Hexayurt Project – Shelter for $100

The Hexayurt is a new kind of sheltering solution. To make the simplest hexayurt, make a wall by putting six sheets of plywood on their sides in a hexagon. Cut six more sheets in half diagonally, and screw them together into a shallow cone. Lift with a large group on to the wall, and fasten [...]

Shelter 2.0

Over one million people will go to sleep this year without proper shelter and in the wake of our countries current economic situation and the continual growth of tent cities here in America, it is the mission of Shelter 2.0 that everyone should have the right to a roof over there head and a [...]

Cheaper, Better Solar Panels made from Fool’s Gold!

Researchers may have found a better, cheaper alternative to Silicon for photovoltaic cells; Iron Pyrite or Fool’s Gold! It is being researched as a super absorber PV solar energy, and has the distinct advantage of being far more abundant and inexpensive, as detailed in the article release today, excerpted below:
02.17.2009 – Cheaper materials could be [...]