Monday, August 26, 2013

Save the Earth --- Set sail on an Earthship. Now..!

It's functional and fun.


They say at any given time, several people around the world are thinking about and may be, even doing, the same things. I thought I was one among very few people who were 'thinking' of building earthships (I guessed even fewer had heard of it). But a quick search revealed that a good number of people were ACTUALLY building these sustainable homes -- tyres and all. And to top it, many among these were doing so in India..! (Yeah, we could say I'm not clued in, at all.!)

Eco-friendly does not spell unaesthetic. Look at that..!

If there's such a thing as a mild dampener mutating into a major motivator, this bit of news would easily make the cut. With so many earthships ready to get off ground (yet stay there), there is a revolution in the works, people. Even though, at this moment, it may seem (incorrectly) to be nothing more than a few folks with a lot of time on their hands trying to do too little to make too big a difference in this a small small world...

It can literally be your green space in an ugly, concrete-infested world.

These links may help explain why earthships are the homes of the future as we stare at a bleak present for having learnt nothing at all from our glorious eco-friendly past:

http://earthship.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=aIrOupHnScE#!
http://www.earthshipkaruna.net/

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