Uprooted, an eco/travel blog

Sustainable logging at its most ridiculous.

Durham’s tobacco fields are disappearing under miles of roads, but its Southern manners and natural beauty hold strong.

My arrival at Earthship Biotecture kicks off a green-building adventure in the high desert of Taos, New Mexico.

Eco-architecture is only for the rich—or so I thought. But guess what I found in Boston’s green-building scene?

How a group of artists created a sustainable life on the waterways of New York–and what we can learn from their shortcomings.

Reign of Grace cob bathhouse at Dandelion Sustainability Farm

My longtime readers will remember Dandelion Farm (Lower Lake, California), where I had my first WWOOFing experience way back in December. The other day I received this message from them, and thought I’d pass it along for anyone in California who’s interested in natural building.
Candace Stolley writes:

volunteers [...]

Most places I visit, I stay a while; Chicago, however, was an exception. I would’ve liked to stay longer: the July sun was high and the neighborhood gardens were flourishing, and it seemed like the perfect time to run around a town I’d heard tons about. Plus, I wanted to hang out with some of [...]

Hostels, done right, are some of my favorite places to stay. They aren’t always awesome (see Abominable Snow Mansion), but the ones that have their act together are great places to meet people, live (and eat!) for cheap, and generally get the most out of whatever town you’re passing through.
I’d heard that the Austin hostel [...]