DORR, Michigan -- Behind their Allegan County home, the Pennington family is building something totally unique to the West Michigan region; a sustainable, off-the-grid home. "It is called an Earthship ...

TAOS, New Mexico — Old tires, crumpled cans and empty wine bottles are piling up at construction sites across the desert. A renewed purpose awaits these discarded items, which will become the building ...

An Earthship home is made from natural and unrecycled materials and is powered by solar energy. These homes are intended to be “off the grid” with little or no reliance on public utilities and fossil ...

An Idaho family downsized from a 1,200-square-foot house to live in a 550-square-foot home that cost them $37,500 as a fixer-upper. Sayra and Dominic Adams live with their 5-year-old daughter in the ...

— -- TAOS, N.M.—Imagine maintaining a steady 70 degrees in your house high in the New Mexico desert, even as outside temperatures vary between 100 and minus-20, all without spending a dime on ...

Imagine this. You’ve taken a wrong turn off U.S. Route 64 in northern New Mexico and suddenly find yourself on what seems to be an alien planet - a grouping of strange, organically shaped buildings ...

It took the host three years to build the unique structure, the Airbnb listing says. Screen grab from Airbnb.co.uk A short term vacation rental on Airbnb in Taos, New Mexico, has become wildly popular ...