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        • The Earthship Visitor Center

          2 Earthship Way, Tres Piedras, NM 87577

          Self-Guided Tours available daily – visitors are welcome to arrive anytime from 9am – 4pm.

          $9 per person for the self-guided tour of our Visitor Center

          SPRING HOURS:

          Guided Tours available Thursday, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 3pm to 4:30pm
          (please arrive a few minutes before)

          $22 per person • Tickets available at the front desk or: https://exploreorigin.com/en/listings/872008-guided-tour

          NEW! Extended Self-Guided Tour 
          $15 per person • Tickets available at the front desk or:
          https://exploreorigin.com/en/listings/876139-earthship-movie-time

          Private Tours available when scheduled ahead of time More Info

        • Earthship Nightly Rentals:

          Earthships allow people to experience a luxurious off grid life. Being self-sufficient does not mean reducing one’s quality of life.

          Our Earthship rental homes are equipped with all amenities that conventional housing provides

          We are 20 minutes northwest of town of Taos, New Mexico. We are very happy to show you how you can live comfortably without harming nature …

          CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ABOUT AVAILABLE NIGHTLY RENTAL EARTHSHIPS.

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        • What is an Earthship?

          An Earthship is a type of house built with natural and recycled materials, with energy conservation in mind. It is designed to produce energy, water and food for its own use.

        • An Earthship is a type of passive solar house that is made of both natural and upcycled materials. Several models exist, and can be built in any part of the world, in any climate and provide electricity, potable water, contained sewage treatment and sustainable food production. Choose your favorite model.

           

          View Earthships currently for sale or buy some land in the Earthship Community

          Building cost could be significantly reduced if you decide to host an Academy or a Field Study.

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Michael Reynolds Zoom Lectures

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  Michael Reynolds is now offering zoom lectures on any sustainable/earthship related topic…Email lauren@earthship.com for scheduling and rates

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Nomadland Movie Earthship Feature

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https://d2pbni5h22hdt0.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/29134349/NomadLand-Earthship-Video.mp4 Nomadland is up for an Oscar and channel seven is doing an EARTHSHIP feature right after oscars.  

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Earth Day Earthship Celebration

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Earthship Volume 1 15% off2021 Earthship Calendar 50% offSpecial Earth Day Earthship HQ Facility TourGet Ready: Thursday, April 22, Earth Day, 2021. 2021 Earthship Calendar Beautiful Earthship Calendar for the 2021 Calendar Year. Beautiful images from many different Earthships. Earthship Volume 1: How to Build Your Own The first book in the Earthship Volume Trilogy written […]

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Candace Clark - Earthship Scholar

Meet Candace Clark, our April Scholarship Recipient!

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Candace is a Tuskegee University Alumna from Chicago, IL, and a sustainable agriculture educator. She’ll be sharing some of her journey with us through the Academy process this April.

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Earthship Encounter 1/4” model

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Building an Earthship Encounter 1/4” model to help visualize future construction project. I used plans available on the Simple Survival app provided by Earthship biotecture. I began constructing this while quarantining at home during the Covid lock down. Finally ready to share. Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se4w2yj3b7A

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Living Off-Grid During the Pandemic

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Share your Story Living Off-Grid During the Pandemic: Research Study Looking for Participants Hello!  My name is Dr. Ryan Alan Sporer. I am a sociology professor at Salisbury University.  I invite you to participate in my research study on the people who build and live in Earthships and other off-grid structures. These are some of […]

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Colorado Earthship Offgrid on the Mountainside

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My job as a lifestyles editor has taken me inside hundreds of homes, but none as fascinating as an Earthship in Park County, Colorado. Its owners, Cherrie and Guy Geerdts, traded careers in Denver in 2012 for laid-back mountain life near Guffey … population 25. Four years ago, they began looking at off-grid possibilities. “Nothing […]

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Bonaire Earthship

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Welcome to the Bonaire Earthship! Ten years ago my husband had a vision to make something different on Bonaire, so he contacted the earthship organization and soon started the earthship houses in Bonaire. We started strong, but life happens and the Earthship wasn’t finished until 3 years ago! It became a labor of love, we […]

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Groundbreaking Women in the Construction Industry

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In a field where women reportedly account for only 10 percent of the labor force, these groundbreakers are building a more inclusive industry. Here, they share their tips for tackling a renovation—or a new career. Bozenka Shepherd, Cofounder of Woodward Throwbacks How to SaveIf you’re knocking down a wall, save all that lumber. Make shelves; construct […]

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Independent Study: Jacqueline Topete 2020

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Description of Project Earthship Inspired Restaurant and Shop located in San Ignacio, Nayarit, México. This little town is located 1 km away from the chic trendy town of Sayulita that receives tourists from all over the world. Proposed BeneficiariesThe restaurant will be run by Jacqueline Topete and will give service to locals and people traveling on […]

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Independent Study: Salta Build

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Earthship ́s Haiti plans under Mike ́s sketches in Uruguay combined with our plans. The staging was a little bit tough because the people in charge of the NGO got to it really late, and I think they thought it would be easier. Time was not enough for us to check every item we put […]

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Ian Watson Uruguay Independent study

Independent Study: Earthship Survey – By: Ian Watson

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I was first introduced to Earthships in 2015. At the time I remember thinking they looked a bit like spaceships but didn’t give them much thought otherwise. Fast forward to 2018. I had recently closed my solar water heating business and was focused on a new business auctioning used goods. The new business was running […]

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Earthship Rentals Safety and Disinfecting Protocol

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>> Earthship Rentals While many things have changed many still remain the same. We hope that our guests will continue to enjoy the unique, educational and peaceful stay in our Earthship Nightly Rentals. For our staff and guests safety we are implementing new and enhanced safety and disinfecting protocols for COVID -19. The safety of […]

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Early Projects

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First Aluminum Can House In the early seventies the can companies came out with aluminum cans.  They would last forever unlike the old steel ones.  Soon they were everywhere;  on every street, road, and alley;  and in every park and parking lot all over the world.  The can companies had created my next building material. […]

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Haiti Earthship School Construction Drawings

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Floor Plan, Section, Elevation and Door Study. Tropical Earthship Design for Haiti Earthship School.

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Diary – Research trip Haiti Earthship School

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Research trip dates: October 31 – November 03, 2020

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Haiti Earthship Field Update

Updates from the field Haiti Earthship School

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Images and Videos from Earthship Haiti Recon visit. We are offering our first not for profit academy session on the Haitian island of La Gonave.

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Earthships and Cancer Episode 6

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imoXfUrDsys Case Studies and Clinical Trials by Michael Reynolds, #Earthship Garbage Warrior. See also Parallels with the Matrix.  Parallels between the Energy Industry and Housing and the Pharmaceutical Industry and Medicine.

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Earthship Update for Cape Town, South Africa

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Alternative building construction can take many forms, and one of them is the earthship. Pioneered by American architect Michael Reynolds more than 40 years ago, earthships are made of natural and repurposed materials such as tyres packed with earth. According to Appropedia the first earthship in Mzansi was constructed near Hermanus in the Western Cape […]

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Ashley Gauer, learns how to build an Earthship

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MBEP’s climate change initiative lead, Ashley Gauer, learns how to build an Earthship Under any circumstances, pounding metal support rods, ramming dirt into old tires and digging trenches would be physically demanding. The dry, blazing heat of a New Mexico sun, with temperatures that can hover near triple digits, can turn the work into a […]

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Bucket planted cucumber in classroom!

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Hello,I just wanted to share a photo of the children in my classroom pollinating the cucumber plant we planted 2 months ago in a bucket planter. I bring grey water from home and they water it every day. They’ve also decided to convert our old turtle tank into another “bucket” planter!

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Three Earthship Questions

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1) How did Micheal Reynolds think to add passive solar heat/ventilation and thermal mass when he was designing the Earthship? Michael Reynolds went to school to study architecture. Part of those studies was to learn about alternatives, history and other cultures. Relating to the sun and physics is part of these studies. Adding Passive House designs and […]

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Earthship Academy Minority Outreach Scholarship

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Earthship Academy is offering 2 half-scholarships per 2022 session. Half-scholarships equate to $1,250 towards tuition and $250 towards housing accommodations for sessions at Earthship Biotecture headquarters in Taos, NM. Scholarship Candidates: Who should apply?This full scholarship is intended to empower low-income communities located in rural regions of the US. We are looking for candidates in […]

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