Reconnecting the People and the Forest Cameron, Arizona · By Peter Friederici and Roberto Nutlouis From most of the western Navajo Nation, in north-central Arizona, the diamond summits of the San Francisco Peaks are landmarks on the horizon. To the Diné, as the Navajo call themselves, the Peaks are one of the four sacred mountains […]
Charlie Laurel and Margaret Spilke
Way off the Grid Alpine Ranches, Arizona · By Ashley Rood and Rose Houk The name “Earthship” might raise the question whether the alternative home design this word refers to is something of this world or perhaps the next adventure into space. In fact, these homes are quite earthbound and represent a self-sustaining, self-determined masterpiece […]
Lilian Hill’s Sustainable Housing for Indigenous People Project
Moving Forward in Dignity Kykotsmovi, Arizona · By Rose Houk and Roberto Nutlouis Three mesas in northeast Arizona have been home to the Hopi people for at least a thousand years. The grassy high desert may at first sight appear unlivable, but the land flourishes with life. Traditionally pueblo-dwelling farmers, the Hopi depend upon the […]
Solar Design & Construction
Building for the People Flagstaff, Arizona · By Ashley Rood and Peter Friederici When Ed Dunn was a nine-year-old boy growing up in the then small city of Phoenix, his aunt came out from Kansas and rented an old adobe house for the summer. Ed still remembers how that traditional building was much cooler than […]