September 2026
Solar Water Heaters Before Solar Panels: The Sixties’ Quiet Energy Experiment
Solar water heater history in the 1960s reveals a practical, global technology that predated rooftop photovoltaics and still shapes clean-energy choices today.
Erewhon and the Birth of the American Health Food Store
Before the luxury grocer, Erewhon began in Boston as a tiny macrobiotic store selling grains, beans, and Japanese soy foods.
The Farm: Stephen Gaskin’s Tennessee Commune That Outlasted the Sixties
How The Farm in Tennessee turned communal ideals into lasting work in food, midwifery, outreach, and intentional living.
J.I. Rodale and the Organic Farming Crusade Before It Had a Name
How J.I. Rodale turned compost, publishing, and soil health into an early American campaign for organic farming.
August 2026
The Whole Earth Catalog at 50-Plus: Stewart Brand’s Access-to-Tools Legacy Today
How the Whole Earth Catalog’s access-to-tools ethic lives on in self-education, maker culture, and today’s right-to-repair debate.
Drop City Revisited: What Happened to America’s First Hippie Commune
Drop City was a 1965 artists’ settlement near Trinidad, Colorado, [...]