{"id":26408,"date":"2020-01-31T17:22:43","date_gmt":"2020-01-31T06:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=26408"},"modified":"2020-01-31T17:22:43","modified_gmt":"2020-01-31T06:22:43","slug":"in-taos-a-community-of-voluntary-anarchists-is-taking-off-the-grid-living-to-the-next-level","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=26408","title":{"rendered":"In Taos, a community of \u2018voluntary anarchists\u2019 is taking off-the-grid living to the next level"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Taos_House.jpg\" alt=\"Taos House\" class=\"wp-image-26409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Taos_House.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Taos_House-300x156.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In Taos, a community of \u2018voluntary anarchists\u2019 is taking off-the-grid living to the next level<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just a few miles from where New Mexico\u2019s Route 64 crosses the Rio Grande, a collection of alien looking buildings stand out in the otherwise desolate landscape. These houses\u201479 in total\u2014are built partially into their natural surroundings, each with a wall of windows facing directly south. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the houses, with their rounded corners and colorful walls made of cans and bottles, may look more like spaceships than human dwellings, the opposite is true: The buildings are even called \u201cearthships.\u201d Located just outside of Taos, this community\u2014known as the Greater World Earthship Community\u2014provides full-time housing to at least 130 people. Under the name Earthship Biotecture, it also hosts an academy in partnership with Western Colorado University, an internship program, and a visitor center open to the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earthship Biotecture is almost completely self-sustainable\u2014and it wants to teach you how to live off the grid, too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/roadtrippers.com\/magazine\/earthship-biotecture-off-grid-living\/\">https:\/\/roadtrippers.com\/magazine\/earthship-biotecture-off-grid-living\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Taos, a community of \u2018voluntary anarchists\u2019 is taking off-the-grid living to the next level Just a few miles from where New Mexico\u2019s Route 64 crosses the Rio Grande, a collection of alien looking buildings stand out in the otherwise desolate landscape. These houses\u201479 in total\u2014are built partially into their natural surroundings, each with a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=26408\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;In Taos, a community of \u2018voluntary anarchists\u2019 is taking off-the-grid living to the next level&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips","category-inspiration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26408"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26410,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26408\/revisions\/26410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}