Would YOU live in an Earthship?

It doesn't surprise me that the government would try to give this man a hard time, he's addressing many issues the politicians can't address in 20-30 years of being in office

So sad to hear this man has cancer. I heard he wanted to build a prototype city like this but noone would offer him land for it. Such a disgrace. He is absolutely right, we need to test housing like this. Amazing man who has done more for the world than probably any architect in last 50 years. I really hope he lives another 30 years.

I lived in Taos in the 90s. I had the pleasure of living in an earthship. I remember architects with suits on coming to learn from Mike, then getting handed a shovel to fill tires. The look on their faces.

"This is all growin from *shit* " i love this man

As a plumber, what I took away from this, is the re-use of water. Being able to use water more times in your house is beneficial to those out in western us that are currently having a water shortage.

The waterfall fireplace perfectly represents how he makes the seemingly incompatible coexist

This guy is a unappreciated genius.

Just stumbled here. I live in Western NY And grow avocados Figs lemons limes and just about everything else in my earthship. Didn't know of anyone else that lives this way.....now you! GLORIOUS. I'm not alone.

I stayed in one of the earthships for one night and it was truly beautiful. The shower was surrounded by plants and it had a greenhouse full fo birds. I highly recommend going to the main earthship, it is a once in a lifetime experience

The first half I was thinking, "It's impossible to scale this for urban sustainability." But by the end, I realized, "This is excellent design for rural sustainability. We should be adopting this as the norm in many rural settings."

It’s not a cult; you guys are pioneers of new sustainable solutions in agriculture, food, energy, housing ❤

I hope and pray that this man has help thats as brilliant and passionate as he is! His legacy needs to continue far into the future!

The man is an engineering and architecture genius

"This is all growing from shit" Never thought that sentence would motivate me to live self sustainable life 🤣😍

He is an absolute gem and legend and I am so grateful he is here on this planet and we're alive with him!

We basically did something like this on unzoned land in very rural Missouri. Not made with tires and glass bottles but dug into the earth under tree cover. No permits required and nobody cares, except DNR if you put in septic or a lagoon, which we didn't do. Composting toilets and a drain field in the garden for slightly grey water was our solution. This means only cleaning with natural products and biodegradable natural soaps. We use two tent sized wood stoves for heating, using aged deadfall. We do not need AC because the underground temperature is very comfortable. Fortunately we have a well, two springs, and a year-round creek.

"I can control my own environment". That's the most gangster thing I've ever heard.

Hi Mike, I hope you read these comments. I'm so proud to see how far you've come! I doubt you would remember, but you picked me up hitchhiking when I was a kid. It would have been around 1993-94 and I may have been with a girlfriend, heading to a wedding in Las Vegas, New Mexico. I just want to let you know that you've reached more people than you may realize. You told me about the idea behind earth ships, and planted the seed for me that day 30 years ago. I'm accumulating free and cheap secondhand materials for my 3rd, and hopefully final house in Maine. My last one was in Hawaii and it was about 95% recycled materials. Elevated water catchment, gravity fed to a solar "warm" lol, water heater, then to the kitchen sink, toilet and shower, which all fed the bananas and taro. 2 - 17watt RV solar panels for charging batteries, turning on lights, and powering my alarm clock, was all I needed. I can't count the # of times a big storm would come through and knock power out. Then I'd be the only one who showed up to work on time the next day because my alarm clock went off in the morning! I'm glad to see you incorporating plants in your buildings now, as that is the direction I'm going too. I'm hoping to have my favorite tropical fruits growing year around, at home in Maine. Thanks for planting the seed and fighting for our rights to make mistakes and learn from experience! Honestly, that statement should be one of the most important new amendments to our Constitution! (The right to make mistakes and learn from experience. No new nanny laws!)

It's terrible that our world tries to stop this better way of living.

The lady they interviewed at lunchtime is just the best. I love how most of her motivation was simply to not pay for utilities. I think it's very valid and if more people just think about saving money it would be actually great for the environment. Honestly, I think that's the only true way people can get to embrace sustainability: Economical living but still confortable.

The waterfall fireplace has got to be one of the coolest things I've ever seen in my life!

I won a vacation to Santa Fe, New Mexico and I got to visit literally every single one of these homes- they were BEAUTIFUL

huge respect for this man he did lot and face lots of problem still this project didn't get that much what it deserves ❤🤞

I volunteered working on earthships back in the mid '90's. I did slide shows and even a community TV show featuring them in Connecticut. Was amazed at the disinterest. Mike was being given all kinds of environmental awards at first. Then the gov't shifted in New Mexico and suddenly he was "building illegal housing developments" that required paved roads, sewage lines, etc. I timed my visit from CT to NM to be at his court hearing. Of course many were there supporting him. His work was shut down for a time. His usual resourcefulness and fabulous team went where housing was needed most and showed people how to build small, sustainable shelters. I'm delighted to see it all up and running again at Greater World, a place I had hoped to live, being one of the women showing off my earthship! I did live in one for a week while taking Mike's earthship course and had most wonderful hot tub experience ever. Thanks, Mike for all you're doing. Be strong, live long!

As an Earthship academy graduate (phase 1) and having met Michael, Phil and the crew in person, I can say the (latest versions) Earthships live up to the claims of total off grid self sustainability. Only drawbacks are building codes and the amount of labor required. But once build and after first rain - you will never need to pay for utilities again.

Would be interesting to see an adaptation meant to cope with tropical weather - especially one that can withstand multiple typhoons in a year.

What an inspiring video, i'm in Australia & we have quite a few communities like this, but not nearly enough, I remember helping my father lay a concrete slab on an extension to our home in the mid 70's & he laid bottles end to end under it before adding concrete, that floor was never cold, even in mid winter & the house still stands.

I would gladly adopt this lifestyle without even a second thought. This is how life should be like already.

As a developer/builder I find this absolutely fascinating. Building codes and regulations have gone too far. We need more thinkers like him. EDIT: for those who have blamed me for being a greedy builder wanting to cut corners just to save a buck I want you to know I have put my money where my mouth is on multiple occasions. My family and I live in a house I built. There were some code items I filed for exceptions for because they just didn’t make sense. I understand some of the code was literally paid for with blood and is on the books for good reason. Some of it was lobbied for by corporations and should not be there. I can assure you my home will still be standing in 100+ years. I didn’t say we shouldn’t have building codes, just that they go too far in many instances. The applications shown in this video make much more sense on a practical level.

We have built a hybrid Earth Ship using baled tires stacked like lego's, they weigh 1 ton ea. 😎 Very cozy & peaceful in the foothills of S Co. Mike is genius very grateful for him. 🥰

honestly these should be everywhere. i think it would be hugely beneficial for society to recycle sustainably, not to mention the million other positive things that come out of growing your own food and using renewable energy. this is pretty amazing.

I see why the local government was trying to shut him down even taking away his architecture license- because they don’t make money if people learn to self-sustain. No utility bills. Sewerage bill, electric bill, water bill and taxes to maintain local roads/street lights that regular incorporated towns residents pay for. Big government wants to stop this lifestyle from expanding. They want citizens to 100% rely on the government for everything.

These people are incredible and an inspiration. It's a disgrace that governments and society around the world make it so difficult to build like this. Keep up amazing work

I have the love shack. 2 bedroom wooden home, off grid since 1999! We are on a tiny island in the Caribbean, simple life and totally natural and independent. Simple unadulterated freedom!

I fell in love with ES concept when I acquired about 80+ acres of land (off-grid). no utilities/bills, and since I am not physically able to build, I will need to have someone manage the build, when ready that is.

We are born to create, it’s the whole point of having a human experience and these people are fulfilling their divine destiny. How wonderful would it be if we could all live like this someday.

"Some people are a little afraid of freedom." Can't think of a better quote for society today!

I just respect the fact that he said he is about logic rather than being moral.

👍 I'm really glad you filmed this. Thank you.

This is how our children may eventually survive. And live. These methods and principles should be taught in school.

I love his water fall fire place!!! His indoor tangerine tree is straight up dream Land gorgeous, kinda funny he needed a garbage dump permit to build his house. This world is just straight up backwards.

Respect this man for doing what he's doing 👏

Hi! Great video thank you. I'm from France and I just moved to New Brunswick, Canada. It is one off my goals to build and live in an Earthships under the snow. It make so much sense to my perception of how living life this days. The only things it's that I'm by myself and I don't see to many people into that. But I'm sure I will find them when the time is right. Just have to be patiente and keep learning util then.

I would 100% live in one of these. Even though they look different from traditional homes, they seem normal. Lots of windows, plants, space, protection from the weather ... would save a shit ton on electricity, air conditioning, and water bills. With a bit of tweaking they could look like a traditional home or better. Hoping they can be designed and built in Canada on a larger scale soon!

I never even thought water can be used 4 different times. This place is very inspiring. It just shows great care for the Earth and what people can do when they set their minds to it

Ive been interested in this and watching from Australia fir over a decade. I'm so happy to see Mike is still pushing on and people have stepped up as he believed when fighting all those councils a decade or so ago. Makes my heart sing. It's on my bucket list to shake his and others involved hands. Maybe even a hug. 😊

Yeah New Mexico!!! *US I knew immediately that this was NM... I live here in New Mexico and I myself wanted to build a STRAW HOUSE back in the 70s... they have come a long way, to the point you can't even tell they're made out of STRAW... Love this video Thank you for sharing this.

I hope someone can start building like this in Philippines because there's a lot of garbage and recyclables here.. this is such a big help to our planet earth. I'm so amazed that there are communities like this

So much of what people set aside for recycling is never actually recycled, and is ultimately discarded. But imagine if this garbage was collected / harvested for the sole purpose of re-selling it as building material. I envision a dump site where these materials are gathered and partitioned off into individual piles of specific products such as tires, bottles, cans, and recycled lumber. Such a "building supply yard" would be a welcome addition to the sustainable housing industry if you could get enough people to buy into the concept.

Participating in an Earthship build is incredible! Great experience to share with awesome people!

I remember seeing this when he first started - Kudos to him for following his heart ❤️

Mr. Mike Reynolds, I wish you a long and healthy life. I'm sorry to hear about the recent medical challenges, I hope your health improves and you can continue to help others find your knowledge.

I would absolutely live in an earth ship house. The whole sustainable aspect of it, with adequate solar/wind energy and rain catchment/cistern storage just makes sense to me. I’m two years from retiring, and won’t have a lot of income…the idea of not spending it all on utilities gives me goosebumps.

Gotta Love the Earthship design of recycling!. ❤ 🌎🌏🌍. Love ❤. Shared ❤️. Saved on UKposts ❤️.

I would totally want this kind of house have followed Mike since the 70’s ish LOVE IT ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

This guy is awesome and I’m just a brotha from the hood… he seems like a real leader and may God continue blessing him with 30 more years as he said. 💯🖤power to the people who dare to be different

Mike Reynolds is a freaking genius. The world is still not ready for his ideas unfortunately

Incredible!! This held me "hostage" mentally, creatively -- & I felt so excited whole time watching & listening & thinking, wanting to see more, more, more! Everything was explained so thoroughly that I don't even have any questions left to ask here! I ALWAYS have questions when I watch something that gets me so excited...brain starts running so fast, there's a whirring sound in my head. I can think of nothing to ask; all my queries answered. Thank you for the great subject, information & learning from this video. And thank you all those who chatted with you, sharing their lives, hard work & joy. ESPECIALLY a HUGE THANK YOU to MIKE!!! Without whom, none of this would be going on at all!! Haiti, P.R. & all of it...great job & important + great subject! This video should be shown to high school youth, 11-12th graders...get them excited & thinking! New thinking - outside the box of corporate greed & our throw away society, making tons of trash daily w/o a 2nd thought about where it all goes. Or what we can do with it instead of filling world up with trash. This concept 'works for good' on so many levels. "Ingenuity" is amazing thing, to change the world we live in. As fast as we're depleting natural resources, destroying habitats that birds, fish & animals NEED to live & have a right to do so, we MUST find different ways to REUSE the tons of trash we create daily. The youth of today have the energy & imagination to soak up everything you can teach them about this & how to put it to use, have them talking about it... working as a team to build these homes, making them sustainable & living comfortably in them... All that & more, teach it to the leaders & workers of tomorrow! "This can work!" "Live well, in fact!" So many ways to solve the probs of trash/waste, etc., etc. The solutions will NOT come from the same people who created & now ignore the heaping piles of trash created by mankind, like the micro-plastics that are EVERYWHERE!! Massive profits being made off of destroying the planet & life here! The OG will never fix any of the mess they wallow in - don't even see it from their lofty castles & yachts - NEXT GENERATION will need to do things like this & make the changes needed to sustain life on Earth. The sooner, the better, cuz' we're way behind. Glaciers be melting faster & starts domino effect! Change can be done & beautifully -- this is proof & inspiration! Please don't let this be just "an interesting idea", or a "quirky group of people building strange hones in desert." I am 65 & ill, so won't be able to push the issue. Wish I was 30yrs old & had energy, determination I had then. Let's harness it from those who do & who can!!! Change our way of thinking! This is fantastic! Screw corporate profiteers...just do it & pursue it. REAL PEOPLE CAN DO THIS!

I absolutely love his home ....so creative and natural .....wish i could build one on land in Australia .....very smart man 💚💚

I like how you guys kept it fundamental. No politics or weird perspectives and opinions. Just about the houses and ppl 👍

That waterfall fireplace is extraordinary. Can you imagine being able to gaze at that as you drift off to sleep?

You're doing a great job don't stop keep expanding

This is AMAZING! Also when you said “the people” I completely lost it 🤣🤣🤣 I would love to live like this. Lord knows I could supply the cans and cardboard.

This absolutely brilliant. Great men are rarely recognised for their greatness in their lifetimes. History will revere this man as a pioneer. Hopefully

Honestly, I would love if my country, Australia, got on board with things like this. There is so much of our country classed as 'uninhabitable' due to the desert temperature fluctuations, that could be used in sustainable housing. If I were not in a wheelchair, I'd love to go learn how to do this, to put together a place. Even not far from the major towns, we have a lot of land that is just not used. An hour drive out from the city I grew up in, you could even buy 10 acres for 30k AUD, which is far more afordable than the 150k+ you pay just to buy land on the grid in/directly around town. And the tire structures would go a long way into preventing issues with burrowing creatures, they wouldn't be able to get too far in.

This guy is leaving a wonderful legacy... Love it❤

Wonderfully innovative. Can't imagine all the knowledge and research that went into these. They'd have to take from so many fields, architecture, construction, chemical engineering; so many others. Respect. This is a gift to Earth and to us, if we only open our minds. Thanks to Michael and all the others.

It makes me very happy to see a group of people who recognize how wasteful we have become and want to start reconnecting with nature and natural resources. We have forgotten the natural cooling and insulating properties of our earth, and we have created buildings and homes that are harder to heat and cool than in the past because of the material we use to build them. I believe there are several methods these people are using that can be incorporated into the way we currently build our homes to become more sustainable!

I'm an engineering consultant in power systems - to anyone building an Earthship, I volunteer with help!

I would love to have a earthship,great free thinking at work.

Wow! This guy is a legit artist, genius & so, so creative! I love it! People would pay a fortune, to live in something this spectacular and it's all made from junk! Kudos to you mate.....outstanding. I would totally live there!!

This is one of the coolest things I never knew about until now. This needs national recognition. It’s so sad when people with actual tangible solutions to some of this worlds environmental and economic issues are stifled by bureaucracy and greed.

This is super inspiring and I can only hope that this will become a movement in more countries. It’s god damn ridiculous how our species still hasn’t figured out the basic concept of (environmental) equilibrium, and it makes me furious to think that people who try to actually solve the issues are being fought or oppressed.

I love this idea and that you can build them anywhere is awesome.

When I was between the ages of 16 and 18 was in a GED program here in Austin Texas on 5th and Congress called creative rapid learning Center. Just play some introduced me to a program called Casa Verde funny through Americorps which would pay us hourly to learn construction but we also were taken to a place called rainbow ranch in Buda Texas to build similar structures like the ones in the video I remember feeling the tires with mud and Adobe and making these structures out of adobe over the tires and yes they do feel really nice and cool during the summer. I wish I would have ran into this man back when I was learning this because I would definitely pursued it and probably right at his side working on all this. This is an amazing human being. And the Phoenix I mean wow what a structure of a home definitely worthy to be called an Earth ship!!❤

I so want to tour one. Earthships should happen across the country.

One if the most interesting thing I've ever received from UKposts by the absolute random. Thank you guys for sharing this documentary with the world. I was wondering how I'm going to be able to make a similar house so yep I'm at the right place.

Would absolutely love a place with lots of space and no codes to just be free, creative, invent, make art, etc.

Damn I’m absolutely speechless, these Earthships are mesmerizing. This isn’t garbage anymore, it’s art no matter what way you cut it. I am happy for them, they must be proud of their accomplishments and creations. I applaud them and appreciate their hard work and the amount of thought they put into their masterpieces

Having an unorthodox world view is one thing, but actually helping parts of the world who need it is another. These guys are doing good things out there!

I would certainly live in an Earthship, as an environmentalist, this way of living is not only unique, but also sustainable. It's also way more attractive compared to modern-day city suburbs.

I watched Season 2 on Prime, loved all of them, Earthships was my favorite, Point Roberts WA and the boundary waters as I've been fishing Northern MN 35 years. If in future episodes you could list links about some of the content. I look forward to season 3. Well done gents.

People like this are never appreciated in their own time but in years to come when we have caused even more destruction to our planet he will be “remembered” as a visionary and we will be fighting to live in places and build homes like this.

Mike Reynolds, out of everything, is a creative visionary. And I think there's nothing more important that you could contribute to the universe than your creativity as an artist. And to help people and make something so bedrock, so stationary, as homes and this idea of sustainable living is just the best of the best. Not to suck this dude off too much lol, but it is absolutely beautiful, the work he has done. He is an artist to me

GENUIS and a maverick to adventure in forward thinking living naturally and reusing waste to develop awesome space…. Beyond pioneer …. Truly inventive creative Spirit ✨🧡 🙏

wow! This is truly moving, I need an earthship! Thank you Mike, for all you do!

I never knew this was a thing! I'm blown away by the engineering involved to design and build each earthship and I completely get the logic behind them. I love the fail fast methodology and I agree it's a shame we teach young minds that failure is bad. Life is filled with valuable little nuggets which sometimes are only found through our failures.

Awesome, using tires as insulation for foundations & walls, beer cans & bottles, etc. People are wasting so many resources. Sounds like the perfect cheapest and most effective solutions. Thank you Mike for paving the way. I am very simple and do not waste much, so I could see myself living in a community like this one, helping to gather materials, etc. I love the garden and planting part in the green house looking areas. Nice. Good job!

Earthships in underdeveloped countries! Amazing and heartwarming. HUGE potential. ❤👌🙏

My wife and I stayed in in one of those earthship homes for a couple of days. We enjoyed it very much. I would love to have one, but it wouldn't work for us right now. What we can do, is put solar panels on our house, which we did. Our electric bill is $8.20 a month, which is the minimum fees, because the electric company acts as our battery pack. Our meter runs backwards during the the day and forwards at night, or on cloudy days. Because we produce more electricity than we use, we have a surplus built up, so we don't have to pay for electricity, just the fees to be connected to the grid.

The artist lady at lunch 😂 the best.

I just saw this in March 2024, but what a wonderful idea and so great for the planet! God bless you all!

short on words to describe how much I love this whole idea and what he's done. People like him are heroes for me. Also, incredibly well done and put together, the animation, the sound design, camera work - amazing work guys!

omg "They're also made out of garbage." "The people?" *cut away from second guy spitting food with laughing*

❤ Aloha 🌺 from Germany. I love your kind of building houses. I love your way of freedom. Earthships are so beautiful and a very good way to have a very fine life without a lot of money. Welcome new earth 🥰🙏

I would live in an Earthship, you have everything there you could ever need.

Wow I've found Mike in the 80's when he was just starting. I thought back then how beautiful. And now he has come so far. Nobody's laughing at him anymore. And I want to move there and live in this off grid sustainable community!!!

Wow! Still around? I saw him on TV as a kid in the late 70s or early 80s. When I’m recycling bottles I imagine building something because of him.

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