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Ecobricks are buildings designed to minimize the fuel and resources needed to run the building, while reducing the waste that leaves the house. Ecobricks typically collect their own water, generate their own electricity, and the grey water is treated onsite. Additionally Ecobricks are typically built with recycled material, and when you put all these aspects together, the houses are often labeled as “sustainable”, “environmentally friendly” etc.I should mention Earthships are the houses invented and built by the company Earthship Biotecture. Anyone who’s interested to learn how to build Earthships can buy their books or study at their academy.
As to what differentiates Earthships from other sustainable houses, probably the most distinctive feature of an Earthship is that all the different systems (electricity, water, sewage treatment, growing food, heating/cooling, recycled materials) are cohesively integrated. That is to say, Earthships are well-designed machines, that have been tweaked over decades to bring all those systems together in a practical yet pleasant package. Because of this Earthships have a very distinctive look — they often look like a glasshouse built into a mound of dirt or a hillside.