Wow, has anyone else looked into these Earthships that Michael Reynolds is building down in New Mexico? Totally awesome building style! These buildings are as self sustaining as a building can be. They produce their own power supply, collect their own water, are made from natural and repurposed materials, heat and cool themselves with thermal mass, process their own sewage and most important to me ... they grow plenty of great food right in the building!
The water in these buildings is filtered several times before it is used and then it gets filtered through the garden beds (botanical areas) before it's final use a toilet water. From there it ends up in outdoor grow beds which are not for direct human consumption.
It seems to me that adding an Aquaponic garden to that would be an amazing idea. It would need to be in it's own closed loop but it could still be topped up with the filtered rainwater and any excess could be run through the other garden areas before running through the toilet tank. I would like to build one of these Earthships that is designed purely for greenhouse use and see just how well that works out. Imagine not having to worry about the price of electricity or the cost of heating to grow your food all year around, fantastic!
If you're interested, you can learn more about Earthship buildings and Michael Reynolds on Youtube easy enough, or if you like you can check you the movie they made about it called 'The Garbage Warrior.' There's a copy of it on the Earthship channel page I believe ...
If you have any experience with these buildings (live in one, visited one, built one somewhere, watched the movie already ...) feel free to post your thoughts on the matter! Happy gardening to all! Blessed Be!
