https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lozq1fiC2_s The goal of this web page is to network Canadian Earthship projects so that we can learn from one another and help to find volunteers for these projects. We will have weekend workshops in the summer of 2020. collingwoodearthship.wordpress.com I went through 4 different Architects and only used one set of local engineers (www.crozier.com). […]

A house made of trash and tires in the NEK makes an eco-friendly ‘earthship’. She stood in a circular hilltop clearing in the Greensboro woods Friday afternoon, speaking as a six-man crew maneuvered around a mass of scrap tires, cardboard and piled fill materials. “All this stuff, a lot of it is just garbage,” the Massachusetts […]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Z2QG4tJcMI Case Studies and Clinical Trials by Michael Reynolds, Earthship Garbage Warrior. See also Parallels with the Matrix. https://d334d4qdfk61ge.cloudfront.net/parallels-with-the-matrix/ Parallels between the Energy Industry and Housing and the Pharmaceutical Industry and Medicine.

‘Kinship’ emerged out of a desire to create a positive legacy from the wreck of Black Saturday. The building is constructed from second hand and redundant object upcycled materials, and is solar passive, and uses no fuel or energy for space heating or cooling (and performs at a 20+ star rating). When complete, it will […]

Cañon went on to become a compound that I lived in with three different wives and families at three different times of my life.  Many things were learned there.  The first tire house was built there.  We call it the Hobbit House.  At right is how it looks today.   It was built with the […]

I kept adding on to the building with recycled materials and kept gazing at the full moon from the coffer.  The full moon came across the southern sky and almost burned a hole straight through my brain. Guess it was no wonder I had a vision…        a vision of four wizards. The […]

After graduation (in absentia), I bought an old barn made of railroad ties on 4 1/2 acres in an apple orchard just outside of Taos, New Mexico.  I put in a bathroom and a fireplace from an old boiler and moved in with my first wife Susan.   We had a son, Jonah and five […]

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Then there was my thesis – hated by half the graduating class and the faculty because it allowed owner/residents to build their own homes within a superstructure of concrete.  It allowed regular people to tread on that  “sacred ground”  owned by the architect. The other half of the class and the faculty loved it and […]

Architectural school at the University of Cincinnati was the beginning of a roller coaster ride that is still going on today.  I paid my way through school partially by painting.  I had a gallery of my own in Louisville, Kentucky and was selling paintings off the easel before they were even finished.  My wife Susan […]

Well, if I’m gonna try and talk about how and why this Earthship thing really happened… I have to go way back – way, way back.  I mean, if your gonna hold up a piece of garbage to the rest of the world and tell them it’s gold,  you have to be determined.  If you’re […]

1970 It all really started… with a house I built out of the old steel beer cans in the early seventies.  It was inspired by a tv news report on the Walter Cronkite news broadcast.  They were talking about beer and soda cans being thrown all over the countryside. They predicted a garbage problem in […]

Many people all over the planet know of Earthships.  But few really know what they are and fewer still know what the effort is really all about.  Some think they are just  buildings made of old tires – “what a neat idea” – they think.  Others think they are solar buildings made of recycled materials […]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYq2Dfmw0BI Michael Reynolds, Earthship Creator / Garbage Warrior will be interviewed live on September 22. Master Earthship Biotect, Phil Basehart will conduct the interview. We look forward to a lively event as we talk about how we got here, what Earthship Models played a significant part in the evolution of the Earthship concept and where […]

Derek Stenborg, Earthship Academy Student: After attending the Earthship Academy in Taos NM, I wanted to start on a small project to exercise some construction skills. Here is phase 1 of a multiphase process. Phase 2 is a much longer and detailed video of the process, check it out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0h35ErhahM Off Grid Shed phase 2. […]

Sweet taste of heritage tomatoes at Mohawk Seedkeepers Earthship. By Donna Duric Writer Who knew that so many tomato varieties existed and that they could all taste so different? If you did your gardening right, tomato season is here and there are dozens of varieties to choose from. Some are good in salads, some are […]

We are building in the Greater World Earthship Community here in Taos, New Mexico. This project is with our wonderful Field Study Earthship Academy Students. FIELD STUDYStudents receive credit towards this requirement by participating in an official Earthship Biotecture Field Studies project. Field Study opportunities are intended to help further student’s knowledge of hands-on building […]

To the editor: I recently installed a modest rooftop solar electricity system, motivated by the long-term payback, rising utility rates and the 26% federal tax credit. (“Here’s how California can keep the lights on while meeting its clean energy goals,” Aug. 19) My utility does not appear to share my enthusiasm. It wanted $1,000 for […]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX3y37p1Gz0 Super Sustainable Buildings via Thermal Dynamics & Passive Solar. An Earthship is a type of passive solar house that is made of both natural and upcycled materials (such as earth-packed tires). Earthships can be completely off-grid or partially off-grid. Earthships can be built in any part of the world, in any climate (with a permit) and still provide electricity, potable water, contained […]

We are now in Puerto Rico for Phase 6 of the construction of the Puerto Rico Hurricane Resistant Earthship Community Center! Make a difference and support this project by donating, any little amount will go to a good cause! Location: Aguada, Puerto RicoDates: August 17-29 2020We will be focusing on finishing this project and hand it over the local non […]

The new ENCOUNTER model Earthship is continuing to evolve and we will be building its latest version in Taos, New Mexico this spring/summer. It is meant to function as well as the very successful global model but cost 30% less. Staging images of the Encounter Earthship Design. Earthship Biotecture is building now, August – October, 2020. This Earthship […]

Studio, One Bed, Two bed, Three Bed. Off-grid, zero fossil-fuels – all modern amenities. Solar Electricity, Catch Water, Contained Waste Water Treatment, Passive Solar, Thermal Dynamics. Modern Appliances and Modern Living. Clothes washer and dryer. Electric cooking (can have natural gas or liquid propane). Printed Encounter Construction Drawings are available. $400 – $600

Simple Survival Model Images from the field at 11,000 ft. in Colorado, USA. We have many students who attended the Online Earthship Academy. The Simple Survival Earthship is designed to provide comfortable shelter, clean water, contained sewage and basic solar power for lights and charging small electronics at a very low price. This building uses […]

SETBACKS FOR LUXEMBOURG’S EARTHSHIP Construction of Luxembourg’s first off-grid learning centre made from repurposed material has been setback. But covid-19 is not the only cause. International volunteers and experts built the first supporting walls of the Aërdschëff in Redange-sur-Attert using tyres pounded with earth during the summer of 2019 and it was hoped that the […]