an environmentally sustainable home built with recycled tires and aluminum cans

a passive solar home built

a self-sufficient home constructed of recycled tires and aluminum cans

a self-sustaining, passive solar home made from used tires packed with dirt, cans, bottles, and other discards

a sustainable, autonomous dwelling that gets its power from the sun and the wind, water from rain and snow, and treats its own gray- and black-water sewage

a sustainable house

Earthships are earth-sheltered autonomous buildings made of tires rammed with earth, which are usually arranged in a "U" or horseshoe shape. Each tyre is rammed full of earth using a sledge. Depending on its size and the soil density a tyre may weigh more than 300 pounds when properly prepared.