The Freeville Earthship: Entryway and Visiting Master Teachers

Thursday, July 12, 2012

Entryway and Visiting Master Teachers

Along with our Camp Earthship crew of Groton students Tristan, Luke and John, Chad's dad Gary came to the site again today and cleared out our entryway quite a bit. It looks so much more open and inviting now!

This afternoon, we had many visitors as a large group from the Bioenergy and Bioproducts Education Program's Master Teacher Workshop taking place at Cornell this week stopped by to check out the barn, the earthship plans, and the earthship build itself. A group of science teachers from around the state (and beyond) interested in our earthship... it was great speaking with them!

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FAQs:

How many tires, cans, and bottles did you use?

We have estimated about 800 tires; 15,000 cans; and 3,000 glass bottles.
Did you have any issues with the town or your community?

Luckily, no! Our town was wonderful with this process. We really didn't face any roadblocks with our build, besides the state law of having this giant conventional septic system. Since most of the water is used and contained in the house the 330-gallon-a-day tank we had to install is overkill. Our neighbors and community members appear to like us and our earthship!

Why did you do this?

Because it's a neat concept, very rewarding, and just makes a lot of sense. It is self-sustaining and we want to feel safe and independent. We are young, don't have a family yet, have summers off both being teachers, and just decided to go for it!