Happy Independence Day!

Happy Independence Day!

The fourth of July, a great American holiday celebrating our independence. When I was in high school, I always thought I can’t wait to get out of this country. A bit of an ironic thing for the son of an immigrant to believe. I saw so many problems, thinking...
Earth Village Project Evolution

Earth Village Project Evolution

The Earth Village Project is a regenerative rehabilitation response to Typhoon Yolanda in the Philippines. In collaboration with the community of Batug, we have built a Windship, planted a community garden, helped a family build a mud house and set up base camp....
Unseen Shadow Workers

Unseen Shadow Workers

There was a tremendous amount of work that went into preparing for the Windship Build with Earthship Biotecture and The Earth Village Project. Earthship had done a similar humanitarian build in Malawi where they planned for 6 months in advance, yet they were still...
The Windship Has Landed

The Windship Has Landed

On February 23, 2014 more than 70 people from around the world and the Philippines converged in Batug to build the first Windship the world has ever seen. A Windship is an Earthship-inspired typhoon bunker built using recycled materials employing a closed loop waste...
Regenerative Rehabilitation – A Fresh Flavor of Relief

Regenerative Rehabilitation – A Fresh Flavor of Relief

The Earth Village Project is focused on regenerative rehabilitation; we’ve taken the word relief out of our vocabulary. There are no beneficiaries; we work collaboratively with the community, learning together. It comes back to the age-old adage of “If you give a man...
Sustainable Rehabilitation in the land of Waray

Sustainable Rehabilitation in the land of Waray

Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) was off the scale. A category six storm that devastated the Philippines, it was the strongest storm to wreak havoc on land in the history of humanity. I have been working with the Earth Village Project since January in the Barangay (village)...