Uprooted, an eco/travel blog

Sustainable living is cheap living. Here are some ideas from two kids who live green, cheap, and happy in Louisville, Kentucky.

Madrid, New Mexico: found-art haven, reborn ghost town, and the most photogenic place I’ve ever visited.

Bottle Brick Bathroom, originally uploaded by Earthship Kirsten

If you’ve been following my Earthships adventure, you know that it is actually possible to build houses using garbage. Can and bottle walls—literally walls made out of mud or cement, with cans or bottles set like bricks—are one of Mike Reynolds‘ time-tested innovations, a building technique that can [...]

My arrival at Earthship Biotecture kicks off a green-building adventure in the snowy desert springtime of Taos, New Mexico.

611 street view

Yep, it’s possible, and 611 EcoVillage is the proof: you can live sustainably, and artfully, and even happily, all in the middle of a city.
Of course, it helps if you’ve got founder/builder Dan Antonioli’s temperament: love for life and a passion for creative construction. And it helps even more that he’s done it [...]

I was just browsing Craftzine and found this beautiful toilet paper roll tree:

So there you have it: toilet paper rolls aren’t just for kid’s art, and they’re certainly not for throwing away. More photos of Teruya’s amazing cut-out art here; go here for links to dirt-cheap art supply outlets.

Culture of waste? Not at the East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse, where teachers and artists gather to give cast-off treasures a new life.

earthship bottle wall, originally uploaded by cer!se.

A couple of weeks ago, I sent in my application for an internship with Earthship Biotecture in Taos, New Mexico. I first found out about Earthships in 2003 or so; they’ve been a huge inspiration to me and are one of the main reasons I’m on my current path.
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