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	<title>Earthship New Zealand</title>
	<link>http://earthship.co.nz</link>
	<description>Living for tomorrow, today...</description>
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		<title>Site undergoing a few changes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As you will no doubt notice &#8211; the site is attempting to change a few things for the better &#8211; please bear with us whilst we sort things out.

    

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		<link>http://earthship.co.nz/?p=287</link>
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		<title>The beauty of a Homewood Stove (in your Earthship)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Although Earthships focus on harnessing natural sources of passive energy for heating and electricity, they still utilise other energy sources for cooking, so I like to keep an eye out for suitable companion stoves for an Earthship from time to time.
I&#8217;ve got to say I love watching this video about the utility value of a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://earthship.co.nz/?p=278</link>
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		<title>What would an Earthship cost in New Zealand?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mike Reynolds has often suggested that the cost per square foot for an Earthship is about the same as the local cost for a conventional home of similar size.  Where Earthships have reduced costs for most of the main building materials, by using waste products, they typically invest more upfront in the services for the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://earthship.co.nz/?p=262</link>
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		<title>Earthships: what, how and why? Presentation 12 August</title>
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In this presentation Steve Bright will be outlining the basic principles of Earthship buildings, their pros and cons, and answering any questions that he can. Depending on interest, practical workshops may be held later.
Earthship buildings were developed over the last thirty years or so by American architect Mike Reynolds to reduce the costs of building [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://earthship.co.nz/?p=257</link>
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		<title>Walking through the real deal Earthship</title>
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This is an excellent walk through of an Earthship built by Earthship Biotecture in Miles City, Montana.  It is very representative of the standard Earthship layout that has evolved over recent years (almost identical to the Earthship in Ger, France).  It is also valuable in showing you what kind of noise the WOM (Water Organising [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://earthship.co.nz/?p=251</link>
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		<title>Gubb&#8217;s Waikato Earthship</title>
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This is a cool short video by Second Year AUT students interviewing Brian and Karen Gubb.  Although its design is a unique interpretation of Michael Reynolds original and its still being finished off on the inside; its a great testament to the fact that &#8220;it can be done!&#8221;
Well done the Gubbs!

    

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		<link>http://earthship.co.nz/?p=247</link>
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		<title>Humanure:  Will you poo in a bucket to save the planet?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The more things change the more they stay the same &#8211; never a truer word spoken.  I interviewed my father before he died and we discussed some of the ways people coped during the Great Depression.  I looked at photographs of front gardens coverted to grow vegetables (Permaculturists take note); saw a  truck converted to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://earthship.co.nz/?p=237</link>
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		<title>Closure of Christchurch&#8217;s Bridgestone Tyre Plant &#8211; a chance to turn things around?</title>
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Bridgestone Tyre company announced on Friday the closure of their Tyre Manufacturing plant in Christchurch with the loss of 275 jobs (and Adelaide with the loss of 600 jobs).  The former Firestone plant has been a landmark in the Christchurch suburb of Papanui since its construction in 1947.
In a surprise move, the Australian Board of Bridgestone announced [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://earthship.co.nz/?p=223</link>
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		<title>Inhabitat » Hemcrete®: Carbon Negative Hemp Walls</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Developed by U.K.-based Lhoist Group, Tradical® Hemcrete® is a bio-composite, thermal walling material made from hemp, lime and water. What makes it carbon negative? There is more CO2 locked-up in the process of growing and harvesting of the hemp than is released in the production of the lime binder. Of course the equation is more complicated [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://earthship.co.nz/?p=220</link>
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		<title>On the water and off the grid &#8211; Two artists floating Earthship project</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In Providence there are two artists attemtping to build an off grid floating home, called &#8220;The Landlord Independent&#8221;.
Of course and why not?  An independent building has very little connecting it to one place.  Their sewage management might be interesting though.
&#8220;Through with rent and utility payments — through with land-bound living itself — the pair is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://earthship.co.nz/?p=218</link>
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