August
Learn to build an earthship in person here in beautiful Taos, New Mexico! Sign up online at earthship.com/learn, or email [email protected]
Core Classes– Earthship Design Principles
Curriculum:
1. Thermal/Solar heating and cooling
2. Building with natural and re-purposed materials
3. Water Harvesting, Storage and filtration
4. Contained Sewage Treatment
5. Solar and Wind Electric Systems
6. Food Production
Labs
Water Organization Module
Electric Wiring
Earthship Maintenance
Layout Lab
Power Tools Safety
Hands-on
Job Safety and Power Tools Safety
Carpentry
Pounding Tires
Methodology – How Earthships Function.
History and Evolution of Earthships
Basics of Earthship Construction Techniques
How to read Earthship Construction drawings
Earthship Types
The Water Organization Module
How to build Grey and Black Water Systems
The Basics of Electricity
The Power Organizing Module
Building Permit and Process for Earthship Permitting
Earthship Finishes Options
Earthship Operations
Earthship Disaster and Poverty Relief projects
Sustainable Communities
Earthship Inspired Housing example
Staging an Earthship Build