*Refers to the latest 2 years of omaha.com stories. Cancel anytime. The Earthship's foundation and exterior walls are formed of stacked tires filled with dirt and covered with adobe made from local ...

Ariel Bui dreams of a mesa oasis where she can play music amid purple-tinted mountains. Ben Adams leaves behind a life in academia to build utility-free homes in the desert with dirt and garbage. Ryan ...

Sustainability is a hip buzzword in travel these days, which means, of course, that the term is overused and nobody knows what it really means anymore. Reusing hotel towels and ditching plastic straws ...

TAOS, New Mexico — Old tires, crumpled cans and empty wine bottles are piling up at construction sites across the desert. A renewed purpose awaits these discarded items, which will become the building ...

John DeMatteis stands outside his Earthship home near Buffalo. "I'll drive by a beautiful home and I'll think, 'That's gorgeous, but what a waste of energy,'" DeMatteis said. The Earthship design and ...

The Earthship's foundation and exterior walls are formed of stacked tires filled with dirt and covered with adobe made from local clay, coarse sand and straw. Windows along the south side of the ...