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Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Earthships

(For some reason it won't let me embed the videos, so I just posted the links.)

Long Version, 7:30 min

(Very) Quick Version, 1:10 min

Micheal Reynolds, a former architect and now self-proclaimed "biotect", has begun a revolutionary way to construct homes. By using recycled materials and renewable energy sources, these homes are 100% sustainable. Reynolds hopes to see an "Earthship" community in every major city in his lifetime. This concept argues that the way to battle climate change and the energy crisis may not necessarily mean to simply change how we get our fuel, but to rethink the idea of the traditional home.

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