NEW LONDON -- What may be the best classroom ever built comes with a floor of stones, welded furniture and plenty of dirt. What the students of the New London-Spicer High School learn in their new, ...

M R Gardens Owner Megan Riley on her farm in Oakley. A hoop house for additional plant storage is next to the passive solar greenhouse in the background. Photo by Bill Bamberger. ASHEVILLE—M R Gardens ...

If you take a walk down the 1700 block of Wylie Street in Francisville, you’ll notice two things: a gated senior community and an urban farm with some unfinished construction. That area will be site ...

Design a year-round solar greenhouse that is entirely self-sufficient, relying only on the sun to provide all of its heating needs while growing more than traditional greenhouses and using less energy ...

This woman is able to grow vegetables long into the winter in her passive solar greenhouse located in Ladakh, India, even when the outside temperature falls to negative 13 degrees Fahrenheit. Unlock ...

Philadelphia will soon be getting its very first passive solar greenhouse thanks to a $5,000 grant from the Whole Cities Foundation. RELATED ARTICLES After a three-year search, South Philly Food Co-op ...

Wrapped in his coat, Matt Braverman stood beside the earthen bags, his tools slung across the earthen floor. The rotting husks of summer’s garden clung to the fence – sunflowers frozen in a winter ...

ASHEVILLE—A one-of-a-kind passive solar greenhouse aimed at producing plants with all renewable resources is now in the Oakley community of Asheville. As part of her edible landscaping and garden ...

A greenhouse is a great way to raise your own plants and produce. They work, in part, by using the sun's rays and the natural greenhouse effect to create a warm, humid environment in which many plants ...

Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. A California home designed by architect Martin Gelber and retrofitted to become California's ...

Passive solar: Systems that convert sunlight into usable heat or provide cooling through architectural design and building materials that take advantage of natural energy flows. They are inexpensive ...

MISSOULA -- Wrapped in his coat, Matt Braverman stood beside the earthen bags, his tools slung across the earthen floor. The rotting husks of summer’s garden clung to the fence – sunflowers frozen in ...