Earthships – Houses made of waste material
An Earthship is an ‘earth-sheltered’ building that functions autonomously (profiting from sunlight, temperature, wind, soil, landscape and natural resources). Mike Reynolds was one of the first to design and build Earthships in the 1970s. Today there are many thousand Earthships that are build all over the planet. Different shapes, designs and infrastructures make it possible to optimize an earthship specfic climate conditions.
The interesting thing is that one of the main materials that is being used to create an Earthship are old tires which are filled with Soil (one of the best isolation materials). Old tins and bottles can be used together with clay in order to build the house.
Special are also the unique shapes that Earthships are build in. Usually people do not only spend lots of time and effort in building a selfsustained house with a water recycling system and renewable energy resources but they also create innovative living spaces.
Check out the videos to get an idea 
Mira
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February 12th, 2008 at 9:22 pm
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February 18th, 2008 at 5:17 am
liked your video great idea. I want to build a retaining wall out of tires, My question is I would like to cover the tire wall with a concrete layer, what is the best way to do this
February 21st, 2008 at 1:24 pm
Hi Randol,
I can’t answer your question myself, but I can get you in touch with the right people: The video was uploaded by Earthship Biotecture in Taos, NM, USA.
You can contact them here and see if they can tell you what experiences they have with concrete layers:
(001)575-751-0462 (questions)
biotecture@earthship.org
For more videos on earthships please see: (http://www.youtube.com/earthship)
I hope this is helpful,
Mira