Imagine a home that produces energy to use and produce to eat, yet you can still build in all the modern conveniences you could want in a home. Sound like somewhere you would want to live? You may want to check out earthships. Earthships are an eco-friendly dwelling made from recycled materials.
The exterior walls are typically formed out of old tires while interior walls can be made from bottles or cans. These homes are built half way into the earth so the ground helps to moderate the temperature inside the home; warming it in the winter and cooling it during the summer. Earthships are constructed with a wall of windows on the front where occupants have a built in green house and solar panels collect energy. Rain water is also collected and filtered through the plumbing of the homes. In some cases, water gets recycled several times so it can be used in the faucets, then gardening, then toilets. Earthship residents can use either a composting toilet or have it connected to a septic system.
This Canadian couple built their own earthship with less than $70,000. Even in the cold Canadian winters he reports the home stays around 70 degrees, he’s even grown bananas in his house during the winter.
Would you reside in an earthship?
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