A Star Trek fan who started living as a nomad in a homemade yurt in 2015 when she faced debts of £10K is now “happier then ever” and finely attuned to an off-grid lifestyle that will provide ...

AT JUST over $50 per square foot, the Nomad Yurt is a fireproof, weather-resistant update of the traditional Mongolian tent, says its creator, Stephanie Smith, founder of Ecoshack in Los Angeles.

AT JUST over $50 per square foot, the Nomad Yurt is a fireproof, weather-resistant update of the traditional Mongolian tent, says its creator, Stephanie Smith, founder of Ecoshack in Los Angeles.

Nomad has lived in a yurt since 2015 after ditching modern life - and has never been happier Mum-of-three Briar Miller decided to make this lifestyle change due to debts of £10,000.

Designed by San Francisco-based Kyu Che's, the sustainable Lifepod is loosely based on the traditional Mongolian ger (or 'yurt' as the Russian translation goes), but is at once organic and high-tech.

Nomad who's lived in a yurt since 2015 'lucky' she can 'avoid energy crisis' Briar Miller made the move due to debts of £10,000. News. Joe Pagnelli (PA) and Steven Smith Content Editor.