I find myself in Chicago once more on the final stop of my North American tour. Andrea and I hit the city and visit some of the top tourist spots and she makes sure I don’t leave without seeing more of this amazing city. Well there we have it, six amazing months and it’s back [...]

I find myself in a snowy suburb of Denver Colorado called Aurora. I am staying with a friend I haven’t seen in 5 years whom I met in Ibiza. Danny Kolendowicz has been busy these past few years setting himself up with a little homestead where he is growing his own food and raising animals [...]

I couldn’t come to the US without seeing one of it’s most famous landmarks so like the dutiful tourist that I am I took a trip to the largest crack in the americas, The Grand Canyon. It certainly lived up to it’s expectations and the good thing was there was hardly anyone there! The sun [...]

I thought it was about time that I started talking about ecobuilding again so here is some photos of an urban farm I just visited in Milwaukee, which is about two hours north of Chicago. It is a community based farm project provided food for the local community in an area they call a food [...]

Well Well Well my friends, it seems so long since we last spoke, probably because it is. As I write this I am zooming, well chugging really aross the ol US of A on a train bound for Chicago, the windy city as I complete the final leg of my journey. There hasn’t been many [...]

This is what happens when you spend time alone on a hill! A collection of photos I’ve taken over the course of my time in Saltpring Island with some words to accompany them. style=” Canada_08-not a lot about nothing much

I just received news that from Kenya that everything is going great at the school where Mike and I made a vegetable garden in May.  The students have really taken to the project and things are growing well and they have started to sell some of the produce.  The have double the size of the [...]

The course is over and everyone has gone home and I have decided to stay here on Saltspring for a while longer.  Life is good here and it really suits where I want to be right now.  Summer is still with us but the evening are a little chilly.  It doesn’t get as cold as [...]

Here are the final two parts of the econest intesive workshops, they are earth and clay plasters and roofing structures.  Clay is a fantastic material to use as a plaster in the home, not only does in regulate the humity of the internal environment which is important for preventing mold and fungal build up but [...]

This is the second part of the intensive course which covers building the clay straw walls of the econest design. Here we are working on building an 8 x 8 foot sauna from foundations to walls. style=” Canada_05-claystraw This is the second part of the intensive course which covers building the clay straw walls of [...]