The pros and cons of this self-contained, fully sustainable home. The most fascinating part about an Earthship is the fact that you can eliminate all outside utilities. So, not only is the home ...

There’s no need to leave our orbit to experience the essence of a spaceship. Keep your feet on the ground and live in an Earthship instead. Earthships are a building design focused on the efficient ...

TAOS, New Mexico — Old tires, crumpled cans and empty wine bottles are piling up at construction sites across the desert. A renewed purpose awaits these discarded items, which will become the building ...

Exploring Earthship homes focuses on achieving net-zero living through eco-friendly building materials, energy efficiency, ...

When Brian and Jess Johnson drove to Taos, New Mexico, for a getaway weekend from Colorado in 2016, they had no inkling the trip would change their lives and their notions of a dream house in a ...

I’ve heard of extremely environmentally friendly homes and communities called “Earthships” popping up across the U.S. What are they exactly? An Earthship is a kind of passive solar home — or community ...

Editor's note: This segment was rebroadcast on Jan. 2, 2025. Click here for that audio. Find out more about our Reverse Course series here. It takes a lot of fossil fuel to heat and cool a typical ...

I stayed in an off-grid Earthship in Taos, New Mexico, on a 600-acre community of other Earthships. I spent three days in the 1,000-square-foot space with a queen bed, living area, kitchen, and bath.

Burrowed in the hills of Black Forest sits a home. It would be easy to miss in the winter, buried in snow, if it weren’t for the protruding wall of windows. The air inside is crisp and carries the ...