Comments on: A home in Haiti http://boingboing.net/2010/03/09/a-home-in-haiti-msf.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 01:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Earthship Biotecture http://boingboing.net/2010/03/09/a-home-in-haiti-msf.html#comment-731723 Earthship Biotecture Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-731723 "We are basically using tent technology but taking it a step further by placing a smaller tent inside a larger tent providing room for insulation to make this temporary shelter more comfortable. We are then using abbreviated versions of Earthship power, water and contained sewage systems which will work on a long term (not just temporary) basis as the tent structures evolve into more permanent structures." http://earthship.net/haiti-disaster-relief.html “We are basically using tent technology but taking it a step further by placing a smaller tent inside a larger tent providing room for insulation to make this temporary shelter more comfortable. We are then using abbreviated versions of Earthship power, water and contained sewage systems which will work on a long term (not just temporary) basis as the tent structures evolve into more permanent structures.”

http://earthship.net/haiti-disaster-relief.html

]]> By: morgan http://boingboing.net/2010/03/09/a-home-in-haiti-msf.html#comment-731252 morgan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-731252 I recently watched Garbage Warrior, a great film documenting Michael Reynolds' work advancing the art of "Earthship Biotecture" - building self-sufficient, off-the-grid communities. Essentially they build radically sustainable, solar homes by recycling/upcycling/incorporating old tires, cans, bottles & dirt, etc. Fascinating, inspiring stuff. They've done some amazing work building these Earthships in the Andaman Islands after the Tsunami in 2004 and New Orleans after the devastation wreaked by Hurricane Katrina. They are now working towards Earthships for Haiti: "THE EARTHSHIP BIOTECTURE HAITI RECOVERY EXPEDITION The objective of this first trip to Haiti will be to establish immediate shelter and independent utility systems for twelve people in two weeks. The methods used will be aimed at immediate shelter that can be evolved into permanent shelter as opposed to immediate shelter that is later replaced by permanent shelter. This enables our first efforts to be in the direction of the ultimate goal of permanent sustainable shelter for all Haitians rather than just emergency steps which may provide for an immediate need but that go nowhere in the over all long term scheme of a sustainable future for Haiti." An Earthship Webinar is scheduled for March 20 to benefit the Haiti project. http://earthship.net/begin-here/earthship-webinars Should be well worth checking out. I recently watched Garbage Warrior, a great film documenting Michael Reynolds’ work advancing the art of “Earthship Biotecture” – building self-sufficient, off-the-grid communities.

Essentially they build radically sustainable, solar homes by recycling/upcycling/incorporating old tires, cans, bottles & dirt, etc. Fascinating, inspiring stuff.

They’ve done some amazing work building these Earthships in the Andaman Islands after the Tsunami in 2004 and New Orleans after the devastation wreaked by Hurricane Katrina.

They are now working towards Earthships for Haiti:

“THE EARTHSHIP BIOTECTURE HAITI RECOVERY EXPEDITION

The objective of this first trip to Haiti will be to establish immediate shelter and independent utility systems for twelve people in two weeks. The methods used will be aimed at immediate shelter that can be evolved into permanent shelter as opposed to immediate shelter that is later replaced by permanent shelter. This enables our first efforts to be in the direction of the ultimate goal of permanent sustainable shelter for all Haitians rather than just emergency steps which may provide for an immediate need but that go nowhere in the over all long term scheme of a sustainable future for Haiti.”

An Earthship Webinar is scheduled for March 20 to benefit the Haiti project.

http://earthship.net/begin-here/earthship-webinars

Should be well worth checking out.

]]> By: gandalf23 http://boingboing.net/2010/03/09/a-home-in-haiti-msf.html#comment-731282 gandalf23 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-731282 Not to hijack the thread already, but... Re: "incorporating old tires", around here you get yelled at for using old tires because they leach shit into the groundwater, or so I am told. And you can't take them to the dump or burn them, you're supposed to pay someone from a licensed place to dispose of them properly. Yet I see elsewhere people building homes and other structures out of them. So which is it? Are they environmentally friendly and should be used in construction? Or are they environmentally unfriendly and should be treated like toxic waste? I ask because I know where I can get all the tires I can haul off for free, and I've toyed with the idea of building a shed/workshop from them, filled with dirt, out at the in-law's farm, but if they're gonna f up the well or leech crap into the garden then hells no. Not to hijack the thread already, but…

Re: “incorporating old tires”, around here you get yelled at for using old tires because they leach shit into the groundwater, or so I am told. And you can’t take them to the dump or burn them, you’re supposed to pay someone from a licensed place to dispose of them properly.

Yet I see elsewhere people building homes and other structures out of them.

So which is it? Are they environmentally friendly and should be used in construction? Or are they environmentally unfriendly and should be treated like toxic waste?

I ask because I know where I can get all the tires I can haul off for free, and I’ve toyed with the idea of building a shed/workshop from them, filled with dirt, out at the in-law’s farm, but if they’re gonna f up the well or leech crap into the garden then hells no.

]]> By: morgan http://boingboing.net/2010/03/09/a-home-in-haiti-msf.html#comment-731337 morgan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-731337 That's a good question, in fact it was one of the first questions my girlfriend and I pondered after watching the (Garbage Warrior) film. There's some info on tires, off-gassing and Earthships here: http://earthship.net/materials/the-offgassing-non-issue-tires-are-hazardous-in-piles-not-earthships That’s a good question, in fact it was one of the first questions my girlfriend and I pondered after watching the (Garbage Warrior) film. There’s some info on tires, off-gassing and Earthships here:

http://earthship.net/materials/the-offgassing-non-issue-tires-are-hazardous-in-piles-not-earthships

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