An Earthship is a type of passive solar home made of natural and recycled materials. Designed and marketed by Earthship Biotecture of Taos, New Mexico, the homes are primarily constructed to work autonomously and are generally made of earth-filled tires, using thermal mass construction to naturall...
Intentional communities are neighborhoods or communities populated by people who share common beliefs or goals. The broad term encompasses a wide variety of community structures based on faith, environmentalism, art, health, politics or a particular type of housing. Members of intentional communities ...
Collectively –National Geographic; my company, Earthship; and the lead production house, Plimsoll, in the U.K. – we looked for intriguing new results that had come from scientific investigation. There are obviously thousands of scientists out there all over the world looking into the nooks and...
We officially broke ground on my Earthship tire wall in April 2023. (I started writing an update about this here, apparently, but it never left the draft stage.) This is such a big deal for me. It’s oriented properly, lines are down. Tires are being pounded. This is the footer. Th...
Coral’s mother Rose is bringing her experience as a grant manager with the local group Community Against Violence. Her brother C.J. has the vision of how the property will transform from a half-built Earthship into classrooms and a library highlighting work by Indigenous authors. ...
TheEarthship designis a fascinating place to start thinking about self-sufficient buildings, but the design possibilities are endless to the creative. 3. If You Don’t Do It, It Doesn’t Get Done Procrastination and passivity are not an option in the off-grid life. Heating with wood means ...