Video of the Day: Earthships

Posted March 06, 2017
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Today's video of the day is another one from Great Big Story and is a great one about a man trying to build a completely self-sufficient settlement in the desert of New Mexico. The houses that make up the community, or Earthships, are the brain-child of architect Mike Reynolds, who started this project to try and change the future.

 


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