EP 211 — Michael Reynolds: Earthships

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Paul Chek

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4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2022

⏱️ 137 minutes

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Summary

If you haven’t noticed lately, housing has become unaffordable at about the same time in America that our environment has become dirtier and unhealthy. How do we move forward as a society with these very formidable obstacles standing in our way?

Architect Michael Reynolds shares how he has perfected the Earthship concept that uses natural and repurposed materials to build ecologically sustainable dwellings to make the world a safer and nicer place in this very homey Living 4D conversation.

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Learn more Michael’s work at his Earthship Global website and on social media via Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.

Show Notes

Earthships: Vessels that sail on the seas of tomorrow. (3:02)
“I want to make a life available for people so they are happy and secure, and it makes the world safer and nicer for me.” (20:53)
Your best defense for the world that surrounds you. (25:51)
Architects follow their own dogmas too. (35:12)
Michael’s cautionary dream about human nature. (47:43)
What people really thirst for. (54:36)
Making mistakes helps you evolve. (1:06:47)
A very popular t-shirt Michael sells. (1:11:52)
The best complement Michael has received about his Earthships. (1:22:59)
The trap of modernism. (1:33:33)
“You have to learn to die before you die.” (1:45:26)
Maneuverability. (1:50:20)
How do you create a movement? (1:57:12)
The manufactured American dream: An unreachable myth that’s never enough for some people. (2:07:09)

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Transcript

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0:00.0	I'm not a wealthy man. You know, I've got everything I need.
0:03.7	Everything I need and more. What I here's what here's what makes me
0:08.1	the wealthiest man on the planet is you don't want tires nobody in the world does but I do.
0:16.0	Yeah.
0:17.0	Millions of tires.
0:18.0	You don't want shit.
0:20.0	Nobody in the world wants shit, but I do. I turn shit into gold. And so I want the things that nobody else wants, because I have learned how to alchemize them and turn them into something that takes care of me.
0:35.1	Welcome to Living 4D with Paul Check.
0:38.1	Today's guest is the founder of Earthship biotechnologyecture, Michael Reynolds.
0:43.7	After receiving his degree in architecture in 1969, Mike started hearing new stories
0:49.6	about the growing issues of garbage and how forests were being clear cut to build homes.
0:55.3	So he began to build structures out of garbage in Taos, New Mexico.
0:59.9	Over the next 15 years, he developed the Earthship concept which encounters all of the natural phenomenon and creates sustainable off-grid autonomous structures.
1:11.0	If you enjoy today's episode, please consider leaving us a five-star rating and a warm review at the top of the show page on Spotify or at the bottom of the show page if you are listening on Apple Podcast. Your opinions matter and your ratings help us to grow
1:25.5	and help more people to be healthy,
1:27.5	find freedom of body and mind,
1:29.5	and to live their dreams.
1:31.0	And now here is Paul talking with Mike about Earth Ships.
1:36.0	Welcome to Living Forward D with Paul Check. Today we have a very interesting topic.
1:41.1	We're going to talk about Earth's ships with Michael Reynolds. I found out about
1:46.7	Michael Reynolds' work. Years ago, a friend of mine said, you got to see what this guy's doing, he makes homes that are really beautiful out of garbage and tires and all sorts of stuff and their energy efficient and everything.
2:02.6	It seems really in line with your values and I got sidetracked and never really got a chance to look into it.
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