Pangea Academy Regenerative building education

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Videos

21 videos so far, each one placed in the lesson it belongs to. Real builds, our own drawings, and a few short AI-generated animations, which are labelled as such. More are added as the curriculum grows.

F1 · Regenerative Design Philosophy

One year in an earth-bermed building at 36.4° N: low winter sun charges the thermal mass, snowmelt and monsoon rain fill the cistern, the panels charge the battery, and the cooling tube opens in summer. Video · 26 s · plays from YouTube
The noon sun through a year at Taos, 36.4° N. In December it reaches 4.1 m into the room; in June the overhang keeps it off the glass. Video · 15 s · plays from YouTube
Rain off the roof, into storage, out of the tap and on into a planter. Real cisterns are covered and usually buried (Course 8), and whether kitchen-sink water may feed a planter depends on your jurisdiction (Course 9, lesson 2). Clip · 27 s AI-generated animation. Illustrative, not a construction detail.
Jonah Reynolds on off-grid building and why the design starts there. A long conversation; any part of it stands alone. Video · 1 h 1 min · plays from YouTube
A 3D animated walkthrough of the Global Model Earthship, one design where every system meets in a single building. Video · 5 min · plays from YouTube
New York: a science teacher explains his Earthship in a cold, wet northeastern climate. Video · 4 min · plays from YouTube
Tennessee: the state's first Earthship, three years into the build, in a humid climate. Video · 8 min · plays from YouTube
British Columbia: building and living in a cool, cloudy northern climate. Video · 20 min · plays from YouTube
Scotland: an Earthship built for a cool, wet northern climate. Video · 12 min · plays from YouTube
Florida: an off-grid Earthship in Myakka, built to stand up to hurricanes. Video · 3 min · plays from YouTube
Colorado: Dennis Weaver's Earthship in the high, dry Rockies. Video · 27 min · plays from YouTube
Australia: a talk by Duuvy Jester on Earthships in the southern hemisphere, where the glass faces north. Video · 1 h 2 min · plays from YouTube

Course 2 · Permits, Codes & Construction Drawings

A floor plan drawn in CAD, the kind of sheet a permit set is built from. Video · 15 s · plays from YouTube

Course 3 · Structure I — Biotecture & Tire Wall Construction

Packing a tire with earth, one swing at a time: how every course of a tire wall starts. Video · 57 s · plays from YouTube
Pounding tires on a real build. Video · 29 s · plays from YouTube
A whole tire-wall build in time-lapse, from the first course to the roof. Video · 14 min · plays from YouTube

Course 5 · Thermal I — Passive Solar & Comfort

Trombe walls and thermosiphons explained, part 4 of a heating and cooling series. Video · 6 min · plays from YouTube
How a passive solar, earth-sheltered building heats and cools itself: sun, glass, mass and earth. Video · 14 min · plays from YouTube
A tire-wall home near Taos in the middle of winter, walked through room by room. Video · 11 min · plays from YouTube

Course 11 · Food Systems & Edible Architecture

A day in an indoor growing zone: the same south glass that warms the house grows the food. Clip · 35 s AI-generated animation. Illustrative, not a construction detail.

Course P1 · COBOD BOD2 Level 1 — 3D Construction Printing

3D printing the walls of an off-grid home. Video · 3 min · plays from YouTube