In honor of Earth Day and Michael Reynolds' vision of off-the-grid living, this week's WOW! House is the Phoenix Earthship. The home is located in a community of other Earthship homes known as the Greater World Community (which is just past the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge from Taos, New Mexico and has easy access to town.) As the Earthship Biotecture website states the "homes are constructed from recycled automobile tires filled with compacted earth to form a rammed earth brick encased in steel belted rubber" as well as other materials such as aluminum cans and glass and plastic bottles. The Phoenix Earthship is a 3-bedroom, 2-bath home that comes with two acres of land. As with all the homes in the community, all the utilities are generated from solar power and rainwater that falls on the building. Below is the plan for the home and gardens.

Gallery: The WOW! House - The Phoenix Earthship

The Phoenix Earthship is offered for $1,500,000 and you can also rent it before you buy to see if living completely green is right for you.