This is an important distinction.
Living on a piece of land means, at least to me, that I am dominating that land. I am not working with it, it is not helping me live, I am not helping it live. I am controlling it and not letting it function in it's natural way.
I got to this conclusion by going back to my bibliography and checking out a link featuring earth sheltered homes (not earthships. They sound so similar, I know, but this is another important distinction). You can find this link in my bibliography. So I saw a home embedded in a hill, and I thought, "Wooaah that's cool", so I checked it out and I'm loving this concept! I need to see if I can still incorporate elements of the earthship design if I build my house into a hillside. I'm not sure if I will really be able to figure this out. The water filtration device of the earthship should be collected on the roof, so my houldn't necessarily be "hidden". I'll do some more research though. In the meantime, here are some pictures of cool hillside houses!
This last one could potentially combine well with the earthship model because of the large windows
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