Phoenix Earthship Tour
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- čas přidán 17. 02. 2021
- Join us for a tour of the Phoenix Earthship in Taos, New Mexico. The Phoenix Earthship was designed to ideally support all the food needs of a family of 4 year round in the high desert of NM. As well as do everything an earthship is designed to do: Fresh Water & Water Recycling, Heating and Cooling, Solar Power, Food Production, and Recycling Waste.
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Fish, birds, chickens and people living in harmony : )
This earthship has more features than any of the others I have seen, Awesome.
I guess there are endless possibilities.
It was amazing to visit, I highly recommend renting it if you ever have the opportunity!
I was born in Taos and lived there till I was 6. It’s a beautiful unique place unlike any other.
You did a great job with this video. I appreciated the detailed and informative tour.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!
It's the plants and trees for me!!
Natural/recycled materials; design, and utility. I need one of these now! ❤❤
Absolutely!!
The Phoenix is awesome! I saw it 5 years ago when I did an internship in Taos with Earthship. Killer spot!
The man whom created this home/technology deserves every accolade conceivable in his profession. This is outstanding. My only question is about bugs, how do you prevent them within this ecosystem?
the birds
yes, the birds seemed to take care of the bugs in the greenhouse. I did not see any bugs in the living area either.
Someone on another video about the Phoenix earth ship mentioned mice. Does anyone have any ideas on how to prevent the mice? I think they are cute, but they can carry disease.
@@Valerie_Pangea one kitty cat could handle the mice no prob! ;)
@@Valerie_Pangea cats work great
This is the best earthship I've seen, and you did a great job showing it (I wanted to see the fish though :) I LOVE the idea of the inner greenhouse, the fish pond and chickens. I wonder if one could actually grow all his food if need be. This is the part that has always concerned me, since it seems most people are just playing around with plants more for ornament. When the time comes to lie down and die, a beautiful, natural, peaceful place like this would be where I would want to do it.
thank you very much!
I watched an older walkthrough of this and you did much better. Great job! Beautiful place. One day, I will build something similar.
Thank you
This is incredible!
This is amazing!! I've seen the home on the interviews with Michael Reynolds!! LOVE seeing behind the scenes and the small ish basement!! and OMG! the waterfall and fireplace!! They sure did go crazy with ideas and art in this place!! I can not wait to have something like this as my own! thanks for sharing
Glad you enjoyed it!
I have always loved these homes!! Thank for sharing this one! 🙏👍👍
Glad you liked it!
This video really helped me in Earthship living! Thank you for making it for others to know. 🏡🌴🌳😄
Glad it was helpful!
Oh wow this earthship is totally amazing & all the bottle art walls really gives it a really happy vibe! Love all the rooms the plants the little basement is a great idea the stairs going down to it was like a cave passage…
Glad you enjoyed our video. It was really a special place to visit!
That has got to be the most gorgeous house that i have ever seen
This is amazing! ❤
It really was, and glad you liked it!
I'm sold!
So so so beautiful🌿🌴🌵💚🦜🐦 😍 very inspirational and motivational 👍 I will copy this plan for my future Mud house... thanks for Sharing valuable information & this video 🙏
So amazing!
Thank you!!
Omgosh this is the perfect design.
It was amazing!
@@thejordans7028 I bet it was. I’m new to all this & I love it.
human made paradise. I really want to visit it.
It really is. Our stay was very relaxing... So enjoyable!
Very organic. Very restful.
Glad you liked it
Beautiful walkthrough and includes really helpful information for introducing new people to the concept of earthships. I'm in Australia so it's not huge over here with I think under 10 earthships registered publically? Could be more that were built on properties but not that I'm aware of; this is a gorgeous example of how buildings and living spaces could be
Glad you liked it!
Heaven on earth
Complimenti è bellissima
12:38 that sort of answers something I've been wondering. What happens if you end up with aphids in an earth ship? They're so hard to get rid of on just house plants, can't imagine the difficulty in removing them from plants that take up half of a house.
Scary house.
I don't see how these houses can really be that great. The recycling the tyres is a good thing sure but look at all the wood that's used. Big trees stumps.
Yes, there was some big timber beams used in this, but compared to conventional building there was way less material used, and the logs were not cut to square lumber so not as much waste. Maybe they have something different that can be used currently instead of the log beams but I don't know. The house shines in the watse reusing, water collection and use, and the atmosphere and plants. Truly not like any other house I have been in apart from other earthships.
Ohhhh ❤
I'm glad you liked it!
dope .
I wonder if it would be possible to introduce some friendlier species of animals into the green house. Maybe some chip monks and a parrot? Wouldn’t that be cool. Pipe dreams probably
7:04 Very beautiful combination of coziness and green lushness in this very natural bedroom. It seems very pleasant. I live in a typical and impersonal standard concrete apartment (as almost anyone else in this modern world) so I must confess that I envy you very much.
8:13 Just when I thought I had seen the best of the house, then appears the incredible living room with extra more lushness and still more beauty. You also have some knowledge about the elements...here it only remains a good library to complete the dream...but a green dream, of course. Anyway, I don't think (unfortunately) that this kind of house could like posh people. The worst for them!
By the way, Are the walls plastered with Tadelakt?
Thanks, glad you enjoyed the video. It was an amazing experience staying there. I am not sure if they used anything after the "cob" or if they just smoothed it out and painted it. I think it was just cob and paint. We are working towards building us one someday.
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The bestest earthship i have ever seen.... you did a great job... 👍
I am lost in this house of yours.. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I am from INDIA
Ma'am can you please help me..
I want a layout of this house.. i dont understand the layout of this house..
I want to build a house like this..
Please Please please please
Please Please please ma'am
Please share a layout...
I'm really glad you liked it, this is a rental you could stay in in New Mexico.
www.earthshipglobal.com/
That is who owns the Phoenix, and where you can find all the information on other models as well.
Thanks for the tour. I was just talking to my sister about them and I sent her the link. I was thinking on building one in Arizona but I'm not sure where to start with the state regulations or how to acquire plans etc. Can you do a video on those subjects for those of us who want one? You could call it; "Earthships - Planning - Regulations & How to get started". Thanks again. Best Wishes & Blessings. Keith Noneya
Well thank you for watching! We did not build this, and when we do, earthship biotech is who built this and who has the school in Taos New Mexico. They know about codes and how to work with governments to get things done. You could use them as a contract source for info, or how the team of interns to come build your earthship at your location. They are who you should stay to talk with though, I just am in love with the earthship design and idea.
@ Keith, Mike R has a series of Earthship books (3) fairly old now. That is how we learned and built one!
@@walkingwater893 Last week I purchased two books: Earthship Chronicles by Alex Leeor Copyright 2019 and Holistic Indoor Gardening by Daniel Dynan Copyright Oct 2019 Printed Sept 21. I figure those will help me get a good start. Best Wishes & Blessings. Keith Noneya
They actually have a class you can take now, called Earthship Academy, to learn how to build your own.
@@cairrean2412 Thanks for the info Cairean. Best Wishes & Blessings. Keith Noneya
I love earthships and hope to build my own someday, but this floorplan seems terrible. Do guests really need to walk through the master bedroom and bathroom to get to the living room? Is there another entrance that I am missing? Regardless I'm not sure I would want to walk through my bathroom every time I wanted to go into the kitchen, lol
On the phoenix, you can enter through the green house and there is a second rental unit on the west. Not as big as what was in the video but there are 4 total entrances. Two from the house to the greenhouse, and one one each side.
If you look at roughly 2:28 when the camera pans over the trees in the first little greenhouse area just before the master bedroom, there's a walkway that goes around the bathroom wall, probably leads into the next area so you can get to the kitchen without going through the second bedroom.
Very informative video, but I can't get over how you didn't take off your shoes when you went inside the house and walked straight into the bedroom. 😅
price?
when the tires are packed with dirt, why do people use sledge hammers instead of motorized tampers?
I've seen other versions, some with hydraulic, and some are motorized. The sledge is cheap price with lots of labor. No need for a gym membership...
Were is the washer and dryer room?
On the Phoenix, I don't remember there being a washer and dryer. It may have been in the back room that wasn't finished, but on the other side. It was originally built as one unit and then was split into two for rental purposes. So it may have just been over there. We stayed at a second earthship and that one had a laundry room.
So could we buy it and keep it as a training center?
As long as you have the cash... It is located in a "sub division" of sorts so others are around but if I remember correctly, there is an access road from the phoenix to the highway directly. So others may be driving by but you would have a fairly direct in and out.
70 degree Fahrenheit = 21 degree Celsius
Hey Jordans, most people on the internet use the metric system and Celsius degrees for temperatures!!!!!
Would LOVE to do this on my 3 acres in South Australia but as of yet there is only 1 Earthship built here in SA & it cost nearly $200,000 to build (it's only 1/4 of the size of this) & the council's here are a PAIN to deal with & could potentially tie you up for years in red tape, so, unfortunately this is SOOoooo out of our budget yes I know it will outlast anything commercially made but at 67 when we retire we will only have limited funds to do this, so sad.
Sorry there isn't an easier path for you to do one. Several states here are against new ideas and they would be in about the same boat as you. Then there are some that the barrels have been fought for and now they are ok with earthships. Hopefully acceptance continues to grow...
Is it earthquake resistant?
The videos I have seen about them say that they are. Hope I would never have to find out... There is defiantly more stability with how they are built vs standard residential construction, I would think they would out last a standard house for sure in an earthquake.
Adobe and Cob! Used Tires?
Yes, used tires.
Hi, if you dont mind sharing, how much was the overall cost of building this earthship?
Hi, this is not my earthship, it is owned by earthship biotechure. It is one of the early versions that Michael came up with. I have no idea how much it cost to construct, but it is for sale at $1.5M
Here, in this case, you would be purchasing a piece of history. Depending on the cost of land, to build this home would be a mere fraction of the selling price of this. That is, in fact, one of the entire purposes behind ‘earthships’, to create financial stability as well as environmental sustainability. To build an earth-ship is labor intensive while using entirely cheap recyclable materials.
It cost about 250 per sqft to build and earthship, I think the cost has gone down
No plants for eating?
The house is a rental, in the main living area where just green plants while we were there. In the green house there were several different edible plants.
Are there a lot of bugs?
Essentially none. Virtually less than anywhere I have ever lived.
I saw no bugs in the living part of the house, and if any bugs came in the greenhouse the birds there would make quick work of them.
Are there mice?
I saw none, and no sign of them. I'm sure they had traps or something, but I didn't see them. There were rolly-pollies in a different earthship, but not in the Phoenix, I think the birds in the greenhouse took care of them.
how much is it,,, did it sell already??????????
1.5 million USD
@@thejordans7028 thank you
How much for 30 days
No idea if they offer a discount for extended stays, you would have to contact them and ask. Earthship biotecture
How much do they want for it?
I don't remember.
$1.5 million and 2 acres
@@kingskings1013
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@@varietasVeritas well go for the new Global picuris it’s $500k and for sell too. 2 bdr 2 ba and garage.
@@kingskings1013
Thanks, I'm going to make something similar in Missouri.
Are you my new home?
Can I 9 it's selling price?
If you're asking what the price is, $1.5 million.
At 1.5 million it is out of reach for the average person. If you are a person who can afford it, then you would probably want to go somwhere close to more ammenities.
I don't think he really wants to sell it, but would for that price... Labor is the true cost of building an earthship.
This is a very extravagant version of the Earthship, essentially the only one of it's kind. There are smaller models that are much less expensive, but don't have all the same features. Specifically, I think this is the only model to have an aquaculture pond.
now if only the USA had a good health insurance like here in Germany
And 70 percent income tax like Germany?
@@amafid so is it better to pay more in taxes or know people will be forced to leave debt for their kids after one medical emergency?
@@cairrean2412 When you die, your medical debt would die with you. Or get good insurance with a low max out of pocket and you'll never have to worry about that. I know because I sell health insurance.