I found a couple of interesting website today and thought I'd post them for folks to check out. Very unusual, DIY type of stuff.

http://www.tnstaafl.net/Earthship/earthship.html

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/glennkangiser/album?.dir=/8ac1&.src=ph

I'm not sure I like the idea of living in a home made of rammed earth and tires, because tires contain a lot of chemicals. I'd imagine that some of that would leach out over time?

The other home is rather neat. It seems very 'organic' in design and quite eclectic... almost like a bizzare hobbit hole ;)