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'''North Dakota Earthship Mission''' | '''North Dakota Earthship Mission''' | ||
{{#ev:youtube|wTqSpx0Vgv4|300|right|Survival Earthship }} | |||
Crews from all over the country are converging on North Dakota to help [[Elders|Elder]]/[[Personal Contact Minister|PCM]]/[[Minister of Record|MoR]] [[Michael_Dale_Davis|Michael Davis]] re-build after a fire this spring destroyed his house. | |||
After researching the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthship Earthship] building model, Michael began assembling materials and moving dirt. Teams of workers will be working on this project throughout the year. Pictures will be added here as they are received from teams as progress is made. | |||
Watch this video for an animated short explanation of the Earthship concept. <b>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTqSpx0Vgv4 Survival Earthship]</b> | Watch this video for an animated short explanation of the Earthship concept. | ||
<b>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTqSpx0Vgv4 Survival Earthship]</b> | |||
If you'd like to get involved in this mission project or any future project, please ask your Personal Contact Minister (PCM), Minister of Record (MoR), or post your interest on the regional google group so someone can make sure you have details. | If you'd like to get involved in this mission project or any future project, please ask your [[Personal Contact Minister]] (PCM), [[Minister of Record]] (MoR), or post your interest on the [[Network|regional google group]] so someone can make sure you have details. | ||
'''Check back for more updates.''' | '''Check back for more updates.''' | ||
[[His Church at Loess Hills North Dakota Earth Ship Video Blog]] | |||
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Revision as of 20:53, 7 August 2014
North Dakota Earthship Mission
Crews from all over the country are converging on North Dakota to help Elder/PCM/MoR Michael Davis re-build after a fire this spring destroyed his house.
After researching the Earthship building model, Michael began assembling materials and moving dirt. Teams of workers will be working on this project throughout the year. Pictures will be added here as they are received from teams as progress is made.
Watch this video for an animated short explanation of the Earthship concept. Survival Earthship
If you'd like to get involved in this mission project or any future project, please ask your Personal Contact Minister (PCM), Minister of Record (MoR), or post your interest on the regional google group so someone can make sure you have details.
Check back for more updates.
His Church at Loess Hills North Dakota Earth Ship Video Blog
<gallery caption=""> Firstcrew_day1.jpg|Day 1 of crew 1. Jason & Sloan Sobiski and Brent & Zach Jarvis show up July 23, 2014. Wk1_wall_going_up.jpg|Wall is going up. After a couple days of work, excavation, trenching, pounding tires, moving dirt, and fellowship. Tire_wall_progress.jpg|After several days, we're making progress! Backfill.jpg|backfilling the tire wall Backwall_view.jpg|view from the back of tire wall after week 1 Excavating_the_front.jpg|Lots of excavating by hand. Here the front of the house and 2 small "U's" are being dug out Moving_dirt.jpg|Many tons of fill dirt were moved to the house from the back of the property. Michael, Zach and Sloan load a dump truck Rainbow.jpg|A short rainshower interrupted our work and rewarded us with a beautiful rainbow. Is there an earthship at the end? Tirewall_wk1.jpg|Beginning of Week 2. Work on the tire wall has progressed. Sunrise.jpg|Sunrise on Week 2. Team 2 arrives to help. Crew1and2tirewall.jpg|crews 1 and 2 after one week (Brent, Sloan, Jason, Michael, Zach, Scott, and David) Crew1and2.jpg|Zach, Sloan and David working the wall Week_2_crew.jpg|Crew 1 heads home and Crew 2 moves ahead. Michael, David and Scott on the wall Small_u_corner.jpg|Team 2 makes progress on the corner moving into the small "U's" at the front Crew2_glass_wall.jpg|Bill comes in from Chicago and gets busy framing up the glass wall for the greenhouse front Tirewall_week2_wframing.jpg|Week 2 Team 2 works on the wall and framing the glass front for the greenhouse.