An Earthship is a home that captures its own water, recycles its own sewage, and produces all its own electricity and food. It's meant to function completely independent of the power grid or any infrastructure at all. Do we need the grid? Can we live off the grid?
Special Thanks to:
Michael Reynolds, Parker Shebs and Earthship Biotecture
http://earthship.com/
You can rent an Earthship!
http://earthship.com/Learn-More/nightly-rentals
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The Pines
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Rob Scallon
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Jason Shaw
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Jake Chudnow
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Image/Video Credits:
early 70s Earthship model, By David Hiser, 1937-, Photographer (NARA record: 3651517) (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EXTERIOR_OF_AN_EXPERIMENTAL_ALL_ALUMINUM_BEER_AND_SOFT_DRINK_CAN_HOUSE_UNDER_CONSTRUCTION_NEAR_TAOS,_NEW_MEXICO._THIS..._-_NARA_-_556642.jpg
Earthship in Brighton, By Dominic Alves (Flickr) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Earthship_Brighton_Front.jpg
earthship in taos, nm, By Biodiesel33 (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:G2_Global_model_Earthship_Taos_N.M..JPG
Michael by earthship wall, https://zacharysuhar.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/michael-reynolds.jpg
earthship in siberia, https://sustainablemindsblog.wordpress.com/2014/04/14/earthship-in-siberia-sustainable-as-it-is/
Person sitting by Earthship, http://img.welt.de/img/reportage/crop139474628/3710197472-ci3x2l-w780/EARTHSHIPS-19-.jpg