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Say Hello to Earthships!

Is this not the COOLEST house you have ever seen?!  The best part - it's made out of trash.  Old tires, beer bottles, you name it.   Earth ships date back to the 1970s and there is a whole community of them in Taos, New Mexico.  They are completely off-grid, meaning no fossil fuels, no gas bills, and you can live anywhere.  A friend introduced these to me back in June (thank you!).  I have since watched a documentary about the architect - Michael Reynolds - called Garbage Warrior.

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Road Trip Stop # 3: Phoenix Earthship (Taos, NM)

from joshchandratravel.blogspot.com

Available: Phoenix Nightly Rental

I realized I'd been putting of writing about this stop because I'm afraid I just don't have the words (or pictures) to do it justice. But if I put it off any longer I'll never get around to it and I do want to get the word out about this very unique place. Basically for those who don't know (and I certainly didn't before this trip) Earthships are a type of sustainable architecture (or 'biotecture' to borrow the phrase). We were fortunate enough to stay in the Phoenix Earthship for one night.

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Comments from the world... November, 2011

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"I truly believe that what the Earthship Biotecture is doing is something the nation and the whole world needs to recognize and understand because you guys are doing great things for our future."

"I'm not sure how much help I can be, but I am dying to learn more about earthships and the philosophies behind them."

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Crosby and Nash on Earthships...

"Went to see Crosby and Nash last night. Crosby was ranting on about Earthships in between songs!"