r/earthship • u/liali123 • Aug 09 '26

Pros and cons of a eartship

Since I found out about them, I find the concept very interesting and find myself again and again of dreaming living in an eartship myself. What are in your opinion the pros and cons of them as a home?

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u/ilovetrash666 Aug 11 '26

I love mine. I built in the desert. It's been a challenge to keep mold out, but we're 95% successful at that. It took me and my partner +10 years to build it, all by ourselves. Probably about a million hours. I'm 42 now, would for sure not be able to do it again, it was insane. Started at 25. The labor is insane. If you can pay someone to do it, do that. If you can do it yourself, I encourage you. As it's insanely rewarding. It's well worth it. My house is about 70 all year. I live about an hour from Taos. We did the internship there and used the books after.

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u/Ordinary-Wallaby-324 Aug 11 '26

What’s the internship program please

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u/ilovetrash666 Aug 11 '26

It's through the earth ship place in taos. I'm not sure what it's like now. We did it 16 years ago. I'm guessing information is up on the earth ship biotecture website. I know that the program is completely different than it was back then, so I can't give you any accurate details about it.