Earthship The Perfect Green Home imagine a home that is made from waste and yet doesn't produce any sounds out of this world. doesnTin well back in the 1970s he srst Earthship was designed and built by an architect named Mike Reynolds He wanted to create an environmentally triendly house that would generate its own electricity and heating using local materials and recycled products The first Earthship was built using car tyves, earth. cans and bottles. Today, anyone can order an Earthship in a package and build it themselves Tho package contains everything that isneededexcept the tyres. But don't worry. They can be found at most local dumps' The tyres are used as the Earthship's bricks. They are placed in the shape that you want the house to be and then they are filed with earth. This is the basis of the house's heating system. The sun heats the earth in the tyres and this heat is stored and slowly released. Heat from 1f the sun is also used to create electricity, and rainwater is ftered and stored in tanks under the house. Dirty water from the kitchen and bathroom is also filtered and reused for the toilet The Earthship is the dream green home. lt costs close to nothing, it wil be buit very quickly and there aren't any bills to pay. So why don't you 1 think about building your own Earthship and help protect the Earth?