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A beautiful little building, inspired by the Earthships of Phoenix, a concept by the architect Mike Reynolds... I heard him speak at the University of Stirling, and subsequently at a Scottish Parliament committee... From those early meetings, this little baby Earthship was born - a demonstration model, shall we say, and one that I'd been meaning to visit for years!
The idea is that the building is completely off-grid, and self-sustaining. The roof catches water which is filtered for drinking. Waste from showers and taps is then used for toilets, and this waste is subsequently used to grow plants... The building is built into a south-ish-facing slope, with walls made of rammed-earth tires which act as an effective heat-sink. As an antithesis to high-insulation buildings with a high embodied-energy and thus carbon footprint, the Earthship minimises the footprint even further - the glazing is virtually the only material that need come in from off-site. The result is actually rather beautiful.
Find out more about Earthships at www.earthship.net/ and about this one in particular at www.sci-scotland.org.uk/index.shtml - I'd recommend visiting!
photo by Joe Scuderi
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Wilbur Hot Springs in Williams, CA
Just north of San Francisco two and half hours.
In all the world... no waters like these.
Tire bale wall can be seen below high windows above kitchen and living area. No tires are visible in finished house.
When you combine a serial entrepreneur, a local expert with extensive in-country experience, and an energy and electricity guru, you have a pretty powerful solar start-up. So it’s no surprise that the founding trio of Off-Grid: Electric, Xavier Helgesen, Erica Mackey, and Joshua Pierce, are turning heads with their new approach to reaching off-grid consumers. Off-Grid aims to address the distribution challenges, service challenges, and high upfront costs that are prevalent in many off-grid rural electrification programs. The Off-Grid approach, on the other hand, uses a pre-paid electricity model and mobile banking to enable consumers to pre-pay for energy in in small increments and use automated payments to control costs, dramatically reducing consumer risk and improving consumer services.
Visit Off-Grid at www.offgrid-electric.com
Our meeting spot during the kayak camp that we attended. First I was a little shocked about the simplicity that awaited us but eventually it was such a great experience to be of grid and offline for a few days and just enjoy the family and nature.
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Wilbur Hot Springs Volcanic Mineral Springs and Solar-Powered Eco-Hotel. Photo by Meg Solaegui
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Wilbur Hot Springs. Volcanic Mineral Springs and Solar-Powered Hotel surrounded by an 1800 acre Nature Preserve. photo by Meg Solaegui
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