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We Are Passive Solar Home Builders | INDIE ALASKA
Season 7
Episode 2
Beau Gibb and Cambria Houtte shared similar dreams of building a home in Alaska, but they wanted to do it using energy-efficient principles. The duo embarked on a journey designing and constructing their passive solar home in Palmer, Alaska. During that time, they made new discoveries about how to effectively construct a true passive solar home in the unique landscapes of the Matanuska
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What do you do when there's nowhere to fly? You make the Alaskan wilderness your stage.
3:04
Meet the six women who have a unique passion for the Giant Cabbage Weigh-off at the fair.
3:35
Nasugraq Rainy Hopson is teaching people above the arctic circle how to grow produce.
3:47
Holly Nordlum and Sarah Whalen-Lunn are Traditional Inuit Handpoke and Skin Stitch Artists
5:15
Mary Lou Sours is an Inupiaq woman determined to revive the tradition of sewing mukluks.
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Lonnie Arnold and many Inupiat Alaskans still depend on traditional subsistence methods.
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Lorri Wright weaves cloth for the local Rennaisance Faire but it also helps her anxiety.
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Paula and Mike live off the grid where they grow peonies and ship them around Alaska.
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Marta uses images of the Alaskan wilderness to create unique pottery and her own business.
3:50
A close community of skateboarders is growing in Anchorage, Alaska.
4:25
Hugh and Iris Darling run Sweet Darlings-one of the oldest candy shops in Alaska.
5:30
Matthew Burtner uses the sounds of snow, glaciers, and wind to compose abstract music.