St. Albert Today – In an effort to escape the rat race, the Stolz family moved to rural B.C. and built their own sustainable, solar-powered home. For the past 10 months, the Stolz family has been waking up to earthen floors and cob walls in their hand-built sustainable home near Golden, B.C. They don’t have […]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Rvq1c84-ZI NBC Chicago – In Taos, New Mexico, a team is building a model of self-sustainable, off-the-grid living called Earthships. The concept was pioneered by Michael Reynolds 50 years ago and has been evolving ever since. He said the structures meet the six key human needs by providing shelter, water, food, energy, sewage treatment and […]

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.

Tour with Michael Reynolds, #Earthship Garbage Warrior See what one of our renters had to say about the Hobbit House. “THE BEST AIRBNB we have ever stayed at! Such a fun and unique experience with everything we need to be comfortable and happy! Wish we could stay there longer! Coming back for sure!” Book this […]

Earthship Biotecture Academy partners with Western Colorado University’s two-year Master in Environmental Management graduate degree.  Participants in the academy can also earn undergraduate credit to be applied to their bachelor’s degrees in universities across the world.  In addition, AmeriCorps volunteers can apply their Segal Education Award to attending the Earthship Biotecture Academy. Dr. Jessica Young and […]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn8XeOhzr7s 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, […]

The Global Earthship design performs in almost any climate around the world. The main features of this design include a double layer of glass (“double greenhouse”) between the inner living spaces and the outside and the use of underground cooling tubes and convection skylights which work together to provide ventilation and natural air conditioning for […]

We’ll harvest the dried peppers and do a lacto ferment to make hot sauce.

Flower opens for a day or two and you can harvest the leaves and petals for tea.

Earthship Nightly Rentals Reservations – www.earthship.com/stay If you ever wondered what it might be like to live off-the-grid, you can “test drive” an Earthship for a night or two in Taos, New Mexico and enjoy modern amenities in a fully autonomous building.

Meet Bill Ayers. He is an Earthship Academy graduate and that he attended two phases of the Aguada, Puerto Rico project. For the month of October 2016 I attended the Earthship Biotecture Academy in Taos, NM. In 2018 I completed my field study requirement by attending the first two phases of the Earthship Biotecture build […]

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.

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – It’s cool and quirky and it’s right here in New Mexico. If you’re looking for a unique getaway during the pandemic you can stay in your very own earthship. It’s a way to live in luxury, completely off the grid, with amazing views of the Sangre de Cristo mountains and you can […]

We all claim to love the planet, but do we really? It’s easy to love something when it’s lavishing you with refreshing hikes, clear lakes, and gorgeously glowing sunsets. It’s much harder when the object of your affections asks for something in return — such as your toilet paper. It isn’t news that pollution and climate […]

U.S. homebuilding surges as coronavirus crisis sparks flight to suburbs, rural areas WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. homebuilding increased by the most in nearly four years in June amid reports of rising demand for housing in suburbs and rural areas as companies allow employees flexibility to work from home because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Housing starts […]

Customizable Smart Window Technology Could Improve Energy Efficiency Of Buildings A customizable smart window harnesses and manipulates solar power to save energy and cut costs. Windows play multiple crucial roles in our homes. They illuminate, insulate and ventilate our spaces while providing views of — and protection from — the outdoors. Smart windows, or windows […]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVp5koAOu9M New Earthshipscapture more energy, water & food at lower cost by Kirsten Dirksen on July 13, 2020 With walls made from old tires packed with earth, as well as upcycled glass bottles and cans, Earthships have always been built with mainly found materials. The home provides its own energy (with photovoltaics and passive solar […]

We’ve been growing Earthship Biotecture for 50 years. Literally speaking, we “grow” buildings that help to “grow” people. Most who know, consider Earthships as a kind of social reform, helping to change perspectives on how people can live. Not only live but THRIVE.  We empower people by teaching them how to build their own off-grid homes. Setting them FREE […]

1.     Register for your course with Earthship Academy. 2.     Complete Western Colorado’s Credit Registration Packet. 3. Submit the Credit Registration Packet by: a.     Email: Outdoorprograms@western.edu (PDF or Microsoft documents only). b.     Fax: 970-943-7068 c.      Mail: WCU Taylor 303 1 Western Way Gunnison, CO 81231 4.     Once Extended Studies receives your credit registration packet you will receive a ‘Forms Received’ email confirming your registration […]

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.

Highway 64 extends from that bridge, taking people to interesting places like Earthship Biotecture’s Greater World Community. An Earthship is an autonomous building made from natural and recycled materials such as earth-packed tires and empty wine bottles. The homes use passive solar architecture and thermal mass construction, and rely on natural energy sources, allowing them […]

Case Studies and Clinical Trials by Michael Reynolds, Earthship Garbage Warrior

In this article we will discuss the proper steps to wire a solar panel array to a combiner box for use in a solar electric system. For safety reasons, great care must be taken to ensure no wires are energized until all wiring is completed. This means that at least one series connection in each string […]

on 2 acres | $950,000 1.8 KW of solar panels (6) Surette 4V batteries Outback 3.5KW true sine wave inverter (4) 1700 gallon cisterns, 6400 total water storage capacity 2 solar water collectors 60 gallon solar hot water storage tank Solar heated roof collection (5) Ventilation tubes (2) Convection skylights Operable Velux windows Gray water […]