Amazing Ideas From an Earthship

Look at this gorgeous hobbit village we stayed at on our trip to New Mexico! Actually, they are Earthships!
An earthship is an unique type of house which produces food and energy, cleans water, moderates temperature, and turns trash into treasure!
Sounds amazing? Let’s take a tour and perhaps we can apply some of the inspiring ideas to our own homes!
Have you ever noticed that humans are the only species that have the concept of “waste”? In nature, everything is part of a beautiful cycle of life. One of the most amazing things about Earthships is that it turns what society considers “trash” into treasure – soda cans become building materials, glass bottles become stained glass art, discarded tires become vessels for earth walls, can lids become outlet covers…
When we walked into the earthship that we were staying at, the guide told us “Please don’t try to conserve water! Take nice long showers, the plants love it!”


Here we are in the middle of a harsh New Mexico desert, yet inside by the sunny south window, there’s an oasis of flowering and fruiting plants thriving. The water in an Earthships comes from harvested and filtered rainwater. Shower water is filtered to feed the plants, and sink water is filtered to flush the toilet.
From figs to bananas, kale to tomato, the Earthship grows food year round! Some newer ones even have aquaponic systems, when fish and plants co-exist!
Almost no energy bills due to several ways to utilize solar and wind energy!
Intrigued by all the genius ideas? Visit the link below to explore more and check out a list of great resources!
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  • Heather Stimmel Heather Stimmel on Sep 30, 2014
    This is absolutely ingenious!!!!! I love everything about the homes! Asthetically, they're beautiful!!! To say it is beautiful what they do for the earth and our environment would be a complete understatement!!!!!! I'm soooo ready to live life like this... peacefully and at one with God's world:)
    • RIVER RIVER on Oct 01, 2014
      @Heather Stimmel I feel like you do, always had the dream home in my mind if fate ever gave me a chance to build one ;) but this has changed my dreams drastically and for the better
  • Xie Xie on Feb 02, 2015
    My goal is to save enough money to buy some land and build an earth ship. With all the customization available, I don't understand why more people don't own these.
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