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 ...

Once a week Rashida Ali-Campbell visits a vacant lot at 675 N. 41st St. in West Philadelphia. It’s the future site of an Earthship — a 100 percent sustainable building. Right now the lot is home to ...

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 ...

In this video, we look at the most innovative, affordable, and sustainable earthship houses built today. Building an earthship home is more friendly to the environment because it uses recycled ...

Cathy Krueger's earthship home is believed to be the first in Nebraska. Earthships rely on the sun and cool air from the ground to maintain temperatures around 70 degrees. They also collect rainwater ...

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 ...

Could sustainable architecture address pollution, climate change and resource depletion by helping us build self-sufficient, off-grid, housing from "waste," including vehicle tires and metal drinks ...

Approaching Earthship in Taos, New Mexico, at dusk, landscape photographer Victoria Sambunaris (featured in our Wallpaper* USA 400, a guide to creative America) began to make out the gently sloping ...

Going off the grid doesn't have to mean going back to basics. More and more people are trading traditional homes and hefty household bills for energy-efficient Earthships. Growing in popularity since ...