A heating system developed by a French innovator decades ago is gaining a new life as a sustainable way to get free hot showers in the modern world. The annual build of the compost shower has just ...

There’s nothing so comforting as taking a hot shower during winter to defrost your chilled bones. But how about having a warm, compost shower outdoors instead? Don’t fret – it doesn’t involve bathing ...

Dennis Carter and his wife Anneli Sundqvist have always strived to do everything a little bit outside of the mainstream methods at their hostel in Deer Isle. So when Carter was researching alternative ...

To say I'm pumped for this method of heating water is an understatement - for years the compost-powered shower system had been on my list of awesome things to build.

The more committed type of environmentalist has traditionally been associated - no doubt unfairly - with a reluctance to wash. But a technology demonstrated in Leitrim over the weekend could go some ...