Being sustainable is a feminist issue

Although this isn't a obvious women's issue, going green and sustainability is as much as a humanitarian issue as it is environmental. And a true feminist believes in such human rights as much as women's rights. And an earthship house is just that.

Earthship is a type of house, made of tires, bottles and earth-based material. According to the always reliable Wikipedia, "an Earthship is designed to interface with its environment wherever possible and create its own utilities."



This sort of "biotecture" is innovative in the fact that it reuses waste that would otherwise be tossed into landfills. Plus, the quality and aesthetics of the house are stunning, even though it's just trash.

And for anyone of you in construction or whatever, you know building material costs rise as much as inflation does. Using these kinds of material may save some costs.

One issue: it seems like it takes a lot of space and extra buildings to create energy. Note the extra buildings for solar, wind and geothermal energy. And it looks like these kinds of homes can't exist in a typical suburban neighborhood.