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| From Earthship_Bio... |
I received an Earthship email update from Jessica, an Earthship representative, and there was a link in the email to Kirst's Earthship Adventures, a blog about Earthships.
For those of you who don't know what an Earthship is, it is a sustainably built, earth-friendly, off-the-grid dwelling that can be built relatively quickly by the right people. They aren't all that cheap, but they are built to provide for a self-reliant, sustainable lifestyle. Entire communities of Earthships have already been constructed, and more are being built all the time.
Aigool, the kids, and I visited Earthship Biotecture Community, right outside of Taos, New Mexico, just past the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge. I had wanted to visit there for years, but I was unable to do so. However, during my last trip there, I found a brochure for the place, and I saw that they offered self-guided tours and a very interesting and educational experience.
If you are interested in self-reliance, energy conservation, water conservation, earth-friendly living, sustainable construction, environmental advocacy, or architecture, then do a Google search on the word "earthship". If you'd rather just go straight to the official website of the organization, then go to Earthship.Org or Earthship.Com.
If you want to see images of Earthships, then do a Google Images search on the word "earthship". There are almost 1700 hits for that search. I also posted some of my own photos of the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge, Taos Earthship Biotecture Community, and the road down to Orilla Verde park and the Taos Junction Bridge.
There is also a site called GreenHomeBuilding.Com that has an earthship page. On that page they describe the construction process in terms of "natural building techniques".
Earthship Biotecture USA has its own site, and there are many personal blogs and websites dedicated to particular earthships, and they are usually run by the people who live in them. Examples of these are Allen's and Pat's, Dennis Weaver's, and EarthPower1.
Dive in! I think that you will be amazed at the concept of the Earthship, and you will be interested in the widespread, global community of Earthship dwellers, advocates, and enthusiasts (like me) that has developed around this great idea of ideas.
Aigool has said that I should buy one and move out to New Mexico, and I might do that someday, if the timing is right. It sure would be great to afford a second home that could be a vacation place, and it would be great to learn more about self-reliance and sustainable living, by living in an Earthship.
- docrivs (website blog myspace email)
2 comments:
Hi! I just wanted to add myself to your list of Eartship blogs: www.3676.net. We live in the first permitted Earthship in Virginia and write about all the pros and cons of living green. When we were researching Eartships, we found that a lot of information was left out (like the problems) or specific to New Mexico and not portable to other climates. We discuss all this and have LOTS OF IMAGES on our site. Thanks!
Thanks, Melina! I know I've already emailed you, and we've exchanged a couple since, but I wanted to make sure I left a comment to your own comment. I appreciate you checking out my site.
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