What if your home could generate its own electricity and heat, and even process its own wastewater? Welcome to the world of Earthships!
In this video, we visit Aardehuis; a unique eco-village in the Netherlands. Over 40 people live in self-sufficient homes built from wood and earth, as well as recycled materials like old tires. Their homes are designed to reduce environmental impact while offering a totally different way of life — in community and close to nature.
Would you want to live in an Earthship? Tell us in the comments!
CHAPTERS
00:00 Welcome to Aardehuis: 23 Earthships and one community
00:51 Tour a home built from recycled materials
01:38 How Earthships use old car tires for insulation
02:14 The 1970s birth of the Earthship
02:33 Could these homes really be 100% self-sufficient?
03:26 How wastewater is recycled naturally
03:58 Community life
04:32 Building an entire village together
05:11 Planting a forest garden
05:30 The unexpected benefit: Real human connection
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CREDITS
Report: Jens von Larcjer
Camera: René Heijnen
Edit: Manuela Reuss
Supervising Editor: Mirja Viehweger
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