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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

WESTMINSTER WEST — For the past four years, John Grant has been building an Earthship on 12 acres of land in Westminster West. Earthships are a newly emerging architectural style of off-the-grid ...

Exploring Earthship homes focuses on achieving net-zero living through eco-friendly building materials, energy efficiency, and sustainability. These homes utilize renewable energy sources and passive ...

For our final stop. We're checking into *** house that is quite literally off the grid. Michael doesn't build the same house twice. So every house is gonna look different. The Michael Julie is ...

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 ...