This Earthship is the Ultimate Self-Sufficient Urban Home!

We absolutely loved visiting Amy's Earthship home! Her passion for Earthship design radiates from her and she is an absolute wealth of knowledge. Earthships have been a fascination of mine ever since watching the film Garbage Warrior and since then I have always ventured to incorporate as many of these design principles into my own projects as possible. This is a shining example of a home which is completely self-sufficient, radically sustainable and which has a positive impact on the world around it. We hope you enjoy the tour!

Hands down one of the best properties you've ever had on the channel, and the presentation from earthship Amy was top notch too.

Love the fact that you're branching out to include some of the lesser-seen methods of house building. Keep up the good work, team.

Wow! I’ve seldom seen an earth ship outside of New Mexico and never in an urban area. Amy has done it right and proven earthships can go anywhere.

"He wanted the tree to be together." (coffee table, etc.) That was one of the loveliest things I have heard in my life, and I am sixty-three. Thanks Bryce, Rasa, Amy, and all of the people who helped. However, shout out to the gifter of the tree. Beautiful Human.

When someone says “you will live alone with cats” as a fear mongering, they should be made to sit and watch this video 10x as rehab. Anyway, this video is inspiring in more ways than one. Everyone should have access to a life where they can be close to nature and their inner world, experience self love and gratitude, and all around live a life cradled in the beauty and mystery of earth. This is what we are here for, this is home. In fact, this is not just a home, this is a vision for what a fulfilling human life looks like. She has a beautiful sustainable home, an amazing community of support and friends and people who inspire each other, wonderful furry companions who love her company, a purpose in life and a sense of making a difference by the way she embodies that purpose. Truly one of the most remarkable projects to ever land on this page.

What an amazing house, built through the dedication, care, and camaraderie of an amazing soul! Using resin on the bottles to get the colors she wanted was genius, and much easier than trying to source bottles of the sizes and colors she wanted. I'm so glad her cats are happy, too!

This had me tearing up towards the end. Amy's grateful nature and the amount of people that so graciously helped, made me emotional. What a testament to the kind of person she is. Such a beautiful community.

Her passion for this house is patent. She is quite knowledgeable about all the aspects of this eco-friendly construction! I want to thank Rasa for the filmography and editing. The spoken and visual elements were mixed flawlessly with excellent segue. Thank you Rasa and Bryce for documenting these living options and their construction ins and outs. 🙏

I don't normally like Earthship homes but this one has been done very well. Very impressive.

Wow! Amy’s Earthship home is absolutely stunning! It’s so warm, cosy and inviting! Made with love and well thought out in its planning. Congratulations Amy! Many more homes would benefit from this way of building.

That is the first new Earthship video I have seen in a very long time. It is a very beautiful Home. I noticed when she was talking about the wood stove, she said she never had a need to use it, those houses are so efficient you don't need heat to stay warm in the winter.

This is totally awesome and put a smile on my face - glad she is off the grid and doesn't have to wait for utilities to be re-connected if the power goes out! What an inspiration for the rest of us - well done Amy and crew!!! Merry Christmas from new zealand!

Spectacular personality and spectacular Earthship home. I also love her sense of gratitude for her friends and all the people who helped her along her path. Who wouldn't want to be friend to Amy--what a luv!

It's always nice to hear from someone who is passionate about their subject matter, and Earthship Amy did not disappoint! The home itself is beautiful to see, and has so much going for it. May she enjoy that home for the rest of her life!

Just some quick notes from the designer of this Earthship home (not a tiny house) in response to comments on YouTube. 1. The tyres you can see out front are intended to be hidden by a timber deck which has not been constructed yet. 2. A garden around the home will be planted soon. This is best done after all the construction work has been completed. 3. There is wire mesh over the end of the cooling tubes (aka earth tubes) to stop insects, rodents, and reptiles getting in (and cats getting out!) 4. Earthship homes have great indoor air quality due to the constant (24/7) ventilation coming through the cooling tubes. In the winter the cooling tubes function as warming tubes! Consequently, any off gassing from MDF, plywood, carpet, furniture, tile glue, humans and maybe just maybe a tiny amount from the tyres is safely blown out of the building by the constant cross-ventilation. Furthermore, tyres tend to off-gas (release VOCs into the air) when they are new. After they have been on the road for thousands of hours, in the sun, rain and wind, they do not off-gas significant quantities of VOCs. If you are in doubt use your nose as a VOC detector. Whats more, in a finished Earthship home, the tyres are covered with plaster/render and protected from water with water proofing and drainage products - the tyres will NOT come into contact with water, sun, air or fire. They are protected from the elements. And hence there is nothing to be concerned about with regard to building with tyres. What IS concerning is the microplastic rubber particles in your lungs, caused by tyres wearing down on the roads. Tyre dust is in the air we breathe. 5. It is not possible to explain everything in a video - great job Amy, Bryce and Rasa!

Always found earth ships fascinating. I love the communal building so often associated with them too. I'll go put the coffee on. Hope you are both well and thank you for another video!!

I really appreciate when you document alternative housing types, additional to your ongoing appreciation of tiny homes. Cheers!

Wow! Amy is amazing & seems very sweet. I love how knowledgeable she was about her home. It's so cool. 😊

What an amazing home. I can’t believe how lucky she was to have such amazing friends and volunteers.