Subject: Sustainable Living

From: [email-masked]
Date: 9 Aug 1995 03:53:54 GMT

Earthship Global Operations
PO Box 2009
El Prado, NM 87529
(505) 751-0462 FAX: (505) 751-1005 E-Mail: [email-masked]

ANNOUNCING THE EARTHSHIP CONCEPT

The Earthship is a completely independent  globally oriented dwelling unit made 
>from  materials that are indigenous to the entire planet.  The major structural 
building component of the Earthship is recycled automobile tires filled with 
compacted earth to form a rammed earth brick encased in steel belted rubber. 
This brick and the resulting bearing walls it forms is virtually indestructible.  
The three foot thick massive walls and the method of incorporating them into the
earth create living spaces that retain a constant temperature.  Thus, with natural
ventilation systems built in, an Earthship home will heat itself in the winter and 
cool itself in the summer without the use of centralized fossil or nuclear fuels.  
The Earthship is also completely independent in terms of power, water and sewage.