Dennis Weaver Earthship Overview

Dennis Weaver Earthship Overview, built by Michael Reynolds, Earthship Biotecture in 1991

[@narellewilliams1400]

Seen this on KZbin a few years ago, might be nice to see an update from the Weaver's on how they like their home and any changes they might have made.

[@texasscience6580]

this video? kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZ63lpl-h9SNgac

[@swassige]

This man is an inspiration!! I’d like to see a home like this some day, possibly make one!

[@kimberly7558]

Thank you for sharing. Recycling is awesome! I wish everyone recycled it's worth the work. Cool project!

[@dalevandenheuvel3927]

Kimberly yes you’re absolutely right, I started a page and hopefully soon a website dedicated to this exact type of home, it’s called Mr. earthship

[@kimberly7558]

@@dalevandenheuvel3927 That's cool ! Let me know when you start your channel ok?! I love watching this type of content. I'll be looking forward to subscribing to your channel. Have a fantastic day ! 😁👍🏻

[@dalevandenheuvel3927]

Kimberly Mr. Earthship is already on Pinterest with around 15,000 monthly viewers already

[@kimberly7558]

👍🏻@@dalevandenheuvel3927 Thank you for telling me about it. I'll check it out. 🤓

[@s.j.sparber6946]

Thank you so much for posting once again this outstanding video by Dennis Weaver! It is a great view on Earthships and environmental responsibility!

[@MARIALUIZA-vu3no]

In the new videos people show their #EarthShip I haven't seen they talking about "saving the planet" like #DennisWeaver did it almost 30 years ago!❤️

[@texasscience6580]

love to see an update to this house that was built in the 1990's. see how the earthship mansion has held up in the last 30 years.

[@texasscience6580]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZ63lpl-h9SNgac

[@valdezorbust]

Star of "Duel" which was one of Spielberg's first good movies

[@Methadone4Life]

Sad we don't have more real men like Dennis Weaver! Props to Michael Reynolds.

[@footballfrequency7979]

Good stuff

[@BellyrubsMan]

I grew up in Colorado and can remember when this was being built. Many people thought it was a crazy idea by some Hollywood star who had more money then sense. A junkyard being transferred to a beautiful mountain side. Now over 30 years later I am the one eating crow and researching doing the same thing. I have one major problem though. We can put man on the moon but don't have a way to fill the tires beyond a man pounding dirt?

[@LenaMellow]

They were right. Beautiful home!

[@dalevandenheuvel3927]

Are the weavers actually still around, in this video from 1991 he must already be at least close to 70 years old?

[@jessegreywolf]

Dennis weaver died in 2006 and his wife gerry died in 2016

[@dalevandenheuvel3927]

jesse greywolf That’s what I would’ve thought because they were already quite old or I should say he was quite old in the video

[@MARIALUIZA-vu3no]

@@jessegreywolf RIP Dennis Weaver and wife!

[@AngelaNorton-ls3cn]

Very interested in this house. Does it still exist? Who lives there now? Would like to see an update... How did the house hold up over the years? How much maintenance was required? Thank you for sharing this!

[@wendypoginy4972]

Amazing!! I can't imagine why this never took off in Vermont .I am going to build a tire wall for a greenhouse there are tires everywhere. It is much harder work but that is the problem with society they would rather work to pay someone else,to do the work and face the debt.

[@duncanobrien4951]

Dennis Weaver sadly no longer with us.

[@bluewave7120]

I hope this house is on the protected historic registry ❤

[@texasscience6580]

is this an updated video here? : kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZ63lpl-h9SNgac

[@felinemagic4473]

Forty years later and we still haven't made enough effort to protect our planet. If I knew then what I know now, I would not have brought children into this world to be stuck with a dying planet. Our planet can only take so much abuse.

[@bigphillyed]

With the increase in alternative housing options, a lot of people want building options and operations that are better for the environment and can sustain a homestead. So why do earth ship builders prefer these styles of buildings? The materials used in earth ship homes, are the same as a tradtional stick built home, so it is not reducing our carbon footprint. With that carbon footprint still so high, why do people choice earthship homes?

[@earthship]

earthships have a much smaller carbon footprint and over time, that footprint become a negative footprint, meaning it saves more carbon than it took to produce and operate. Earthship use a lot of repurposed materials that would otherwise end up in landfills.

[@bigphillyed]

@@earthship how is that possible? The amount of concrete used in an earthship home alone puts your carbon footprint at the same as a stick built home. Concrete has the highest carbon footprint because of the diesel fue and other energy needed to manufacture it. In addition you use other buildings materials including a large amount of wood. I would enjoy seeing a carbon emissions report on construction of an average size earthship home.

[@STUDIO4Signs]

Have fun studying. Earthships are not for a solution, but a solution. Bamboo can also be used instead of wood. Most of the time, authorities and regulations are in the way, I think we still have to get rid of them. drive.google.com/drive/folders/12kNo1dxtR3HBYl7rhjdwgw6R3-P6hKpA

[@JamesBechard]

@@bigphillyed An average conventional home emits several tons of co2 annually due to heating, cooling, and electric use. www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=13941744 An earthship uses passive solar design to keep the home warm in the winter and cool in the summer without a furnace or air conditioning through a combination of south facing solar glazing, rammed earth tires for thermal mass, and an ultra insolated earth berm with cooling tubes. An earthship's electricity is produced by solar panels, and wind turbines whereas most conventional homes are powered by fossil fuel burning powerplants on an inefficient grid. The conventional materials used in the earthship do have a carbon footprint. An earthship can be described as carbon negative since it can be used for decades without burning fossil fuels where a conventional home will need to burn fossil fuels year after year. Even if an earthship used 10 tons of cement in it's construction the carbon emissions would be roughly the same as operating a conventional home for 3 years, and that's not factoring the carbon footprint of building that conventional home. An earthship also harvests rainwater, purifies that rainwater into potable water, and recycles the used water into grey water and then into black water thus reducing pollution in waterways that is all too often in conventional municipal sewage.