Design with Nature - download it at calearth.org

I live in New Mexico and in Taos they have a community of self-sustainable housing called Earthships, which use dirt-packed tires for the walls. They are very expensive to build though. How expensive are these to build? I am disabled and living in an apartment on rental assistance with my children and would love to have a self-sustainable home to pass down to my children and their children.

He really was BRILLIANT.

Brilliant!

Thanks for positive words, how much one of these cost excluding the land? Can it be done alone once you gather all the necessary materials or do one need help of many people? How about the water and plumbing, did you get help for that? Too many questions,sorry,but very interested to learn more.Thanks!

Should be made mandatory design parameters for all beachfront homes (which shouldn't exist anyway, but even so).

all of the best examples of these great homes are in arid looking land. i live in ohio, in a river valley, can these kind of homes be built where there is high humidity, and high moisture?

yes!

Of course. I live in Big Island, Hawaii, and I helped build an earthbag in one of the wettest places on the planet. I also volunteered in an earthbag project in South Dakota, which is super cold, windy, and with tornadoes

Hola Eleana quisiera saber de donde escribes, yo estoy el Peru, yo tambien tengo el mismo interes que tu pero yo quiero construir en la sierra, yo tengo algo bajando todo de Internet, quizas podamos ayudarnos... Saludos

This is so refreshing, maybe out of all this mess our country has gotten into a few more folks will be ready to try something old . I'd really like to attempt this on a piece of land purchased a few years back in NM. I've made inquires regarding architect stamps/seal but as of yet have no feed back does anyone know how those stamps/seals might be obtained without having to go to great expense and frustration dealing with those nagging bureaucrats