Michael Reynolds Interview Part 2 & Earthship Tours

Earthship Biotecture: earthship.com
Innovative & pioneering, his goal-driven biotectural design is changing the world. With a deep grasp on the human aspect in architecture and living styles, architect Michael Reynolds shares his thoughts, and how his now well-known Earthships emerged over the years. He also speaks of our humaness, and the communities he continues to develop in New Mexico. Homes that are totally self-sufficient and take care of their owners, the Earthship design, as you most certainly will see to some degree in this series, embraces the human spirit.

This is part 2 of 4: a re-edit of an hour-long TV production for public access TV. This interview was taped in 2003, and I'm more than pleased to finally present it in it's entirity on the web; Youtube limits length of videos, hence the necessary re-edit. I trust you'll watch all 4 parts; Michael Reynolds gives us much food for thought, but better than that: food for action!

You will find more information on Earthships at www.earthship.com. Thanks to the office for additional photos.

I hope to post the remainder of this series by the 1st of August, 2011!

Music in this series is performed by Puzzle of Light, a group from Dayton Ohio; compositions include Veldt & Village and Crescent Moon, composed by Michael & Sandy Bashaw, and Cehn, an improvisation by Michael and Sandy Bashaw and Bob Thompson.

Thanks to DATV staffers for assistance: Rick Latimer, Gregory Tucker, Dale Grow, and Patrick Hughes

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Howto & Style

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• earthships
• architecture
• self
• sustaining
• sufficiency
• construction
• alternative
• biotecture
• michael
• reynolds

[Zea107]

Looks like the "passive house" concept - but with a soul and no neurotic sterility to it.

[tizlizbiz]

@Zea107 it sure uses the sun the way a passive house does but with much better results; the rammed tires and earth berm go a long way here. you said it, Z. *soul*...they do embrace one ;)

[MotherReiver]

what a cool guy!

[tizlizbiz]

@MotherReiver Hi! ..in total agreement, of couse! His sensible thinking is so well-intact ..and he walks the talk, too! Thanks, Mums :))

[LizBizToo]

@HarveyEspatchelowe it's not keeping up with the technology available, IMO ! and an earthship just feels sooo good, too.. parts 3 and 4 coming up, Harv..thanks for stopping by :)

[HarveyEspatchelowe]

Architectural stress relief; I can see it. Yes, it looks like most of our status quo architecture is a sinking ship.