Earthship

Mon Feb 06, 2012 6:39 pm » by **Domdabears**

Dennis Weaver, the US retired actor, here builds himself a mansion made almost entirely from....old tires and dirt.

This is eco-modernisation, proving once and for all that eco-friendly design and construction/building does not have to smell or look funny.

In fact, it is cheaper, quicker, easier and safer to construct such an 'earthship' than any conventional construction technique! This is eco-rationality in action.

Prepare to be amazed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthship

Mon Feb 06, 2012 6:49 pm » by **Domdabears**

lol I bet you people weren't expecting this when you clicked on it.

"oh an earth ship :alien:

... derrrr"

Mon Feb 06, 2012 6:56 pm » by **Thruster**

Been a long time since I've seen Dennis Weaver. Remember him as 'McCloud'?

Mon Feb 06, 2012 7:05 pm » by **Bleever**

Wow that is a nice house! 6,000 square feet works for me and my family...

Mon Feb 06, 2012 7:07 pm » by **Domdabears**

Yeah I never heard of this. I was looking up off grid communities, because I'm gonna do an article that lists a bunch of them, and I found this.

Mon Feb 06, 2012 7:22 pm » by **Domdabears**

Mon Feb 06, 2012 8:29 pm » by **Fatdogmendoza**

domdabears wrote:Dennis Weaver, the US retired actor, here builds himself a mansion made almost entirely from....old tires and dirt.

This is eco-modernisation, proving once and for all that eco-friendly design and construction/building does not have to smell or look funny.

In fact, it is cheaper, quicker, easier and safer to construct such an 'earthship' than any conventional construction technique! This is eco-rationality in action.

Prepare to be amazed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthship

How old is that video dom... Mr Weaver died in 2006 and he was 81 then...OH! just found that it was made in 1990... This is an update on the project dom... interestinng....

http://earthship.com/current-projects

Mon Feb 06, 2012 8:37 pm » by **Domdabears**

Yeah I know there's newer videos of this stuff, but I figured since this is one of the originals, I would post it.

Mon Feb 06, 2012 8:46 pm » by **Fatdogmendoza**

domdabears wrote:Yeah I know there's newer videos of this stuff, but I figured since this is one of the originals, I would post it.

I put my hands up bro... Thanks for the post, its interesting stuff and a fuckoff massive house... The Average family in Britain lives in a box like home with small rooms... And as the government build more houses they are getting smaller with less living and garden space... Some of the show homes are fitted out with custom made three quarter size furniture and fittings in order to make the rooms falsely look larger...

Mon Feb 06, 2012 8:51 pm » by **Domdabears**

Man, look at this one.
Looks bad ass. http://earthship.com/simple-survival