The Darfield Earthship

08/12/2022

All ready to go through 13 and the gates stopped working. Electrician on the way to wire the spare motor in, and a manual hydraulic unit. Taking it easy in the shade

08/12/2022

Bottom of 13. We will sit here until noon when we'll try to transit 13, 14, and 15 while we eat lunch.

07/04/2022

Hi it's Sandra here! It's been a while. We are still in Ontario and recently embarked on a new adventure. In keeping with the "ship" theme, Chris and I bought a 34' 1991 Marine Trader. We are currently in Port Whitby, on Lake Ontario, in the middle of installing a 48v inverter-driven electrical system with lithium batteries and solar. Check us out! https://m.facebook.com/Chris-and-Sandra-on-a-Boat-104509805654646

05/14/2020

The people living and building these autonomous homes told Insider what it's like to live in an Earthship, and why they've seen an uptick in interest.

04/28/2020

Matt Sych and I have been making the most of these quiet days by collaborating on projects. We scrapped together this birdhouse-inspired Pooper for Wells Gray Home Hardware's "Stay @ Home Pallet Challenge". 👉 Tap the photo, then click the ‘like’ button to help us win!👍

Matt Sych "The one in the background"

01/24/2020

  Workshop #1 : April 27 – May 2 , 2020 Location : Barriere, BC Canada or Workshop #2 : May 4 – 9 , 2020 Location : Barriere, BC Canada   Learn to build rammed earth from pros, this isn’t a ‘make a small sample and slideshow sales pitch’…it’s the real thing! We will show you [...]

12/02/2019

Sandra here...comment below if you helped build the Darfield Earthship, donated materials, came by to say hi, or fed us anything during construction. Tell a story if you feel like it! Sometimes we forget how much help we had!

11/30/2019

Mark is a structural engineer who works on alternative structures and is currently the caretaker of the Darfield Earthship in BC. He's been living there for ...

10/23/2019

Awkwardly drove behind Greta Thunberg today in my truck 🤦‍♂️
Dependency on fossil fuels sucks🤬!

KEEP GOING Greta Thunberg, GO!!
🌱🌎🌍🌏🙌