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

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.

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

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 […]

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 […]

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

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Argentina Opened It’s First Sustainable School Built From Garbage Including 2000 Car Tyres By Mayukh Saha / Truth Theory Michael Reynolds is an architect who’s redefining the way ‘Green’ architecture with his sustainable ‘Earthship’ buildings. The project is radical: it is Reynolds’ attempt to instill green architecture principles within the next generation. One of his latest […]

Living in Earthships Through a Global Crisis Earthship Biotecture has built in over 40 countries around the world. In 2017 we built a 2 bedroom Global Model for a family in Biras, France. In this video you will get to see a tour of the Earthship as well as an exclusive interview with the owner […]

Hi! I’v been on here for sometime now and decided to post my first thought, hoping to get some feedback and advice, I’ll try to be as clear and short as possible. I’m Ronald, 26, from New Jersey, US and currently living in New Zealand. By the time i head into any form of education […]

2020 Webster in Taos Student, Jenna Dobyns made this great video regarding living On/ Off the grid! A university science class investigating living on/ off the grid. The course is a hybrid class that is part online, part hands-on in Taos New Mexico. http://www.webster.edu/about Values, Vision & Characteristics Global. Action-oriented. Academically excellent. You are unique, […]

https://d334d4qdfk61ge.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/CALIU-EARTHSHIP-HOTEL.mp4 In February of 2019, Earthship Biotecture conducted an Earthship Academy for more than 60 students who gathered near Colonia Del Sacremento, Uruguay. A Star studded Earthship Crew tie Lou, Rory, Phil, Harry, Mo, Spider, Ralph, Dan, Michael and so many more and with the students focused on learning all about Earthships from the legends […]