Whole Earth Home Launches Interactive 3D House for Sustainable Living Guides
Whole Earth Home, a sister site focused on healthier, greener, and less wasteful home practices, has launched an innovative interactive 3D house model that serves as a new navigation system for its content. The platform allows users to explore a virtual house with sixteen rooms, each containing relevant guides and Field Notes related to specific areas of home maintenance and sustainability. The house model, which can be rotated, has floors that can be lifted to view interior spaces, and rooms can be tapped to access content. Seasonal changes and real-time lighting based on Portland’s sun position are also featured, creating an immersive experience. The platform emphasizes room-based organization rather than traditional topic-based categorization, placing guides where users would actually encounter them in their homes—such as laundry guides in the laundry room or furnace filter information in the utility room. Over 120 guides and 36 Field Notes are now organized within the house structure, with users able to track their progress by checking off completed tasks. The system also includes a feature that suggests seasonal tasks, such as leaving leaves in garden beds or draining hoses before freezing temperatures. The platform is designed to work without requiring user accounts or sign-ins, saving progress locally on the device. The house model also functions as a front door to the Whole Earth Home site, with each guide linking back to its corresponding room in the 3D model. The launch represents a creative approach to organizing home sustainability content, aiming to make it more intuitive and accessible for users seeking practical, actionable advice on greener living.
