Green Acre: The Ultimate Reus - Shipping Containers for Room

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This week we return to Green Acre in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. Formerly a trailer park, Green Acre is Mikey Sklar and Wendy Tremayne's sustainable homestead and soon to be eco-hotel. Mikey and Wendy give us the low down on how shipping containers insulated with papercrete can be efficient, effective, comfortable and green guest rooms. Stay tuned for our next Green Acre adventure as we dig into 100 lbs of newspaper to create a slab of papercrete.
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[Geostars]

I'm not clear what you do with the papercrete slabs. Do you hang them on the outside of the container? How?

[sklarm]

We ended up using the papercrete slabs as a fence. Originally we thought we would use them for the shipping containers, but it was easier to just spray the containers with paper.

[Geostars]

You guys are really innovative pioneers. I'm inspired to do something similar. I look forward to regular updates. Do you ever do tours of your homestead?

[sklarm]

Occasionally we do tours. We have a long way to go until we are ready for guests. I recommend stopping by in 2010.

[CapttainVag]

how do those papercrete slabs fair in the weather...do they need to be painted?

[sklarm]

Yes, I have been painting with roofing seal, latex paint, acrylic paint, or prickly pear cactus juice.

[MrAnthonyRizzo]

Would you be able to put the paper-crete directly on the shipping container if you used a wire under mesh? If so would it be more or less cost effective? Which one is more eco friendly?

[zekehooper]

how much wherer the containers?

[martin199418]

how expensive are they?

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[MrNeosoul99]

I want to know more. How do you make them livable?

[Slambo2k]

Great, Hang in there, DON'T quit. Neal