from Earthship Chile

I'm from Chile two weeks ago we had an earthquake of 6/7 richter, our tire wall stand without problems and our wall is just tires no concrete on it ... enough evidence for me that Earthships are earthquake-proof .

Sorry about my English not mi native language hope you understand.

Greetings from Chile.
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March 2010
Dear Earthship staff - We wanted to drop a quick note to thank everyone there for our very enjoyable stay in the "Corner Cottage" last Thursday and Friday (3/18 & 3/19). What a wonderful dwelling the "Corner Cottage" is!

November 2008

Thank you for the inspiring and transformative experience! This place is as magical and whimsical as its namesake and echo's the creativity, perseverance, and souls of each of the people who helped bring it to life. We look forward to utilizing the vision you have passed onto us in our building future.

December 2008

What a great experience here at the Earthship Phoenix! I enjoyed the peace and quiet and was in awe of the craftsmanship of the house. What a work of art! Hope to come back again soon! - Alaska

by Kirsten Jacobsen

We got a chance to give the new Earthship Education Facility a little trial run this morning as part of a 3 hour scheduled tour for Vista Grande High School, a local Taos charter school.

I set up a temporary screen (read white sheet) in what will be the screening room of the new Earthship Education Facility and showed some slides. Sean and Hillary took the 60 kids through the vintange Visitor Center, around the EVE project, through the Studio rental, a one bedroom Global Earthship, the Corner Cottage Earthship, the Euro Earthship and the Phoenix.

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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"Many reasons to build something like this besides going "green".
Independence from conventional systems alone gives you a step up from city dwelling. If your source of food, fuel and water were interrupted for 30 days, what would your family do? Everyone thinks of things of an apocalyptic nature when he cause could be entirely mundane. Storms, earthquakes, even a power outage for a week would prove difficult. We think investing is preparing but you cannot eat money."

By Holly Prestidge

MEDIA GENERAL NEWS SERVICE

Published: January 11, 2009

LOUISA, Va.

Having hundreds of old tires piled up around your house usually isn't a look your neighbors appreciate.

But the tire piles around Randy Holladay's dwelling in Louisa in Central Virginia aren't just discarded junk -- they're the walls of his home and most of them aren't visible from the outside.