“Meet the Earthship” is a short film about an off-grid community living in houses made of rubbish outside of Taos, New Mexico.  …

To solve the puzzle, Reynolds developed Earthships, a form of “biotecture” that uses natural and recycled materials to minimise their impact on the environment. Earthships are built with three principles in mind: They use natural and recycled materials, they supply their own power and water, and they can be built by anyone.

(via Meet the people living in off-grid homes made of rubbish | Design Indaba)

— d.n.