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Hi!
I came across a really cool, and more importantly environment friendly, video and wanted to share it with you. The organization is called Earthship Biotecture, and what they do is build and maintain radically sustainable homes build from recyclable materials. I practically started writing the check when I saw what these great people are doing!
They literally create a home built from recycled items such as tires, plastics, bottles, cans, etc… They also use self-sustainable energy sources. You receive your home’s power from solar and wind sources (by the way those don’t really run out like coal and oil). Your home is heated and cooled by natural sunlight (determined by the sun’s solar angle which varies at different times of year). Also, your water and waste it taken care as well.
I really like the modern thinking behind these homes because it incorporates a high standard of living as well as the audacity to protect our planet. Can’t really ask for more in this day and age.
I would put money down on these “earthships” becoming a very popular/normal way to build your home in the next 50 years or so.
Here is the link to their organization I suggest you check it out: http://www.earthship.org/
Check out this cool video on the makings behind an earthship:
The District of Misery 