Core Classes – Earthship Design Principles

1. Thermal/Solar heating and cooling
2. Building with natural and re-purposed materials
3. Water Harvesting, Storage and filtration
4. Contained Sewage Treatment
5. Solar and Wind Electric Systems
6. Food Production

Methodology – How Earthships Function.

• History and Evolution of Earthships

• Basics of Earthship Construction Techniques

• How to read Earthship Construction drawings

• Earthship Types

• The Water Organization Module

• How to build Gray and Black Water Systems

• The Basics of Electricity

• The Power Organizing Module

• Building Permit and Process for Earthship Permitting

• Earthship Finishes Options

• Earthship Operations

• Earthship Disaster and Poverty Relief projects

• Sustainable Communities

• Earthship Inspired Housing example

• Introduction to Aquaponics

• Staging an Earthship Build

Labs

• Water Organisation Module

• Electric Wiring

• Earthship Maintenance

• Layout Lab

• Power Tools Safety

Hands-on Field Study preparation

• Job Safety and Power Tools Safety

• Vault in Earthships

• Carpentry

• Tours

• Pounding Tires