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Media Resume www.earthship.com M. Reynolds MEDIA RESUME for: Michael E. Reynolds Some of our favorite picks… CNN International: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDRstVYF7wA Lonely Planet: https://www.lonelyplanet.com/peru/travel-tips-and-articles/lonely- planets-top-10-eco-stays-for-2014 The Adaptors: http://www.theadaptors.org/episodes/2015/12/3/imagine-earthships An entire movie: “Don’t flush your freedom away” https://vimeo.com/162741946 Earthship Academy (By John Senften) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCytizMTeoI Nevex, a sustainable school for Uruguay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-mcnoPPEWc Two Ted Talks: http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/TEDxTamaya-Michael-Reynolds-112 https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/18199 The Globe and Mail (about our upcoming project in Canada): http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/eco-friendly-home-built- free-of-charge-for-six-nations-woman/article29507455/ Media Resume www.earthship.com M. Reynolds P.O. Box 1041 Taos, New Mexico, 87571 Phone (575) 751-0462 Media Resume www.earthship.com M. Reynolds MISSION STATEMENT: To evolve the way humans live on this planet by evolving existing methods of living, home by home. To make small, believable steps toward slowing down and ultimately reversing the negative impact of human development as it relates to the Earth’s ability to continue to support life. To present these steps in a way that affords easy understanding and inspires people to act. To empower people to make positive changes in their own lives to reduce their personal effect on global warming. To specifically design and build homes that ... • Heat and cool themselves naturally via solar/thermal dynamics • Collect their own power from the sun and wind • Harvest their own water from rain and snow melt • Contain and treat their own sewage on site • Produce a significant amount of food • Are constructed using the byproducts of modern society like cans, bottles and tires. To transfer this knowledge globally through... • Publishing books • Producing DVDs • Hosting seminars • Global demonstrations Media Resume www.earthship.com M. Reynolds EDUCATION/CREDENTIALS: Graduated University of Cincinnati, 1969, Bachelor of Architecture Thesis published in Architectural Record, April 1971, 3 pages Architect's License, Arizona #34518 Architect's License, Colorado # C-3857 National Architect’s License - NCARB #45619 Founder/Owner of Earthship Biotecture Founder of Earthship Biotecture Academy Drafter of New Mexico Sustainable Testing Sites Act - HB 269 signed into law by Governor Bill Richardson on March 15 2007 Media Resume www.earthship.com M. Reynolds RECOGNITION and EXHIBITIONS: • Earthship Rentals named one of “Lonely Planet’s Top 10 Eco Hotels for 2014” • Oslo Triennale, The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, September 2013 • “Sustainable Autonomy for Everyone”, Jaroslav Fragner Galerie, Prague, Czech Republic, May 4-June 10, 2012 • “Artists’ Footprints” Red Line Art Gallery, July 5-August 11, 2010 • CO2 CUBE-VisualizeTonne, a highly visible, three dimensional, multi-media art exhibit, Earthship image included in “Climate Change Solutions”. Copenhagen, Denmark, December, 2009. • “Spirit of Activism Award” for Garbage Warrior at Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival, January 2009 • Canadian Center for Architecture, early projects on display, Montreal, November 2007 • Celebrating our Eco-Heroes, NY Times special recognition, April 23, 2006 • Building permanent structure for disaster relief on Little Andaman Island, India, May 2005 • KTAO, Taos, New Mexico, Environmental Achievement Award 2005 • Scotland VIBES Award for Small Businesses, December 2005 • UK Innovation Award for Earthship Brighton, December 2005 • PAM Community Grant for Greater World, residential power & solar electric for community well, 1999 • ALUMNI OF THE YEAR, University of Cincinnati, 1999 • Nominated, Chrysler Award for Innovation in Design, 1996 • Received certificate of appreciation from the New Mexico Construction Industries Commission for outstanding service and contributions in alternative methods of building, April 1993 • Western Virginia Science Museum, Earthship Scoreboards on display, October 1993 -February 1994 • CEO Design '93, Grand Tour Design, Environmentally Sensitive "Visionary" Projects. New York, New York, May 5 -31, 1993, Projects on display. • Nickelodeon Kids World Council, "Plan It For The Planet", April 16 - 18, 1993, Orlando, Florida. Earthship videos and books on display. • Rocky Mountain Institute of Art & Design, Denver, Colorado, January & February, 1993. • Special architectural exhibition - 6 New Mexico homes, University of New Mexico Art Museum, March 31 - May 17, 1992. • Received Terra Alpha Technology 1990 acknowledgment award, May 1990, which recognizes individuals, companies and organizations for having contributed in a major way to the improvement of the environment through technology. Media Resume www.earthship.com M. Reynolds • Received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts Design Division, 1981 • Built first FHA financed solar home, March 1981 • Participated in the first World Conference of Garbage Architects at Florida A & M University, 1979 • Work exhibited in ARCHITECTURES MARGINALE AUX ETATS UNIS, a traveling exhibition in Europe on urban architecture in America, 1976 • Displayed slides and drawings at the Louvre, Paris for an exhibition which included Alternative Architecture in the United States by invitation from the Center de Creation Industrial, 1976 - Permanent display. • Consultant to the Venezuelan Government on the use of recycled materials in housing for barrios in Caracas, 1976 • Received the Burlington House Award for Interiors, 1975 • Participated in the United Nations Conference on Low Cost Housing for the Third World, 1974 • Obtained O.S. Patent # 3721059 for building block of cans, March 20, 1973 GLOBAL DEMONSTRATION BUILDS: • Jaureguiberry, Uruguay, January 2016 (Latin America’s first sustainable primary school.) • Tempelhof, Germany, October 2015 • El Bolsón, Argentina, March 2015 • Music School, Easter Island, November 2014 • Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, July 2014 • Batug, Philippines, February 2014 • Ushuaia, Argentina, January 2014 • Kapita, Malawi, October 2013 • Big Sky Montana, May 2013 • Comalapa, Guatemala, January 2013 • Estancia, New Mexico, September 2012 • Freeville, New York, August 2012 • Huntington, Vermont, July 2012 • Sazava, Czech Republic, May 2012 • Comalapa, Guatemala, November 2011 • Sierra Leone Waldorf School, October 2011 • Buffalo, Wyoming, September, 2011 • Lasqueti Island, BC Canada, May-June 2011 • Panyu District, Guangzhou, China, March-April 2011 • Port au Prince, Haiti July 2010 and January 2011 • 100 Mile House, BC Canada August 2010 • Todos Santos, Mexico February-March 2009 Media Resume www.earthship.com M. Reynolds • Negril, Jamaica, (Second Trip) December 2008 -January 2009 • Zwolle, Netherlands, September 2008 • Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles, July 2008 • Negril, Jamaica, March 2008 • San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua, December 2007 • Normandy, France, April 2007 • Ithaca, New York, October 2006 • Mountain View, Hawaii, July 2006 • Mano Leon, Mexico, March 2006 • Little Andaman Island, Hut Bay, India, May 2005 • Valencia, Spain, April 2004 • Brighton, England, April 2003 • Scotland, April 2002 • Sonoran Desert, February 2001 • Strombeek, Belgium, 2000 • Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota, 2000 • Phoenix, Arizona, 2000 • Siberia, Russia, Autumn of 2000 • Tegucigalpa, Honduras, 1999 • Collaborated with The Everest Environmental Project in efforts to reduce the human waste problems in the Himalayas, 1993 • Greater World Community, New Mexico, 1994 - present • Japan, 1993 • STAR, New Mexico, 1992 - 1997 • La Paz, Bolivia, 1992 • REACH, New Mexico, 1990 - 1997 LECTURES: • European Tour in Germany, Barcelona and Roma, September, 2016 • Cabo Polonio, Uruguay, TEDx, February 20, 2016 • Toronto, Ontario, Canada, “Modern Knowledge” event (keynote speaker), November 27, 2015 • Calgary, Alberta, Canada July 19, 2014 • Freiburg, Germany, May 27, 2014 • Berlin, Germany, May 24, 2014 • Milan, Italy, May 21, 2014 • Oradea, Romania, May 17, 2014 • San Sebastian, Basque, May 14, 2014 • Vila Nova Famalicão, Portugal, May 10, 2014 Media Resume www.earthship.com M. Reynolds • Salt Lake City, Utah, April 19, 2014 • Madison, Wisconsin, April 6, 2014 • Omega Institute, “Where Do We Go from Here?”, Rhinebeck, New York, October 5, 2013 • Arena Satelliten, Stockholm, Sweden, April 19-21, 2013 • Hollywood, California, April 12-14, 2013 • Denver, Colorado, March 22-24, 2013 • Dublin, Ireland, May 19, 2012 • The Sustainable Living Festival, Melbourne, Australia February 19 , 2012 • Parliament of Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden. May 9, 2011 • KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. May 9, 2011 • Theatre Kampa (Divadlo Kampa), Prague, Czech Republic, May 5, 2011 • National Technical Library, Prague, Czech Republic, May 4, 2011 • University of Southern Bohemia, Jihočeská Univerzita, České Budějovice (Budweis), Czech Republic, May 3, 2011 • Theatre Světozor, Prague, Czech Republic, May 2, 2011 • Waldorf Teacher Training Center, Panyu District, Guangzhou, China, March 1, 2011 • The World Wellness Project Summit, Melbourne, Australia. February 25, 2011 • The Sustainable Living Festival, Melbourne, Australia February 20 , 2011 • The North Face Corporate Headquarters, December 16, 2010. • Keynote Speaker, Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture. February 2010. • TED Tamaya Conference. November, 2009. • State of Design Australia