Being a fan of the earthship concept I cannot help myself stop dreaming about building one. It will not be easy to build one in the country I live (Netherlands), but my mother in law lives in Cameroon and is actually buying some land to build a house on. As a country Cameroon is much more suitable, in many ways. There is loads of sun, rain, cheap labor, less red tape related to building permits, etc.
So, it is now my task to convince her to build an earthship. A bit selfish maybe, but I’m sure she’ll be very happy with it in the end. After all, at the moment she has to pay for crappy water and electricity service, is cold in the wet seasons and too warm in the dry seasons. All solved when living in an Earthship: cost to build is the same as for a conventional house, but cost to live is much less and you’re self-sufficient!
She’ll visit us for Christmas, so that will be a good time to talk about it and visit our local Earthship Zwolle and maybe even go visit the one in France.
This picture was taken during a visit to the Earthship community in Taos.
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