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@earthship-academy-experience
For 30 days, I attended the Earhship Biotecture Academy in Taos, New Mexico. We learned how to build, live-in and maintain Earthships. We also got to tour communities where they have perfected the art of permaculture and self reliant living off the grid. (updated video)
Earthship build in Canada, between 18 to 31 July of 2016. Click here to participate -->
http://www.biotectureplanetearth.com/projects/6nations-canada The project will be led by Michael Reynolds and an experienced Earthship crew. We will be building Michael Reynolds’ newest design, the “Wood Simple Survival Earthship”, a low-concrete building that is easy to replicate, and that integrates all Earthship principles (comfortable shelter though thermal mass, rainwater catchment and storage, solar electricity, food production, building with recyclable and natural materials and a contained sewage treatment system).
An important part of this project will be the knowledge transfer that the team will be providing to members of the Six Nations community that will be participating in the build to acquire the skills to then be able to replicate the building in the future.
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I asked myself how healthy it is, when you're living in a house where toxic car wheels are used in. Also with the heat of sunlight toxic gas escapes. I really love the idea behind earthships but this one thing makes me overthink it. Am I wrong?
Tires are not exposed to light when used in an Earthship. In order for the tires to affect the indoor air quality of an Earthship, the tires must off-gas vapors which must travel from the tires, through the walls, into the living space of the Earthship. The production of such vapors will be proportional to the vapor pressure of the compounds producing the vapors. The NIOSH pocket guide lists the vapor pressure of carbon black as “0 mm (approx.).” This is an extremely low vapor pressure. In other words, this chemical produces almost no vapor. What this means is that the potential for tires to affect indoor air quality will be severely limited by the extremely low vapor pressure of the source chemical.
I understand that the basis of the Earthship Academy is to reduce and reuse while providing a home that people can truly call sustainable, hence the reason I had intense interest in the subject. However, what kind of materials are used? I see that in some of the photos old soda bottles are used... isn't the Earthship Academy worried about BPA, PS and PP as well as other hormonal and endocrine disruptors found in these plastics?
Hey!
Here’s a list of materials for a 3 bedroom 2 bathroom global model. (Manitoba Earthship).As for the plastic question I’m not sure. They usually get plastered on. Either with adobe or cement.
Hope it helps
Learn how to build, live-in and maintain Earthships.
In this video, Tom takes us on a tour of his home, his original “Earthship survival pod”, the “nest” ($50,000 studio apartment), the “Simple Survival Earthship” (aimed mainly at the developing world), a custom home designed to feed a family of four (including a tilapia pond in the greenhouse) and the “BMW of Earthships”, the “Global" (aimed at the typical American family).
http://earthship.com/academy
Earthship Biotecture has been working on development of the Simple Survival concept and design for several years. We have developed a forty page set of construction drawings that have sold for $1,000 to many people all over the world. They have been able to successfully build their own Simple Survival Earthships using these drawings. They been built in Argentina, Germany, Philippines, USA, New Zealand and the Simple Survival systems have been used on many other countries.
This APP is aimed at brining all of the Simple Survival information together including the full set of construction drawings, materials, operations, costs, components, photographs, systems diagrams and more to guide anyone in the world toward simple sustainable living. It is, in fact, the most sustainable tiny house in the world. We want everyone to be able to afford this so we have made this APP available for $9.99 USD all over the world.
It is our christmas present to the world. Give it to someone you love.
Look for this APP in you APP store for iPhone users and Google Play for Android users. It will be available around December 12, 2015.
Hey, I am going to attend the Earthship Academy in a few days and I want to be able to make a living helping spread it globally. But the thing is I'm spending every penny I have to go to the school..
Hi Samantha,I'm stoked about what's coming for you! The Earthship Academy is beautiful and empowering experience. Can you please clarify your question?Cheers
Hello Guillaume, do I have to take the earthship academy session to be able to build my own earthship and help others in building theirs? my inquiry is that $2500 is a lot of money for me and I would love to volunteer for various associations such as yours to be able to gain that experience! Please let me know about your thoughts!thank you!Jessica Dubiel
Hi Jessica,No you don't need to. Firstly if money is the issue there is the Earthship volunteer program. It's way cheaper. You'll work for free in return you'll get a hands on experience building earthships. Plus you'll meet everyone from the crew plus other volunteers and academy students. Secondly I suggest you read all the earthship volumes. They are a bit outdated but the fundamental principles are still good. Also watch the lectures available on Youtube and take a look at Off Grid Build's channel. Thirdly you should search for independent project in your region. A lot off people are building earthship inspired houses and they are looking for help.Hope it helps!Cheers
How do you anchor screws into earth rammed tires? What screws do you use?
It's called porcupining. Earthship Biotecture usually use nails. Just hammer them it the tires.
They also porcupine the edges of the door frames.For more information take a look at Off Grid Build's youtube channel for all the details.
After I’ve been traveling and building for six months around the world I want to take some time to inform my ever growing number of followers about all the Earthship builds happening around our beautiful planet. Starting this series of posts with South Americas! Los tecnicos a design and construction company based in Guatemala is currently building in Colombia 45 minutes outside Bogotà. They are building four houses based on Earthship principles from January 15th to April 15th 2014. If your interested in joining them fill their volunteer application. Make sure also you like and share the Los técnicos facebook page.
Not so far we have Earthship Chile located in the Concon region. I’ve been following them on facebook for a while. Not sure if they have internship programs but feel free to contact them for more information on their facebook page. Let’s finish with Argentina and the first ever held Earthship Academy outside the states. They are building a simple survival in Ushuaia. Videos and more info are available on Earthship Biotecture’s website. Make sure you like Earthship Biotecture on Facebook and stay tuned for future posts. I’ll write about building opportunities in Asia and Australia.
Earthship Design Principles
Thermal wrap
Rigid insulation around building to isolate 6 foot x 6 foot block of mass from outer earth to stabilize comfort of interior space..
Water Supply
Roof catchment water system into water storage cistern with capability of well or community water back up.
Food Production
The planters that hold hundreds of gallons of water from sinks and the shower are a great place for raising fresh fruits and vegetables.
Electricity
Solar electricity with capabilities of wind, micro hydro, gas generator or conventional utility back up.
Waste Water Treatment
Contained grey water and black water treatment and distribution system with capability of conventional septic or community sewage connection.
Construction Materials
Typically built with earth-rammed tires, but designs are also available for straw bale, concrete, or adobe.
This October Earthship Biotecture will be joined by a team of student soldiers to build a unique ‘Earthship flower-design’ community center in Malawi, Africa.
Working together with,Empower Malawi, to gather volunteers and funds necessary to build two rooms, or petals, of the eight-room community center over the course of ten days.
The project, Kapita Earthship Community Centre, is to be the first of its kind in the area and will become a sustainable development epicenter for 38 villages and over 5,000 rural people in South East Mzimba district East Mzimba district in Malawi.
The Kapita Earthship Community Centre is to house a secure community bank, a library, a dispensary for medical services and supplies, administration offices, classrooms for teaching children and adults, and a local food bank to develop food security. All of these are that do not exist for the people of Mizimba, Malawi and the surrounding areas.
We have the potential to enhance the planet. Trees enhance the planet. People could go further. We could make the Earth sing.
Michael Reynolds, founder of Earthship Biotecture (via traveling-earth-quest)
Led by Michael Reynolds, a visionary in sustainable building, Seven Directions oversaw the construction of an off-the-grid home called Big Sky Earthship in Montana!
Also joining Michael and his team were over 30 interns from around the globe seeking hands-on experience building an Earthship.
Currently in BC building a studio Earthship!
Hi, my name is Guillaume Serrat. I travel the world helping people build self sufficient buildings.
