Tire house earthship

A couple on Nova Scotia's Eastern Shore has an unconventional retirement project: building a home out of tires.

In an effort to become more sustainable, green, or what have you people have started to look more at what we currently have rather then what we can have that we can make better. It seems like one …

Retaining walls made from recycled tires filled with dirt and covered in stucco. #shedplans

Earthships are a topic that has been of interest to me for a while now. These extremist environmentally conscious homes/buildings are amazing. They are described on their website as, “Radical…

This Earthen home is a new style of tiny living that is both modern and rustic with a true R&R feeling to satisfy your soul.

During our holiday family gathering in New Mexico, we took the opportunity to go visit the Earthship educational center. We became interested in Earthships after we watched The Garbage Warrior, fe…

850 tires went into this wall to form an awesome thermal mass that kept the building cool in spite of high temperatures outside. The family spent last summer pounding earth into the interior of each tire. Since the tires are free including free delivery on flat bed trucks this is the way to go if you have lots of time and less money. The design does not quite follow the traditional U shape of the earth design but is long and flat for passive heating in the winter and a greenhouse effect for…

The indoor harvest. Gorgeous light, sustainable living.

skylight

earthship exterior

retaining wall

The Aseseeso earthbag chalet under construction. Note how it’s built on sloping ground.

Earthship construction - Walls

We had heard from a couple of different people who had heard about our earthship and wanted to come help out and learn about it. Eldar, Oleg, and Mike arrived together after driving from New Jersey. They are really interested in this type of building, and are planning on helping a friend build an earthship hut in the Catskills. They came prepared with work clothes, drinks, paper towels, and even a tent! After working on the wing wall at our entryway, we pointed them in the direction of…