When Brian and Jess Johnson drove to Taos, New Mexico, for a getaway weekend from Colorado in 2016, they had no inkling the trip would change their lives and their notions of a dream house in a ...

TAOS, New Mexico — Old tires, crumpled cans and empty wine bottles are piling up at construction sites across the desert. A renewed purpose awaits these discarded items, which will become the building ...

Along a rural road in northern New Mexico, homes rise from the dusty desert with futuristic shapes resembling something from another planet. They are known as Earthships: off-the-grid homes built into ...

I’ve heard of extremely environmentally friendly homes and communities called “Earthships” popping up across the U.S. What are they exactly? An Earthship is a kind of passive solar home — or community ...

WESTMINSTER WEST — For the past four years, John Grant has been building an Earthship on 12 acres of land in Westminster West. Earthships are a newly emerging architectural style of off-the-grid ...

Cathy Krueger's earthship home is believed to be the first in Nebraska. Earthships rely on the sun and cool air from the ground to maintain temperatures around 70 degrees. They also collect rainwater ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of omaha.com stories. Cancel anytime. The Earthship's foundation and exterior walls are formed of stacked tires filled with dirt and covered with adobe made from local ...

There’s no need to leave our orbit to experience the essence of a spaceship. Keep your feet on the ground and live in an Earthship instead. Earthships are a building design focused on the efficient ...

TAOS, New Mexico — Old tires, crumpled cans and empty wine bottles are piling up at construction sites across the desert. A renewed purpose awaits these discarded items, which will become the building ...