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  • Solving Haiti’s Housing Problems with Old Tires, Bottles

    08/15/2010 12:43:37 PM PDT · by beaversmom · 23 replies
    Wall Street Journal ^ | July 20, 2010
    Architect Michael Reynolds thinks he has an answer for rebuilding in post-earthquake Haiti: earthships. Made from used tires, discarded bottles, cardboard, Styrofoam and other waste materials, Mr. Reynolds designs and builds these homes to be essentially energy self-sufficient. Earthships use solar energy and wind to generate their own power and heat; homes are designed to collect usable water from rain and snow and are built with greenhouses where resident can grown their own food. (Tour a Taos earthship.) Instead of just surveying the city, Mr. Reynolds and his team ended up building. A non-governmental organization called Grassroots United, which had...