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Jan 26, 2008

"Anything else you're interested in is not going to happen if you can't breathe the air and drink the water. Don't sit this one out. Do something. You are by accident of fate alive at an absolutely critical moment in the history of our planet." --Carl Sagan

Earthships: Future-Proof Buildings

Imagine a home that heats itself, that provides its own water, and grows its own food. Imagine that it needs no expensive technology, that it recycles its own waste, that it has its own power source. And now imagine that it can be built anywhere, by anyone, out of the things society throws away. Thirty years ago, architect Michael Reynolds imagined just such a home - then set out to build it. From building houses using aluminum cans in the 1970's to the state-of-the-art "Earthships" currently being built around the world, Reynolds has devoted his life to building self-sufficient homes, including simple shelters in the aftermath of natural disasters.