The Secret to Earthships' Success... and no bills! 

Earthship homes need to be advertised, worldwide .

I love the concept of earthships. Honestly, if I had the money, It's something I'd definitely consider doing. There are a couple of issues that many of the videos extolling their virtues don't touch on, which can make them expensive. 1. They need land - you need sufficient space to build the earth berm behind the tyre wall, and space for the black water runoff/filtration (often done by planting reed beds or similar that thrive on poo). Land, depending on where you live, can also be difficult to come by, and expensive to purchase. 2. Orientation - for best results and efficiency, in the Northern hemisphere, they really need to be facing South (or as close as possible), in order for the solar panels and windows/thermal mass to be at their most efficient. So you also need to be picky on the land you select, to ensure that you can have the earthship windows facing South. Flip all of that for the Southern hemisphere 3. Materials - Depending on where you live, the materials you'll need for the interior plaster may well differ. We know that the polished mud style plaster the earthships in New Mexico use works perfectly in the hot and dry environment of the desert, but using the same methods for colder, wetter climes might not work so well. So you'll need to adapt the general concept to your own environmental requirements. 4. Off grid stuff - So, the water reclamation is easy in a reasonably wet place. You just need big butts (and I cannot lie, I've been waiting to do that pun since I started writing this!). However, solar panels, batteries, inverters and the other associated microcontrollers are *not* cheap, especially if they're new. Also worth bearing in mind that if you do get them second hand, there is an absolute guarantee that they will be less efficient, as the materials in the panels degrades over time, and battery charge capabilities drop over time also. With that said, second hand car batteries are actually not a bad shout (so long as you can get them cheap), as they still should retain ~80% of their original capacity after 5 - 10 years, so they're still viable for passive storage. 5. Local rules - In the UK, it is illegal to work on the main junction box of a home unless you're a licenced electrician. I imagine there are rules like that for most countries. So while you can DIY some or even most things, there will be certain aspects of the technical build that you will have to hire a tradesperson for. I'd go with the main junction box, solar panel wiring, water filtration and grey/black water systems as an absolute minimum for outside help, personally! Some of the above may not be applicable in some places, so YMMV. Other people have already mentioned the other potential construction costs, so I won't labour the point (I'll get my coat). If you have the help of either a helpful community or willing army of volunteers, then this can drop considerably. Personally, unless I was doing something for them in return, I'd feel a bit like I was taking advantage, though

The real secret is to get well meaning college kids to pay you for the "opportunity" to "intern" for you and pound dirt into tires for a week straight.

Green erath concept very great job

Very nice, wish I lived in one but I'm not wealthy enough. Earthships are very expensive to build due to the labor costs. Even if the bottles, tires, and lumber are free, the amount of labor required is a deal killer by itself. Also when you consider that 70% of builders would rather be unemployed and homeless for life than to build something novel and unique, well good luck unless you have the ability to build it yourself.

I really like the idea of earth ships, but without extensive testing I'll never be convinced the tires don't off gas into the home. Very cool idea and I've followed them from the sidelines for years.

The Earthship at Karuna is a great success. After seeing it many people have wanted to build one.

It’s best method in helping Mother Earth from pollution by building using recycled and reuse

I like the idea of Earthships, but the people promoting these things exaggerate too much. Earthships will NOT solve the housing crisis because most people live in cities where you cannot have easy access to a south exposure with plenty of land. And that is just the beginning. That said, I like the idea of using the thermal mass around a home to moderate the outside temperatures. I would not use tires as the base of the walls, however.

Can this be used to help shore up islands that are eroding or will it damage sensitive corals and other sea life?

Is this an AI voice of David Attenborough??

tires..

Talking about tires for 20 minutes and using other people's footage. At least give credit to the video footage that you are using.

Just looked up the cost on your website. 600k???? Affordable? Gtfoh what a scam. After seeing this video then seeing your real pricing, I will be sure to call you out on any videos or websites I find.