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The pros and cons of this self-contained, fully sustainable home. The most fascinating part about an Earthship is the fact that you can eliminate all outside utilities. So, not only is the home ...

I stayed in an off-grid Earthship in Taos, New Mexico, on a 600-acre community of other Earthships. I spent three days in the 1,000-square-foot space with a queen bed, living area, kitchen, and bath.

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Healthy homes, natural homes, earthship homes, off-grid homes, rammed earth homes, strawbale homes - a huge variety of eco-friendly housing is available for the ...

TAOS, N.M.--Imagine maintaining a steady 70 degrees in your house high in the New Mexico desert, even as outside temperatures vary between 100 and minus-20, all without spending a dime on power. Can't ...

Creating or finding a shelter to call "home" has been a necessity for humans since the beginning of time. Protecting ourselves from the elements, dangerous animals and enemies has always been a top ...

TAOS, New Mexico — Old tires, crumpled cans and empty wine bottles are piling up at construction sites across the desert. A renewed purpose awaits these discarded items, which will become the building ...

How does one reconcile the need to reconnect with nature and to live as intentionally as possible with the pressing and ever-increasing demands of modern life? In this particular case, one doesn’t.

Earthships aren't designed to take families out of this world to explore other galaxies. But they are taking off on this planet and will soon land in Colorado Springs. The Colorado Solar Village is ...

Once a week Rashida Ali-Campbell visits a vacant lot at 675 N. 41st St. in West Philadelphia. It’s the future site of an Earthship — a 100 percent sustainable building. Right now the lot is home to ...

BELFRY (AP) — Bill and Ruth Craven's longtime dream to build and live in an Earthship was nearly snuffed out in mid-June. The couple were preparing to construct the unconventional home — which ...

The next owner of 1375 Queensborough Rd., near Tweed, Ont., might want to invest in a mariner’s cap. “Once you live in it, you realize that it is literally a ship, you have to sail it,” current owner ...