Support the Philadelphia Earthship! Supporters of Earthship Philadelphia can also help by sharing this with friends that support true urban sustainability and freedom! For more information, go to: gofundme.com/phillyearthship April 3, 2012 - KYW's Kim Glovas talked to Michael Reynolds, the founder of the Earthship, a self-sustaining home which can take you off the grid. Listen and Download the interview here.
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Earthships Could Transform Philadelphia
from the Sierra Club
More than 40,000 vacant lots, many piled high with illegally dumped tires, blight the city of Philadelphia. High unemployment and crime rates discourage many residents, but not Rashida Ali-Campbell, director of the non-profit, LoveLovingLove, Inc.
In Philadelphia's empty lots and abandoned, decaying buildings (approximately 75,000), Ali-
Campbell sees hope and unlimited possibilities. Her mission is to open a school for low-income residents to learn sustainable building techniques. She plans to bring the first urban Earthship to Philadelphia.
Recent donations and comments for Earthship Philadelphia
$200.00 - My mind has not stopped thinking of Earthships since the Philly seminar with Michael Reynolds. With the energy at that conference I have no doubt that the Embassy will be built.
$100 - Earthships represent a new wave of thoughtful design. This is truly remarkable in our age, when the vast majority of people think our resources are unlimited. I will always support thoughtful design, and I'm hoping other people will too. Regardless of what we think or know our resource situation is.
Non-Profit Hoping To Bring ‘Earthship’ To Philadelphia
January 9, 2012
By Kim Glovas
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – A new non-profit in Philadelphia, with an eye on reducing the city’s carbon footprint, is hoping an event in February will help spread the word and maybe reduce some eyesores in the urban landscape.
If you say “Earthship” to someone the idea conjured up is of spaceships or something other worldly. But Rashida Ali-Campbell, with Earthship Philadelphia, says it is really a home made of found materials including tires, plastic bottles and flattened aluminum cans. The tires, packed with dirt, acts as the building’s foundation.
Deep Dive on Green Jobs Shows Many Shades of Opportunity
by Paul Glover, from flyingkitemedia.com
Philadelphia's green jobs movement parades as many green hues as Fairmount Park, ranging from deep green work to pale green employment.
All green work expands Philadelphia's economy by reducing waste of resources, workers and wealth. Green jobs make life easier for everyone by reducing the costs of fuel, food, and housing. Green work repairs soil, water and air, making these cleaner and healthier.
Earthship to Emerald
By Brian Rademaekers from bsmphilly.com.
It started with a pile of old tires and some dirt on Emerald Street, but local earthship enthusiasts are hoping it will grow into something much bigger.
On Friday morning last week, a sizable collection of tires lined the lush green pathways of the Emerald Street Urban Farm, a little slice of agrarian heaven located at Dauphin and Emerald streets in gritty East Kensington.
And while that trash seemed to clash with the vegetable gardens, beehive and chicken coop, it, too, was destined for a greener fate.
Earthship Seminar in Philadelphia
MARCH 9, 2011 ETHICAL SOCIETY BUILDING PHILADELPHIA
Earthships: Sustainable "Off-Grid" Homes Made of Recycled Materials
What: The acclaimed Earthship Biotecture Multimedia Seminar and Q&A will be in Philadelphia on March 9, 2011. It will cover all aspects of Earthship Biotecture, the international sustainable "off-grid" housing concept that incorporates recycled materials into "groundbreaking" housing structures.
Earthship Biotecture represented at Philadelphia event
Peace Everyone,
I am excited to write to you about the festival and the success of the Earthship Tent. The festival drew a crowd of over 2000 people, back and forth through the park. People were still arriving as we were leaving at 7pm. God blessed us with a sunny day. The evening before we got some serious rain and we were praying it didn't last. The show was opened with a step show and several of our city representatives came out for support including, Seth Williams ( D primary winner for D.A race) , Jannie Blackwell, Sharif Street, and the Honorable Mayor Michael Nutter. There were many vendors at the festival, there was also a basketball tournament, rides, and entertainment on the stage all day long.
Earthship Nature Center
The Silver Lake Nature Center in Bristol, Pennsylvania, will build an Earthship!
Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA)
The keynote speaker who kicked off this year’s Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA) was Michael Reynolds, founder of Earthship Biotecture, and also known as “The Garbage Warrior”. Why, you ask, was the Garbage Warrior speaking at a sustainable farming conference? Others at the conference wondered the same – until Michael said this: “Independent of shifts from outside forces (the economy, the availability of petroleum-based materials and fuel, etc.) We want to ensure that individuals can continue to draw sustenance of life from the Earth”. Sounds like what farmers do doesn’t it?