Earthships
Earthship (n.) 1. passive solar home made of natural and recycled materials 2. thermal mass construction for temperature stabilization. 3. renewable energy & integrated water systems make the Earthship an off-grid home with little to no utility bills.
Biotecture (n.) 1. the profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their sustainability. 2. A combination of biology and architecture.
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An Earthship is a type of passive solar home made of natural and recycled materials. Designed and marketed by Earthship Biotecture of Taos, NM, the homes are primarily constructed to work autonomously and are generally made of earth-filled tires, utilising thermal mass construction to naturally regulate indoor temperature. They also usually have their own special natural ventilation system. Earthships are generally Off-the-grid homes,minimizing their reliance on public utilities and fossil fuels.
Earthships are built to utilize the available local resources, especially energy from the sun. For example, windows on the sunny side admit light and heat, and the buildings are often horseshoe-shaped to maximize natural light and solar-gain during winter months. Likewise, the thick, dense outer walls provide effective insulation against summer heat.
Internal, non-load-bearing walls are often made of a honeycomb of recycled cans joined by concrete and are referred to as tin can walls. These walls are usually thickly plastered with stucco.
The roof of an Earthship is heavily insulated - often with earth or adobe - for added energy efficiency.
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Garbage Warrior is a feature-length documentary film telling the epic story of maverick US architect Michael Reynolds and his fight to introduce radically sustainable housing. An extraordinary tale of triumph over bureaucracy, Garbage Warrior is above all an intimate portrait of an extraordinary individual and his dream of changing the world.
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The book weaves together analysis, stories, experiences, and practical guides, examining nine different areas where people are transforming their lives and society---right here and now.
Accessible and informative, this DIY handbook brings alive the rich potential of grassroots activism and shows how we can work together to create just, equitable, and sustainable societies.
Covering everything from cultural activism to health, autonomous spaces, food, alternative media, popular education, and direct action, it shows you how to: set up a housing cooperative do a workshop on climate change build a passive solar heating system start an independent media project set up a social center make interventions in the urban landscape that are funny and inspiring and lots more!
What do you think of Earthship homes?
Fetching blurbs now... please stand byI like them and the idea.
BigToyz says:
This lens is da shizzzznitest! I definitely wanna build something like this for my own home... maybe even make it quasi-subterrainial, like a Hobbit house or something. Excellent lens! Keep it up, eh? Woo-hoo!!
Posted May 25, 2009
greenmeds says:
This lens is fantastic! I *LOVE* the information you have gathered together here! Thank you oh, so much!
I'm a great lover of log cabin construction, but the practical and more Earth-friendly side of me loves this type even more. Who knows? Maybe I'll incorporate the two when I build my home!
Once again, excellent lens - do please keep up the Great Work! ^_^
Posted March 06, 2009
Graceonline says:
I'm so excited about this concept I could spit chocolate. What's not to like about living in a beautiful, hand-sculpted home that repurposes some of the tires we all toss into landfills every year or two, supplies all our water and energy needs, grows our food (How local can you get?), keeps us toasty in winter and cucumber cool in summer?
Posted February 15, 2009
mike says:
they are really cool and i got to do PROJECT ON IT
Posted January 15, 2009
EchoTarpeian says:
fantastic! thank you for contributing to the Group Lens, Planet Earth: Our Garden of Eden. I have featured this lens on our group lens today. Namastè, Echo
Posted December 18, 2008
sweetzombie says:
That's so cool. I wonder what one would look like for the north or the southeast? Would the design be much different?
Posted December 14, 2008
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These are great houses. My wife and I stayed in one for our honeymoon. It was winter in Taos, New Mexico. No heating and thick snow. We didn't get cold at all, even thought the temperature outside was -10 to 15 at night! We plan to build one in the future. Great Lens, nice work.
Posted November 19, 2008
PaulHassing says:
Looks great; I want one! We live close to the CBD in Melbourne (Australia), so our local council would probably freak!
Posted November 18, 2008
I don't like them or the idea.
Earthships 101
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Earthships 101 part I
Earthship n. 1. passive solar home made of natural and recycled materials 2. thermal mass construction for temperature stabilization. 3. renewable energy & integrated water systems make the Earthship an off-grid home with little to no utility bills. Biotecture n. 1. the profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their sustainability. 2. A combination of biology and architecture.
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Part II
Earthships 101 part II
Earthship n. 1. passive solar home made of natural and recycled materials 2. thermal mass construction for temperature stabilization. 3. renewable energy & integrated water systems make the Earthship an off-grid home with little to no utility bills. Biotecture n. 1. the profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their sustainability. 2. A combination of biology and architecture.
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Design Principles
Earthship Design Principles
Earthship Biotecture creates buildings that... * Heat and cool themselves naturally via solar/thermal dynamics * Collect their own power from the sun and wind * Harvest their own water from rain and snow melt * Contain and treat their own sewage on site * Produce food in significant quantities * Utilize materials that are byproducts of modern society like cans, bottles and tires www.earthship.com
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Biotecture
Earthship Biotecture on the Weather Channel
Episode 128: "Alternative Homes" Original Air Date: 2007-08-25 Take a tour through a unique community in Taos, New Mexico. It features eco-friendly homes that are built with discarded materials, and they're also "off the grid." That means they're totally energy independent. How cool is that? http://climate.weather.com/ontv/showArchive.html http://www.earthship.com
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Earthship Books
Earthship: How to Build Your Own, Vol. 1
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Earthship: Systems and Components vol. 2
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JoDeeVale wrote...
Hi there! It's great to see fellow Earthshippers here on Squidoo! I have added you to my lensrolls on these pages! Hope it helps!
http://www.squidoo.com/BuildAnEarthship
http://www.squidoo.com/LiveEarthship
Keep up the great work! Blessings!
Posted May 28, 2009
California_Dreamin wrote...
Fantastic lens. It would be a great thing if all houses were energy self-sufficient wouldn't it? Maybe we are getting to the point where that is not just a dream.
Posted May 22, 2009
ElizabethJeanAllen wrote...
Hi,
My name is Elizabeth Jean Allen and I am the new group leader for the Nature and the Outdoors Group.
Lizzy
Posted May 20, 2009
Rusty-Quill wrote...
You've featured some nice looking earthship homes - thanks for spending the time to share.
Posted April 13, 2009
poutine wrote...
That's quite a design. Would love to try to live in one and
see if I would love to get one.
Posted April 06, 2009
SallyCin wrote...
Wow, I'd love to build one myself! Great lens, thanks for sharing. :)
Posted February 26, 2009
starsam wrote...
Your lens would be a great addition to the 'Solar Technology and Solar Energy' Group
( http://www.squidoo.com/groups/solar )
Feel free to add it anytime!
Posted February 16, 2009
Backtype Comments
- Houses with Character
- Isn't that flinstone house considered an Earthship? There's tons of Earthsips all over the country–many on hippy communes Read more comments by wendy
- Permaculture Future? Questions Perhaps Worth Asking Part I
- [...] out of this. We are organizing a design course at Pine Ridge Lakota Reservation this fall. Our recent design course at the Earthship in Florida was a fairly representative mixture of ethnic groups, ages and backgrounds. Yes, I agree that much more of [...] Read more comments by Cory
- An Evening With The Garbage Warrior
- [...] 2009. Source: Climate Action Calendar. Email Monique Decortis on decortis@ bigpond.net.au to join the mailing list. earthship. Image: marvins_dad via Flickr ... Michael's recent international projects include: a teahouse in the Netherlands, a sustainable [...] Read more comments by EventLine
- Insulation? [PIC,wtf]
- It's not just a concept house. There are plenty of these around: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthship http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PHOENIXBATH.jpgRead more comments by drivers999
- Insulation? [PIC,wtf]
- This is used in [Earth-ships](http://www.earthship.net/) as well. They are pretty neat little homes. I've been to the community out in [...] the only IT job I could get out there would probably be in Los Alamos. Also see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EarthshipRead more comments by c0me_as_y0u_ar3
- The Ultimate Modern Desert House
- Are you familiar with Earthships? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EarthshipThere's a lot of interesting work done there on sustainable buildings, and I think there are ideas there that can be applied in non-earthship buildings as well.Read more comments by nir
- I’m Moving!
- I would love it! I am trying to convince Lib to buy and earthship. She may be easier to convince after seeing them in person next week!Read more comments by Allison
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- Welcome aboard the earthship!
- Very interesting information! I am actually starting to look into the feasability of building an Earthship in the K-W region. I was wondering if in the future you could post on successful projects in Southwestern-Ontario. I am looking for people who have [...] Read more comments by Dave Adams
- Need some suggestions for great shredding tunes.
- [...] Malmsteen, and Michael Angelo Batio are the only artists i listen to within the genre "Shred" if you want some more experimental shred, check out Behold... The Arctopus, or any Mick Barr projects (Octis, Ocrilim, Orthrelm, Shred Earthship etc.)Read more comments by kevinjameshall
- What is your dream house?
- All of that except maybe a green roof. I'd love an earthship in exactly this style. Or maybe a geodome. Haven't made up my mind yet.Read more comments by eroverton
- Jackson and “Jacked Up.”
- [...] and source water treatment and great for the landscaping too. This earthship addition is a great idea as well. I live in [...] by tax revenue and assessed value. We are getting our first earthship type home here in Manatee county area. See earthshipflorida.com [...] Read more comments by Charlie
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- LEED Platinum Newark Center, Energy Conservation by the Numbers
- check out earthship biotecture. its way past LEED www.earthship.org passive solar home made of natural and recycled materials 2. [...] . 3. renewable energy & integrated water systems make the Earthship an off-grid home with little to no utility bills.Read more comments by Dirk Sullivan
- An armed revolution by the people of the United States would be highly foolish. ...
- [...] That includes a rural acre too. SEE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthship http://www.dreamgreenhomes.com/plans/earthship.htm These are all huge compared to my home though. Mine is a conventional home out [...] Read more comments by aukxsona
- Has anyone heard of Earthship? Their buildings look amazing and are just about as green as you ...
- [...] .org/wiki/Passive_solar) and [stores heat energy in the walls](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_mass), amazingly this energy is enough to keep the earthship at fairly a constant temperature all year round. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EarthshipRead more comments by mogmog
- Has anyone heard of Earthship? Their buildings look amazing and are just about as green as you ...
- [...] a well laid-out worksite you need to move a **lot** of it. I helped build a bit of [Chuck and Pat Potter's Earthship](http://www.sunspace.org/en/pottershouse_en.html) in Ontario when I was a teenager. It really is way more work than you would intuitively [...] Read more comments by cecilkorik
- Has anyone heard of Earthship? Their buildings look amazing and are just about as green as you ...
- I have, they are amazing. I have visited the earthship in Brigh ton UK, there's a few around that you can visit but it may not be easy to find one close to where you live. There's a great documentary called [Garbage Warrior](http://www.google.com/search?q= [...] Read more comments by mogmog
- Has anyone heard of Earthship? Their buildings look amazing and are just about as green as you ...
- [...] the turn of the millennium. There's much to like about Earthship designs in theory-- but not in practice. Everything I've [...] again: I like many of the ideas encompassed in the Earthship theme-- just not their typical implementation requirements." -- [ [...] Read more comments by captainthor
- Building a house for under $5000
- I came across a place in Taos NM by accident several years ago called the Earthship. It does get you thinking about what could be possible if some of these ideas made it into mainstream housing.http://www.earthship.net/index.phpRead more comments by KWD
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