What modern conveniences are the least we need?

[Niagara]

163. That's an excellent question and observation, Retrograde!

Earthship houses can be scaled down, I'll share two videos that I found for mini or tiny Earthship's that don't require an abundance of land to be built.


Although, the outer wall of the house is generally packed with earth which helps with the "insulation" and structure function. I'm not sure how that would work in city/urban environments and with building permits. Apparently I get really excited when thinking about not having neighbors within yelling and dog-barking proximity of me. And now since you mentioned it, I'm thinking that it would be most likely easier to build a clay/straw bale type of home in urban settings, which still would use less resources to build.




Here is a smaller scale of an Earthship, unless you want to watch the entire 45 minute video, fast forward to the timestamp 18:30 where you can see how the interior is micro living.

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This is a quick 6 minute video for a mini Earthship.

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