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A definite "must see" documentary about the journey of a New Mexico based maverick architect named Michael Reynolds who creates self sustaining, off-the-grid homes from simple natural materials and items such as tires,beer cans and glass/plastic bottles for hurricane victims,third world country families and those who wish to just "go green."A definite "must see" documentary about the journey of a New Mexico based... more
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The financially transparent open collaborative approach to social enterprise the Campus TV is founded upon extends to its second physical location.
The Earthship Florida property is located in Manatee County, about a 15 minute drive from Sarasota.
The 10 acre site will be home to a number of educational and sustainable business models. The evolution of this project is the subject of this show on the Campus TV.
You are invited to PARTICIPATE if you have ideas to contribute. ALL money invested and earned will be reported on the show with full financial transparency - specifically the value of "outside" contributions.
We represent a new way of doing business. We believe most of the current problems we face can be addressed by financially transparent social enterprise. We enable new innovative ideas to get commercialized by plugging into real world ongoing projects - eliminating the need for traditional venture capital.
Interested?
www.facebook.com/thecampusTV
www.facebook.com/earthship.florida
thecampustv@gmail.comThe financially transparent open collaborative approach to social enterprise the... more
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think rubber tires....think green, low carbon footprint....think end-of-life tires into the most innovative valuable building components....
Future Cubes
check out: www.nordmackcorp.com or www.futurecubes.comthink rubber tires....think green, low carbon footprint....think end-of-life tires... more
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Green building -- designing homes and businesses to maximize energy and water efficiency and minimize harm to the environment -- has been gathering steam across much of the world. In New York City, architects are exploring the exciting potential of growing fresh food in the urban landscape through green roofs and vertical farms. In the heartland, more folks are taking advantage of home energy tax credits to tighten up their home's seal, invest in more efficient systems and install renewable energy.Green building -- designing homes and businesses to maximize energy and water... more
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Carbon footprinting is fun! Use the form below to find out your current fuel emissions. After you fill out the first part of the form and find out your footprint, click "submit" to see how your footprint compares to other folks who have used this calculator. More...Carbon footprinting is fun! Use the form below to find out your current fuel... more
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Earthship Biotecture creates buildings that...
heat and cool themselves naturally via solar/thermal dynamics
collect their own power from the sun and wind
harvest their own water from rain and snow melt
contain and treat their own sewage on site
produce food in significant quantities
utilize materials that
are byproducts of modern society
like cans, bottles and tires.Earthship Biotecture creates buildings that...
heat and cool themselves naturally via... more
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Welcome to the Greater World Earthship Colony outside of Taos, New Mexico, where a hundred people live off the grid in a society built solely from recycled cans, bottles, and tires.Welcome to the Greater World Earthship Colony outside of Taos, New Mexico, where a... more
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While the Chinese government has never been known for its environmental consideration, a new city springing up there on an island in the mouth of the Yangtze River may start to change all of that. Bulldozers have already broken ground on Chongming, where China is constructing an earth-friendly city from scratch catering to the overflowing masses from nearby Shanghai as well as those displaced by the massive and ongoing Three Gorges dam project.
Many of the details about Chongming's purported environmentally friendly features are not yet known, but include the proposition to only allow electric cars onto the island. Meanwhile, construction in the new city will have to meet sustainability standards. And the wetlands around the island's perimeter, still teeming with wildlife, will be protected by a five-kilometer wide buffer zone comprising around 30 percent of the new city's proposed land mass.
Meanwhile, many analysts remain skeptical about China's ability to follow through on its green plans for Chongming. After all, 16 of the world's 20 most polluted cities are in China, and continuing pressure to develop may only make matters worse. Even on Chongming, long a sleepy backwater where farmers still get around the island's dirt roads via donkey carts, wetlands and the wildlife species that thrive in such environments have been quickly disappearing. Nevertheless, the same skeptics are hoping that the planned sustainable city on Chongming is a harbinger for greener things to come within the world's most populous nation. ...
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from TouchArt.net and OneEarthBlog.blogspot.com where we encourage building homes for those living in poverty worldwide with recycled glass and plastic bottles, cans, and tires like the Earthships in Taos, New Mexico http://current.com/items/88602021_bottles_cans_and_tires
and the Bottle Houses in Bolivia.
http://current.com/items/85280691_this_glass_house
via emagazine.com
China Building Green City on Island Near Shanghai
April 25, 2006
Reporting by Roddy Scheer
While the Chinese government has never been known for its environmental consideration,... more
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For the past 35 years, Mike Reynolds has developed a unique and innovative approach to the field of architectural design. Firmly rejecting what he views as the waste and inefficiency of conventional power-grid-dependent homes, Reynolds has revolutionized many people's conception of sustainable housing by fusing an elegant aesthetic with a practical, environmentally-conscious base.
Not only has Reynolds defined an alternative to the modern architectural paradigm, he has also vigorously sought to bring his innovations to third world countries and disaster-ravaged regions in a career centered around humanitarian aid.
After graduating from the University of Cincinnati in 1969, Mike Reynolds pursued a radically sustainable method of building homes. He continually evolved his ideas and crafted a movement he calls biotecture - the embracing of a carbon neutral foundation, while providing fundamental human needs of shelter, food, water and energy under one roof with no external support other than the environment.
For the past 35 years, Mike Reynolds has developed a unique and innovative approach to... more
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Michael Reynolds, an architect from New Mexico, has an upcoming doc on the Sundance Channel about some pretty cool sustainable living. Here he is on Colbert talking about his projects and showing off some pretty rad homes.
I don't own a home yet, but a little more research into this, I'll probably settle down in a good 'ol plastic bottle home in my native San Antone!Michael Reynolds, an architect from New Mexico, has an upcoming doc on the Sundance... more
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This is a house straight out of the imagination of Roald Dahl. It makes you wonder why we all live in square boxes when we could have made our houses all shell shaped. Why didn't we make all of our houses shell shaped? Why did mediocrity win over creativity?
It's a good thing the internet came along to demonstrate that we needn't follow what seem like entrenched conventions. If you want a house built like a shell then go and build one, just look at what you might end up with! Square is SO pre-internet....This is a house straight out of the imagination of Roald Dahl. It makes you wonder why... more
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Every so often, someone comes up with an idea that is nothing short of genius. How did no-one think this up before? The idea was sparked when an architect wandered down the tropical beaches of the Caribbean wondering how to come up with cheap building materials when a bottle washed up on the shore. The beer to building block concept was born, instead of throwing millions away, we shape them like building blocks so their useful!
Beer by beer you could build that greenhouse you always wanted, or maybe a hippy conservatory or a swimming pool. You could probably fill them with sand to make them heavier and stronger. I want, I want, I want....Every so often, someone comes up with an idea that is nothing short of genius. How did... more
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