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 […]

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). […]

‘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 […]

A couple lives in an off-grid Earthship made out of bottles, tires, and other materials collected from the trash. Laura Davies and David Buchanan live in an Earthship in Almeria, Spain. Their home is autonomous, meaning that they rely on energy from the sun and water from rain. The couple started building the Earthship in […]

Jim Gagnepain calls it “the little bermed house on the prairie.” He and his wife, Stephanie, built their retirement home in eastern El Paso County. Jim, who has a background in electrical engineering, acted as general contractor, and he and Stephanie did a lot of the work. The result? A unique, almost completely self-sufficient bermed […]

Big cities and luxuries aren’t for everybody. If you’re someone who enjoys the outdoors and a simple life, maybe its time to consider moving off the grid. Its not just for criminals anymore. The Homes and Garden TV network has a show where regular couples and families looking for an adventure rent or buy a […]