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Earthships are environmentally friendly homes that are built from old tyres and bottles stuffed with earth. They harvest and recycle their own water, generate their own electricity, maintain comfortable temperatures without an input of energy and grow their own food. The main disadvantage is the large amount of labour required to build them. See [http://earthship.com/ earthship.com] for further details. | Earthships are environmentally friendly homes that are built from old tyres and bottles stuffed with earth. They harvest and recycle their own water, generate their own electricity, maintain comfortable temperatures without an input of energy and grow their own food. The main disadvantage is the large amount of labour required to build them. See [http://earthship.com/ earthship.com] for further details. | ||
[[File:Earthship2.jpg|right|300px]]A building guide is available on The Pirate Bay: [http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/5561875/Michael_Reynolds__Earthship_Vol._1__How_to_build_your_own Vol. 1, on architectural features] | [[File:Earthship2.jpg|right|300px]]A building guide is available on The Pirate Bay: | ||
*[http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/5561875/Michael_Reynolds__Earthship_Vol._1__How_to_build_your_own Vol. 1, on architectural features] | |||
*[http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/5599633/Michael_Reynolds__Earthship_Vol._2__Systems_and_components Vol. 2 and the water, energy and other systems] | |||
*[http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/5569181/Michael_Reynolds__Earthship_Vol._3__Evolution_beyond_economics Vol. 3, on the broader implications of this sort of living] | |||
Revision as of 00:34, 12 November 2010
Earthships are environmentally friendly homes that are built from old tyres and bottles stuffed with earth. They harvest and recycle their own water, generate their own electricity, maintain comfortable temperatures without an input of energy and grow their own food. The main disadvantage is the large amount of labour required to build them. See earthship.com for further details.
A building guide is available on The Pirate Bay: