Are you unable to come to Taos? Unable to enter USA? Under 21 years old?

You may still be able to learn with us!

Start with the ONLINE ACADEMY, all the classes have been recorded from the original Earthship Academy.

The current session starts April 1st or later and will end in June, 2022. The next session will start July 1st, and end in September. You don’t need the three month to finish it:

Just to give you an idea, the regular Academy is 3 hours of classes daily for 4 weeks, so you should be able to finish it in one month if you follow the same rhythm.

You will also have LIVE Q&As with Michael Reynolds and Lou Maiolica (plumbing).

The Curriculum is the same as the Academy at our headquarters, the classes divided as followed:

The Core Classes that explains the 6th principles of Earthship

- Thermal/Solar heating and cooling

- Building with natural and re-purposed materials

- Water Harvesting, Storage and filtration

- Contained Sewage Treatment

- Solar and Wind Electric Systems

- Food Production

Methodology, explaining in details how the buildings function:

  • History and Evolution of Earthships

  • Basics of Earthship Construction Techniques

  • How to read Earthship Construction drawings

  • Earthship Types

  • The Water Organization Module

  • How to build Gray and Black Water Systems

  • The Basic of Electricity

  • The Power Organisation Module

  • Building Permit and Process for Earthship Permitting

  • Earthship finishes options

  • Earthship operations

  • Earthship Disaster and Poverty Relief projects

  • Sustainable Communities

  • Earthship Inspired Housing example

  • Introduction to Aquaponics

  • Staging an Earthship Build

Labs:

  • Water Organisation Module

  • Electric Wiring

  • Earthship Maintenance

  • Layout Lab

  • Power Tools Safety

We also have few video that helps getting ready for the hands on part of the program (Field Study)

  • Job Safety and Power Tools Safety

  • Vault in Earthships

  • Carpentry

  • Tours

  • Pounding Tires

With the Online Academy, you will receive of all the benefits that our Earthship Academy students benefit from (discount on our store products, exclusivity to workshops and hands on Field Study builds, access to teachers and more..). You will have access to all the classes for 3 months and then be required to take the final exam. To receive credit you must pass the final exam with a 60% or higher.

You will then have to complete TWO Step 2 (Field Studies), and a Step 3 (Independent Study) to graduate, just like the Earthship Academy students attending the Earthship Academy at the Headquarters.

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The price of the Online Session (Step 1 of the Academy) is $ 1200 USD.

You will have access to all of the classes that are available in our in person Academy and an email to ask all of your questions to the instructors. Also, you will be added to the database of our Academy network, you will be the first to receive news about Field Studies.

Any questions? Email us at: [email protected]