After 10 years the first Earthship on Prince Edward Island in Canada, builder Jordan Cameron is glad to see that its features are still working as intended. He began the project in 2013 when he was 21 and relatively fresh out of College and had spent several years dreaming of building his first project.
Like other Earthships before it, Cameron’s is as environmentally friendly as he could make it. “I could go deep into how … we’ve been, since the ‘50s, in a very consumption-oriented society, and that includes building, as well,” said Cameron. “I don’t think the pendulum’s swinging toward recyclable new construction any day soon, by any means. We’re pretty stuck in our fossil fuel-burning ways.”
He says the house isn’t perfect, but he is proud of the flairs that make the space his own, like the local red clay and sandstone. Its back wall, connected to an…
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