“To save the world is the simplest thing in the world. All one has to do is think.” ~Leonard Peikoff
Garbage Warrior
Earthships 101
Earthship Design Principles
Earthship Documentary
Earthship Biotecture
Eco Tech: Earthships
Earthship Demonstration
Earthship France
Earthship Nicaragua
How To Pack A Tire In Earthship Construction
How To Cut Glass Bottles For Earthship Walls
Other posts on Natural Building (this post is Part Four of this series):
Adobe (Part One)
Straw Bale (Part Two)
Cob (Part Three)
Earthbags & Papercrete (Part Five)
Cordwood/Stackwall (Part Six)
More information about Earthships:
Earthship Biotecture (YouTube channel)
Posted by Robin Easton on March 17, 2009 at 1:31 pm
These are incredible. Ooooh the natural choices for building are amazing. I like these as they make use of already available material that would end up filling up landfills. I like being off the grid and have lived like that. I am going to have to bookmark this and come back and watch more. Here we humans are manufacturing building materials that don’t insulate like this when there are materials all around us just being carted to the dump. Such a waste. I’ve heard of Earthships and read a bit about them but seeing the videos really excites me to rethink what I would build. Thank you so much for sharing these. I just LOVE them!!
Posted by Niko on March 18, 2009 at 7:43 pm
Hi, Robin. Good to “see” you again.
Yes, the earthship architecture is one of my favorite of the sustainable designs. That tires and earth and glass bottles are used is wonderful. And then the self-sufficiency is the best benefit of this design.
You wrote: “Here we humans are manufacturing building materials that don’t insulate like this when there are materials all around us just being carted to the dump. Such a waste.”
Sadly, it is the same here as well. It strikes me as particularly absurd that sufficient and stable homes (such as earthships, and others built with earthen materials) are considered “condemned” (as one was in a recent news story I read) or unsafe and there is such a battle for them to pass code (which is ludicrous). That tells me a lot about the building code system, though.
You’re welcome, Robin. And I’m glad you loved the videos; it gave me a chance to share with you something from which you can learn, as you so often do for me when I visit your blog.