Day eighty-three.

Week 2 of No-trash Challenge. I find it more difficult to not throw things away when I'm living in a house with 3 other people. We accumulate garbage when we buy a certain way. Which means, you must really go out of your way not to collect waste. “If you can’t use the by-product, then don’t use the product” says Michael Reynolds.

(Friends and I were amazed by this wall made of green bottles when we visited Cedar Point, Ohio--Photo was taken in 2008, not today.)

I was in a grumpy mood today. It was just one of those days, ya know. (Entschuldigung mama bear!) But then I watched this documentary called "Garbage Warrior," and it lifted my mood.

The video showed dozens of 'earthsips' designed and built by Michael Reynolds. These homes have no mortgage payments or electricity bills, and they're completely sustainable. It's great.

They also talked about an 8.9 earthquake that created a devastating tsunami on the Andaman islands in April 2005. Reynolds and his crew went to the island to create earthship structures, and show the locals how to build them. The same with hurricane Katrina in 2005, and Haiti in 2010. The first few minutes of this video explain the design of an earthship model built in Haiti:

I get excited about watching things like this, because it doesn't seem normal. For a while Renyold's architect license was taken away for this reason. Building structures out of garbage is not the norm, and people are afraid of change.

Here's the trailer.