Houses Made Of Bottles

A great form of recycling, isn't it?

I saw a story of a poor family in Bolivia who lived in a community of houses built in a river. Their houses were so cheaply made and torn up that their rooves leaked and they had no floors. When it rained, the houses would flood and leak. One day someone came along and told the single mother of that family, "I'm gonna build you a house of bottles. I don't know how, but I'm gonna do it." And they did, and the single mother of that family has never been happier. Now, their neighbors are inspired to start building their own bottle houses.

Why aren't their governments making more? It's not like it costs much to make a house made out of bottle and dirt and cement.

Another form of recycled housing, called Earthship, was invented by a man named Michael Reynolds. These houses are made from scraps like tires and bottles, and look better than most houses I've ever seen. He put solar panels on these Earthships and now each house is powered by 6, 400 pound batteries. He built an irrigation system for each house, where rain water is caught and filtered in the house. Now there's proof that you can live a great life without using any of the resources politicians seem to be complaining that we're using too much of nowadays.

Here's the best part.

No utility bills.

Awesome, right?

There are currently 1,000 Earthship communities.

Why aren't there more of these Earthships? Because people like YOU don't know about them.

Well there you go.....

GO BUILD A HOUSE!