Learn about the advantages of living in earth sheltered homes. Earth sheltered homes fit a wide range of climates and a variety of building sites — even flat ones. Paired with passive-solar design, an ...

Most days, the Lafayette River spits up none of the mess that got Mike D’Orso scheming about how to keep his Norfolk home high and dry. Most days, the river churns quietly past his Colonial Place ...

An earth-sheltered home is a structure that’s built below ground, partially below ground, or into a hillside so at least one wall is completely encapsulated by the earth. Earth-sheltered homes have ...

Lying on a waterbed in their daughter's room on Christmas Eve 1983, Craig and Joyce LeCaptain decided to build a home embraced by dirt. That holiday season, the pipes had frozen in the couple's poorly ...

LENOIR (AP) — From the front, the Lenoir house David Ehlers shares with his wife and 13-year-old daughter looks like any other. Circle around to the back, however, and the home appears to have sunk ...

A homeowner apparently finds a way to circumvent the county fence rules by building a berm, but county officials say he still needs approval. By the time it's done, a landscaped privacy barrier rising ...

Local scientists are building an earth-sheltered home in Southwest Florida in an effort to create a sustainable way of life. The earth-sheltered movement has arrived in Southwest Florida. Or at least ...

Lori Leinbach and Chuck Linton emphatically shatter the perception most people have when they hear how the couple make their home in a berm house. "No, we don't live in Little House on the Prairie," ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A unique off-grid retreat has come on the market in the hills of Southern Humboldt County for $899,000. The handcrafted, ...