Category Archives: Interviews

Leo, Olav and Zoe – Windship Volunteers

Leo Bienkowski-Gibbs, 30, Victoria, Canada

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Leo Bienkowski-Gibbs | Photo by Federica Miglio

What is it you think we accomplished here?

We moved around a lot of dirt and materials. (Laughing) One of the things we did is get a lot of people stoked.

What do you think the effect has been on the volunteers?

I won’t name names but one guy said this was the most profound experience of his life. And he’s had a very rich life. It shows what people can do when they’re committed to a certain project around certain values. You can actually accomplish an amazing amount. When we showed up here it was just flat grass, and now we have something that almost looks like a castle. You could probably throw hand grenades at that thing and it would still be standing.

Why were you drawn to Earthships in the first place?

Because I want to be free. I don’t want to work forty years for a leaky house that takes monthly bills. That’s just modern slavery to me.

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Michael Reynolds – Creator of Earthship Biotecture

Michael Reynolds:

Earthship Biotecture is sort of like a virus. It starts growing a little bit in some place. It may be squelched due to codes and regulations but it comes right back. It’s kind of happening everywhere. We’re all over the world all the time now. I’m going from here to Alberta and then to Easter Island. It’s everywhere.

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Michael Reynolds | Photo by Federica Miglio

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The Philippines by Windship: Intro to Interview Series

On November 8th, 2013, the people of the Philippines were struck by the most powerful tropical cyclone to ever hit land. Typhoon Haiyan, or Yolanda as the locals call it, ripped through the Eastern Visayas Islands, destroying or damaging nearly every standing structure in some areas as the wind pulled a typical house apart piece by piece. In the village of Batug, a sleepy community subsisting on the local coconut industry, most people’s homes were simply blown into the jungle.

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Installing The Birdcage | Photo by Federica Miglio

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