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Somenpeople choose, not to live on the Earth, but innit!
Somenpeople choose, not to live on the Earth, but innit!n
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nInnother words, they live underground.
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nWhynwould anyone want to do that? n
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nWell,nif a house is underground, it is insulated from heat and cold bynearth and plants, and it can often stay a comfortable temperature bynpassive or fuel-efficient ways, such as sunlight on a concrete-blocknwall. With trees and other vegetation planted over the house, morenrainwater is conserved, more carbon dioxide is take out of the atmosphere, erosion is minimized, and of course a more natural, beautiful landscape is preserved.
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nAnman named Malcolm Wells built a lot of underground houses and urgednothers to build some, as well. He didn’t necessarily start by digging down in tonthe earth. Instead, he built a strong, waterproof building (apparentlynmore concrete than wood), and then he covered it with earth andnplanted it with native plants.
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nCheckn out Wells’s website, including some pictures of his building designs.
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nHeren Wells makes some suggestions for celebrating Underground American Day. Hmm…I like the idea of making a meal from things that grown underground (potatoes and carrots and peanuts come to mind), ridingn a subway, and designing the perfect underground house or school orn shopping mall!
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HuntingnUnderground Dwellings
HuntingnUnderground Dwellingsn
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nInwent on a hunt to spot some cool underground houses, and I found somenhere, here, and here.
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nAlsonon this date:
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nBotanist Mikhail Tsvett’s birthday
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nMathematician John C. Fields’s birthday
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