The Myth of the American Dream

If you haven’t noticed lately, housing has become unaffordable at about the same time in America that our environment has become dirtier and unhealthy. How do we move forward as a society with these very formidable obstacles standing in our way?

Architect Michael Reynolds shares how he has perfected the Earthship concept that uses natural and repurposed materials to build ecologically sustainable dwellings to make the world a safer and nicer place in this very homey Living 4D conversation.

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Learn more Michael’s work at his Earthship Global website and on social media via Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.

Show Notes

• Earthships: Vessels that sail on the seas of tomorrow. (3:02)
• “I want to make a life available for people so they are happy and secure, and it makes the world safer and nicer for me.” (20:53)
• Your best defense for the world that surrounds you. (25:51)
• Architects follow their own dogmas too. (35:12)
• Michael’s cautionary dream about human nature. (47:43)
• What people really thirst for. (54:36)
• Making mistakes helps you evolve. (1:06:47)
• A very popular t-shirt Michael sells. (1:11:52)
• The best complement Michael has received about his Earthships. (1:22:59)
• The trap of modernism. (1:33:33)
• “You have to learn to die before you die.” (1:45:26)
• Maneuverability. (1:50:20)
• How do you create a movement? (1:57:12)
• The manufactured American dream: An unreachable myth that’s never enough for some people. (2:07:09)

Resources

• Garbage Warrior
• Surfers Against Sewage
• The work of Edgar Mitchell
• Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

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