We’re making history in Florida. Literally.

Florida’s first Earthship is being built in Manatee County. Designed to be in harmony with the environment and entirely self sufficient, this sustainable structure uses recycled and indigenous materials, generates its own electricity and processes its own waste with NO impact on the environment.

The science behind this low-tech construction process is fascinating and we want to share it with you.

We are on a short time schedule to get everyone and everything put together for this event. So please visit our “Spread the Word” page and help us in our goal to promote this event.

What is an Earthship?

Imagine yourself on a ship — whether you’re fishing for a day or on a week long cruise — and everything you need to survive is on that ship. Biotecture looks at the house in which you live in much the same way.  
Built out of mostly recycled materials, like tires, bottles and soda cans, Florida’s Earthship will be completely off the grid.  It will utilize alternative methods to collect and filter all the water used and treat all its waste. There are Earthships scattered throughout the United States, as well as around the world.

This house is considered an Earthen home. An Earthen home is a house made of materials from around the site, dirt mainly. If that sounds weird, then chew on this fun fact. There are 6 billion people on the planet and 3 billion of them live in Earthen structures and homes. It is the oldest form of building material known to man.

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All the elements have been brought together and secured to make this amazing event a reality. The only thing missing is YOU!

 

 

Earthship Facts

  • Earthships are made out of recycled materials, such as tires and soda cans.

  • Earthships catch water from the sky and use it up to four times.

  • Water is heated from either the sun or by natural gas, but they can have city/county water as a backup water supply.

  • Earthships produce their own electricity, but can have multiple energy sources such as solar and wind-generated energy. The energy is stored in batteries and supplied to electrical outlets in the home.

  • Earthships contain and reuse all household sewage in indoor and outdoor treatment cells. The waste is used for food production and in landscaping.

  • Earthship toilets flush with greywater that does not smell.

  • Because of the way they’re built, Earthships maintain comfortable temperatures in any climate.

— Information obtained from Earthship Biotecture.