Earthship: How to Build Your Own, Vol. 1

By Michael Reynolds

Book annotation not available for this title.Title: EarthshipAuthor: Reynolds, MichaelPublisher: Earthship BiotecturePublication Date: 1990/09/01Number of Pages: Binding Type: PAPERBACKLibrary of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0962676705
• ISBN13: 9780962676703
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Solar Survival Architecture
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.5" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

A Better Way of Living

This book and the rest of the books in this series are the perfect recipe for living in harmony with the Earth. Reducing our carbon footprint is the challenge for this generation and this book series shows you how to do it - step by step. It's wonderful for the do-it-yourselfer and presents it in an easy-to-follow guide that gives even a novice the confidence that he/she can do it, too! I saw Earthships on several documentaries on Discovery channel and I am impressed by just how little energy they need to sustain themselves and how logical they are designed. I devoured this book and parts II and III as well. I can't recommend this series enough!

Great Book!

Wonderful. Easy to read and understand (maybe a little too easy sometimes, but that's OK). We are preparing to build using this book, and we are really excited by the possiblities. I would reccomend this book (and have) to anyone interested in really understanding sustainable living. Great book.

You'll want all the books in this series

I went to Taos and toured some of the "Earth Ship" houses, and they were wonderful. I bought the books there and read them cover to cover (on the way home). These books are full of good, practical, information. If you have access to old tires, empty cans, clay mud, you could build your own house. I haven't done a house yet, but I've done some other interesting projects using these principles.

a new way of living for the health of our planet

This book could change the world. Yes, a sweeping claim but just check it out if you are interested in living in harmony with the earth. Imagine living in a home you built yourself of materials all in overabundance in the states. Imagine never having to pay another utility bill! This book has it all baby! I'd like to build the world an earthship. A revolutionary idea for our screwy times> BUY IT READ IT GET IT DO IT!!!

Amazing Building Method Using Car Tires and Aluminum Cans

These books are way ahead of their time. The author first describes the idea of a self-contained "earthship" -- a home that provides for it's own power, sewage, food and water needs. He then talks about the structure, the ideas behind it, and why it works. The rest of the book is all about how to actually build one. Don't pass this up, once you get the idea in your head, you'll want to build one of your own!