
Healthy Building and Healthy Living  |  Feb. 5
Jan. 29 Â | Â A small footprint home?
Why do we want The Seed to be built with ‘prefabrication’ in mind? Â | Â Jan. 22
Jan. 15 Â | Â What does it mean to be “Net Zero”?
What does it mean to be a “Passive House?” Â | Â Jan. 8
The Mission
Presentation to Pittsburgh Living Future Collaborative
Passive House
Scranton Passive House
R-value
PHIUS Criteria
What is a BTU?
Webinar Recap: “Spaghetti…”
GO Lab’s Wood Fiber Insulation
Presenting…The Phius 2021 Certification Guidebook
GBU’s 2021 Sustainability Symposium
Rural Studio’s 20K House Project
Becoming a PHIUS Certified Passive House Consultant
Net Zero
The Original Rainwater Pillow
William and Shelby’s Daily Water Usage
Our Waste Goes Where?!
Clivus Multrum
Clivus Multrum vs. Conventional Means
Recirculating Shower by Orbital Systems
LBC – Petal of Water
LBC – Petal of Energy
Permitting Our Water: ILFI Advice
Greywater Garden Staircase Railings?Â
Indoor Kitchen Mulch Basin?
The Seed is Baba Yaga’s Hut…
An Inclined Mulch Basin
The Water Cycle of The Seed III?
Too-Much-Mulch-Basin-Filtered-Greywater
Brainstorm for the Too-Much-Mulch-Basin-Filtered-Greywater Conundrum
Potential Plants to Plant. Part One of Solving the Greywater Conundrum
…It’s an Indoor Leach Field! Part Two of Solving the Greywater Conundrum
Our Plants Need How Much Water?
Mudroom/Greenhouse/ Leach Field Thing Sketches
Further Conceptualizing This Greenhouse Thing
Tour of Harmony Turbines
Prefabrication
Haus.me
Dvele
Ecocor
M.A.Di
Go Home
Onion Flats
Manta North
The BLOCK Project
Small Footprint
Barred OwlÂ
CLT Sustainable?
Pin Foundations
Crazy House Drawings, I
Looking for Land
Family Forest Carbon Program
An Odd Ode to Our Sample of CLT
Crazy House Drawings, II
Going on a Trash Diet
Alabama’s Gulf State Park Interpretive Center
T-Shirts from PrintfulÂ
LBC – Petal of Place
LBC – Materials Petal
Purple Paint
Large Problems
Mapping Trees
Mapping Trees II
Materials: Quick Peek into the Insanity
William and Me under the Beech Tree
ACTUAL Trees in the Land of the Laurels
Prepping for Percolation
Bark House
Redwood Materials~ A Way to Recycle Batteries!
Healthy Living
Living Building Challenge
Kinzua Bridge
Beginning a Vegetable Garden
Gardening: Raising the Beds
Gardening: Planting Onions and….
Moss Walls
Sustainability is for the Rich
Gardening: Sasquatch…
…About This Book I Read…
The Bridge
Sally in Gulf Shores
Land of Laurels, Part One.
Land of Laurels, Part Two.
LBC – Petal of Health & Happiness
LBC – Petal of Equity
LBC – Petal of Beauty
Accessibility: Floor Plan III
Who Left This Tree…?
Japanese Barberry
Declare Products That Aren’t Chairs!
Biophilic Reference Study ~ Winter
Why Every Project Team Needs an LFA Professional
Bingaman Lumber Tour
Forest Landowner Conference
Welcome to our growing library of ideas.
We’ve organized them with two different mindsets. You can view them as tangents of our essential home principles or chronologically.
April 6 | Tour of Harmony Turbines
March 9 | Forest Landowner Conference
February 9 | Bingaman Lumber Tour
January 26 | Why Every Project Team Needs an LFA Professional
January 19 | Biophilic Reference Study ~ Winter
2022
2021
December 29 | Becoming a PHIUS Certified Passive House Consultant
December 15 | Redwood Materials~ A Way to Recycle Batteries!
November 3 | Bark House
October 27 | Rural Studio’s 20K House Project
October 13 | Prepping for Percolation
October 6 | GBU’s 2021 Sustainability Symposium
September 8 | The Hydraloop
September 1 | Further Conceptualizing This Greenhouse Thing
August 25 | Mudroom/Greenhouse/Leach Field Thing Sketches
August 18 | Our Plants Need How Much Water? Special Feature: Bad Math
August 11 | …It’s an Indoor Leach Field! Part Two of Solving the Greywater Conundrum
August 4 | Potential Plants to Plant. Part One of Solving the Greywater Conundrum
July 28 | Presenting…The Phius 2021 Certification Guidebook
July 21 | Brainstorm for the Too-Much-Mulch-Basin-Filtered-Greywater Conundrum
July 14 | Declare Products That Aren’t Chairs!
June 30 | The Too-Much-Mulch-Basin-Filtered-Greywater Conundrum
June 23 | GO Lab’s Wood Fiber Insulation
June 9 | ACTUAL Trees in the Land of the Laurels
June 2 | William and Me under the Beech Tree
May 26 | Materials: A Quick Peek into the Insanity
May 12 | Mapping Trees II
May 5 | The Invasive Japanese Barberry
April 28 | The Water Cycle of The Seed III?
April 21 | Who Left This Tree Laying Here?
April 14 | Mapping Trees
April 7 | An Inclined Mulch Basin
March 24 | Home Building Curiosities: The BLOCK Project
March 17 | The Seed is Baba Yaga’s Hut…
March 10 | Indoor Kitchen Mulch Basin? Solving the On-Site Wastewater Management Problem
February 24 | Presentation to Pittsburgh Living Future Collaborative
February 17 | Greywater Garden Staircase Railings? Solving the On-Site Wastewater Management Problem
February 10 | Permitting Our Water: Some Advice from ILFI
February 3 | Accessibility: Floor Plan Round III
January 27 | Large Problems
January 20 | Purple Paint
January 13 | Living Building Challenge – Petal of Beauty
January 6 | Living Building Challenge – Petal of Equity
2021
2020
December 30 | Living Building Challenge – Petal of Materials
December 23 | Living Building Challenge – Petal of Health & Happiness
December 16 | Living Building Challenge – Petal of Energy
December 9 | Living Building Challenge – Petal of Water
December 2 |Â Welcome, to the Land of the Laurels. Part Two.
November 25 |Â Welcome, to the Land of the Laurels. Part One.
November 18Â |Â Living Building Challenge – Petal of Place
November 11Â |Â T-Shirts from Printful and Bella Canvas
November 4Â Â |Â Alabama’s Gulf State Park Interpretive Center – Living Building Certified
October 28Â Â |Â Sally Strips Shingles Down by the Gulf Shores
October 14Â Â |Â Going on a Trash Diet
October 7Â Â |Â A Recirculating Shower by Orbital Systems
September 30Â Â |Â Home Building Curiosities: Manta North
September 23Â Â |Â Crazy House Drawings, Round Two
September 16Â Â |Â Home Building Curiosities: The Bridge
September 9Â Â |Â Home Building Curiosities: Onion Flats
September 2Â Â |Â I Wanted to Write to You About This Book I Read
August 26Â Â |Â Gardening: Sasquatch Squash
August 19Â Â |Â Sustainability is for the Rich
August 12Â Â |Â Home Building Curiosities: Go Home
August 5Â Â |Â An Odd Ode to Our Sample of CLT
July 29Â Â |Â A Lil’ About the Family Forest Carbon Program
July 22Â Â |Â Home Building Curiosities: M.A.Di
July 15Â Â |Â Looking for Land
July 8Â Â |Â Moss Walls, Biophilic Design
July 1Â Â |Â Home Building Curiosities: Ecocor
June 24Â Â |Â Clivus Multrum vs. Conventional Means
June 17 Â |Â Clivus Multrum Comp. Toilet & Greywater System
June 10 Â |Â Our Waste Goes Where?!
June 3 Â |Â Gardening: Planting Onions and Seeing Sprouts
May 27 Â |Â Crazy House Drawings, Round One
May 20 Â |Â William and Shelby’s Daily Water Usage
May 13 Â |Â The Original Rainwater Pillow and How it Works
May 6 Â |Â Webinar Recap: “Spaghetti Carbon-Era”
April 29 Â |Â A Tidbit on Pin Foundations
April 22 Â |Â Home Building Curiosities: Dvele
April 15Â Â | Â Is Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) Sustainable?
April 8Â Â |Â Â Barred Owl InspirationsÂ
April 1Â Â | Â What is a British Thermal Unit (BTU)?
Mar. 25Â Â |Â Â Gardening: Raising the Beds, Bonus BlogÂ
Mar. 25Â Â | Â Beginning a Vegetable Garden
Mar. 18Â Â |Â Â Home Building Curiosities: Haus.meÂ
Mar. 11 Â | Â PHIUS Criteria for Passive Homes
Mar. 4Â Â |Â Â R-value ExplainedÂ
Feb. 26 Â | Â Scranton Passive House, PHIUS Example
Feb. 19Â Â |Â Â Kinzua Bridge InspirationsÂ
Feb. 12 Â | Â The Living Building Challenge
Feb. 5Â Â |Â Â Healthy Building and Healthy LivingÂ
Jan. 29 Â | Â A small footprint home?
Jan. 22Â Â |Â Â Why do we want The Seed to be built with ‘prefabrication’ in mind?
Jan. 15Â Â |Â Â What does it mean to be “Net Zero”?
Jan. 8Â Â |Â Â What does it mean to be a “Passive House?”
The Mission
Presentation to Pittsburgh Living Future Collaborative
Passive House
Scranton Passive House
R-value
PHIUS Criteria
What is a BTU?
Webinar Recap: “Spaghetti Carbon-Era”
GO Lab’s Wood Fiber Insulation
Phius 2021 Certification Guidebook
GBU’s 2021 Sustainability Symposium
Rural Studio’s 20K House Project
Becoming a PHIUS Certified Passive House Consultant
Net Zero
The Original Rainwater Pillow
William and Shelby’s Daily Water Usage
Our Waste Goes Where?!
Clivus Multrum Comp. Toilet & Greywater System
Clivus Multrum vs. Conventional Means of Waste Management
A Recirculating Shower by Orbital Systems
Living Building Challenge – Petal of Water
Living Building Challenge – Petal of Energy
Permitting Our Water: Some Advice from ILFI
Greywater Garden Staircase Railings?
Indoor Kitchen Mulch Basin?
The Seed is Baba Yaga’s Hut…
An Inclined Mulch Basin
The Water Cycle of The Seed III?
Too-Much-Mulch-Basin-Filtered-Greywater
Brainstorm for the Too-Much-Mulch-Basin-Filtered-Greywater Conundrum
Potential Plants to Plant. Part One of Solving the Greywater Conundrum
…It’s an Indoor Leach Field! Part Two of Solving the Greywater Conundrum
Our Plants Need How Much Water? Special Feature: Bad Math
Mudroom/Greenhouse/Leach Field Thing Sketches
Further Conceptualizing This Greenhouse Thing
Tour of Harmony Turbines
Prefabrication
Haus.me
Dvele
Ecocor
M.A.Di
Go Home
Onion Flats
Manta North
The BLOCK Project
Small Footprint
Barred OwlÂ
CLT Sustainable?
Pin Foundations
Crazy House Drawings, Round One
Looking for Land
A Lil’ About the Family Forest Carbon Program
An Odd Ode to Our Sample of CLT
Crazy House Drawings, Round Two
Going on a Trash Diet
Alabama’s Gulf State Park Interpretive Center
T-Shirts from Printful and Bella Canvas
Living Building Challenge – Petal of Place
Living Building Challenge – Materials Petal
Purple Paint
Large Problems
Mapping Trees
Mapping Trees II
Materials: A Quick Peek into the Insanity
William and Me under the Beech Tree
ACUTAL Trees in the Land of the Laurels
Prepping for Percolation
Bark House
Redwood Materials~ A Way to Recycle Batteries!
Healthy Living
Living Building Challenge
Kinzua Bridge
Beginning a Vegetable Garden
Gardening: Raising the Beds
Gardening: Planting Onions and Seeing Sprouts
Moss Walls, Biophilic Design
Sustainability is for the Rich
Gardening: Sasquatch Squash
…About This Book I Read…
The Bridge
Sally in Gulf Shores
Land of the Laurels. Part One.
Land of the Laurels. Part Two.
LBC – Petal of Health & Happiness
LBC – Petal of Equity
LBC – Petal of Beauty
Accessibility: Floor Plan III
Who Left This Tree Laying Here?
The Invasive Japanese Barberry
Declare Products That Aren’t Chairs!
Biophilic Reference Study ~ Winter
Why Every Project Team Needs an LFA Professional
Bingaman Lumber Tour
Forest Landowner Conference
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