Building an Earthship Survival Shelter
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ก.ย. 2024
- Earthships can be built to create fantastic survival shelters. This simple shelter is being constructed in Te Puke (New Zealand) as part of a training program aimed at teaching survivors of Cyclone Pam in Vanuatu how to construct these robust buildings for their communities.
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Geez, this girl is NOT lazy!- l don't have the strength to build. It's amazing though what people go through just to survive. *Incredible resilience* & the bravery to try something different. Well done young lady and the entire team!👍🏻👏🏻😄 Well done indeed!!🐾🌈☮️🇨🇦
Refreshing and lovely to see human helping human; not a bomb or extremist in sight. Warms the heart.
I love everything about this channel
Scott Filip McDowall Thanks Scott! :)
Looking forward to the update in a couple of months. This is a wonderful video! Thank you for sharing! Keep smiling, Valerie
I love this type of building and I love that these people are getting the skills they need to survive and keep their families safe. A lot of Island communities could benefit from earthship building. I can't wait to see how it turns out.☺
Such a great initiative thanks to good ole Kiwi can do. it shows how getting back to basics can be a lifesaver.
I'm a big fan of Michael Reynolds' Earthships. I wonder how the roof of this one will perform since the regular Earthships use a concrete roof. Please consider a follow up video in a few years. We enjoy your vids.
Great idea for the community, and a perfect way to re-use what would otherwise be waste materials. Top vid guys!
Hope the tiny house build is going well! Eagerly anticipating the next update!
Fawky Thanks Fawky! The build is going well! I'm hoping to be able to get some updates out there soon!
Great video! My wife and I are going off-grid with a Hydraform Compressed Earth Block home north of Reno-Sparks, Nevada...Earthship Biotecture style! Keep spreading the information of all the ways to build and survive!
Thanks for this. Hopefully some of the guys were able to build some of these shelters for their local communities as, another category 5 cyclone TC Harold, is hitting Vanuatu at the moment.
Made you a coffee this morning at the cafe bryce!!lol loving the youtube channel!!
Terina Choi Hey! You make a great coffee! Thanks. :)
Thanks. Another good post from your team. Earth bags could be also useful in this type of environment. Like calearth. Keep up the good work.
TinekaJason Palmer Cheers! And yup, earth bags would also be great for this kind of build. :)
i wish more people would do this it would save millions
Hey! I live in Gridley, CA, USA. Te Puke is our sister city. Our town is the "Kiwi Capital of the U.S.A."
great video, keep it going
Wicked cool!
You could have used a 40 foot container, reinforced the walls and cielings inside, buried it and put some concrete reinforcement on top. Make cement stairs going down into the front doors and you have a safe dwelling. Some people do this to make their own wine cellars in their backyard. I am sure there has to be plenty of empty containers on that island somewhere.
+TekReview's Way more expensive than the 300$ total they spent on this.
CasePhoto.ca But they have tons of Containers that don't get sent back to China which would be cheap building material.
I don't know about the price there, but here a container like youre talking about is a couple thousand, and then you need a truck and crane to get it to your desired location.
CasePhoto.ca They have so many here there around $200 for a 20 footer. Lot's of poor people use them as a junk room for all the crap they never use.
Damn, for 200$ i'd definitely use them as well.
I'm a little worried about the whacking great tree right next to the shelter. If it comes down, it might well compromise the shelter during a storm- however judging by the hill behind, it may well be a sheltered area which would mitigate that risk a little..
Is that bamboo going to hold that weight? Eventually that roof will break down into soil and when it gets wet it will be extremely heavy. I am not an engineer but I do know that people often underestimate the weight of wet soil.
When will you do an update video of you tiny house build ?
Maty Czech I'm hoping soon! With Mel overseas for a few months, I'm trying to keep up with the build and the vids as best I can. I've been working on all the plumbing and electric systems. We've made a few changes. Hopefully I'll be able to put up an update shortly.
Cool,im looking foward to that.Btw thank you for responding.Keep up the good work ! :)
God job going to help. But to be honest, I think it looked like a lot of work and materials building a quite small building.
Something like some of the stuff build by Mike Oehler would be better I think.
I'm sorry for being "that one" but... is it safe/healthy to built a shelter/home with tires, cans, rubber and plastic tarp ? In almost every "alternative house" videos I've seen, builders say they want to live in a healthy home (built without glues, chemicals foams, leadpaints, plastics...) but here, it quite the opposite. Ok, there's mud all over it but I can't help thinking it's unhealthy.
***** This particular shelter is much more about creating a strong building in the community that can weather a storm. Of course, in a natural, healthy home these would not be materials that I would choose either - but for a safe place for a community to stay in during a cyclone, that's simple and low-cost to build, it's ideal.
***** you need to learn more about earthships. the tires are indestructible. I am thinking this will last decades.
They're inert in the ground...cans are non toxic too. They are better off tucked into a solid wall of concrete than floating around the ocean. They do not leech. Which is a problem with many modern homes. Asbestos and silicas. You may think your home is clean and safe..You'd be surprised what monsters lurk building materials.
Is there a way to donate to this project Living Big In A Tiny House ?
A Jones I'm sure you could get in touch with Fruit of the Pacific and find out! Follow the more info link in the video description and there is a link to their website. :)
+Angela Jones Call 1 800 negro
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Isn't tire chemically toxic stuff to live with?! this is so much nonsense.
No...it's inert. That's why it can be used. it doesn't give off any toxins when you pack it in earth. You need to get educated.
It's really rude to tell people to get educated.
Asger Vernersen It stops you from asking stupid fucking questions.
I think you really need get educated because soil is the most pollution absorbent material hence if both tire and insulating soil are toxic then it is bad for residents. Even that thin layer of cemented coating would not help here.
Nairuulagch My god..You really are a dumb fuck.