#earthships

[hometoursandotherstuff]

Small-ish 2bd, 1ba, 2,940sqft 2000 earthship for sale in Colorado Springs, CO. $800k.

The entrance foyer.

This is nice, I like the plants, but that's an earthship thing.

The living room is pretty nice.

The kitchen's nice, too.

This one may have been professionally built, b/c I've never seen such a large kitchen with real cabinets in an earthship.

This is nice.

Table by the planters. I like that they have shades on the windows, to block out intense sun.

There's only one bath.

I can see why they put a stool next to the tub. The built-in steps are terrible.

This planter in the middle of the room is nice.

Large primary bedroom.

There's so much room in here. The bed fits into a nook.

And, this is bedroom #2. It's also very large.

Because earthships are typically long, the bedrooms are off the main walkway.

Another nice planter by the rear door.

This is kind of cute, they sculpted a bench in here.

It's a nice little earthship on 5 acres.

[solar-sunnyside-up]

I saw you mention wanting an earth ship, they are super cool and I’m personally going to make my future home kind of an earth ship. I also wanted to mention mud houses and cob houses as they’re a really great option as well. I’ve been doing research on it and they’re very eco friendly and these houses can last hundreds of years if maintained properly. In my research I heard someone mention that using tires in earth ships can have some downsides due to the off gassing of harmful chemicals.

Yea so Cob houses are super cool!! And just like earthships, they are specialized to certain climates just like lots of older style housing. While I think a cob house could be super cool, I also live in a place that goes from -60c to +35c season to season so I wouldn't be able to use one realistically. Which is sad!! Bc look at some of this!

(Theres lots but omg so many of them are ai based I dont even wanna risk showing more then this tbh)

But the joy of earthships are how they can be specialized to regions (there are cold weather earthships now!!!!) And in the reuse of material like glass bottles and tile and wood and stuff. Like yea, a passive house or any other sustainability is great but I wanna make art out of the otherwise un-usable!

That and the idea of building green houses within your house is the other draw, the idea of being able to have own fruit tree inside! The idea of a mini river flowing down the side of my house while it's winter would help me fight sadness in the Dark time (winter)

Now, tires. This has been something that often comes up, and a real worry about the tire chemicals potentially leaking into soil there. Though thetr hasn't been any cases of that in follow up studies at any current existing earthship sites since they first were made in the 70s, this is because they are well encased in cob and impacted with earth basically preventing them from breakdown, but also like it takes Ages for tires to break down anyway like.. 80+ years in exposure type conditions. But!!! Even despite all that, generally they no longer use tires in earthship construction due ti the idea thay earthships are intact meant to last that hundreds of years and they don't want to risk it. Generally we see more metal recycling + hay +clay mixes for walls these days or combos of bricks and other styles of walls.

[zaycheese]

Hi am very normal about Earthships and solar punk please come closer I have plants :]

HA GOT YOU ANARCHISM BABY

FUCK THE POLICE

[theoffgridcabin]

Have you heard the term “Earthship”?

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Earthships near Taos NM

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[amalgamasreal]

It’s always cool to see documentaries about the type of house that you yourself live in.

It’s not for everyone but I wouldn’t change anything about it.....except all the shit I’ve got planned to change in the near future, but we’ll ignore that. 🤣

[goingplacesfarandnear]

Sustainable Travel in Taos

Take an Earthship tour in Taos, New Mexico: See sustainable homes built with bales of straw, old tires, bottles, and cans. An earth ship is an off-the-grid and self-sufficient home that is made from primarily natural and recycled materials like earth-rammed tires, cans, and bottles. The town of Taos, New Mexico has fewer than 7,000, is a UNESCO heritage site known for its culturally significant…

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