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Apropos: A few years ago, I went to a remote resort (in India) for a vacation. It was in a forested mountainous area. A few km. from the resort, there was an ea
by vram22 8y ago
Apropos: A few years ago, I went to a remote resort (in India) for a vacation. It was in a forested mountainous area. A few km. from the resort, there was an earthship. It had been built over a period by a British guy who lived in it. Rather large. Like a cylinder capped with a roof. Lots of glass to let in sunlight. Partly self-sufficient, for water, electricity via solar, heating via the glass windows, etc. (it was in a cold place). It was at the edge of a high cliff with a direct line-of-sight view to the plains. He had even set up some kind of way to catch the Internet signal from the plains and supplied it to the rooms of the resort for a fee. He was also a remote web developer. Rather cool.
- simonebrunozzi 8y agoWhat's an earthship?
- vram22 8y agoGood question. Sorry, I had meant to put the link in my above comment. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthship https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthship Also see permaculture, a related thing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permaculture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permaculture
- newnewpdro 8y agoThere's a decent film [1] documenting their origin and architect Mike Reynolds. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garbage_Warrior https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garbage_Warrior
- vinc 8y agoDoes he have a website? I'd love to read more about his place! I spent a couple of years traveling and living in remote permaculture communities before starting my own project six months ago, so far I feel like I'm living the dream but I'm just at the beginning. Having some successful examples help a lot.
- vram22 8y ago>Does he have a website? I'd love to read more about his place! Yes. http://www.earthshipkaruna.net/ http://www.earthshipkaruna.net/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-leeor-2a3b8222/?originalSubdomain=in https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-leeor-2a3b8222/?originalSub... >I spent a couple of years traveling and living in remote permaculture communities before starting my own project six months ago Cool. Suggest you write something about that experience and share it. Also maybe check out Rico Zook (you might know of him already). A person I know, in the same town (Kodaikanal) somewhat near where Alex's earthship is (whose website link I gave above), is getting a permaculture farm and farmhouse done with consultancy by Rico or someone trained by him. https://www.linkedin.com/in/rico-zook-0abb3241/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/rico-zook-0abb3241/
- vinc 8y agoThanks for the links! I'll definitely share the experience in the future. At the moment I'm still doing a tone of learning and trying to reproduce the basics of what I saw in the past years. There's so many things to do just to get through the winter and be ready for the next growing season.
- vram22 8y agoWelcome. And good luck. Yes, it's not easy. But it is fun. I have some past experience, early on in my career, with organic gardening, using a biogas plant, dairy farming, etc.
- CalRobert 8y agoWould love to learn more about what you're doing. I just read The Market Gardener and am getting a little bit of land, but still very new.
- vinc 8y agoI got the land at the beginning of this year, started living on it last summer (northern hemisphere), I'm not really much ahead of you! The first year you just watch the land, see what happen naturally with the seasons. And then oh shit, so many things to do to get ready for the second year!
- vram22 8y agoGoogle search for info about him and his work: https://www.google.co.in/search?q=alex+leeor+earthship+karuna+farm https://www.google.co.in/search?q=alex+leeor+earthship+karun...