Planned Design

"Earthship" Ecological Concept

Mike Reynolds is an architect and the inventor of "Earthship" building techniques. The concept involves using off-grid renewable energy, thermal heating and cooling, as well as utilizing cost efficient approaches which are in direct contrast to typical, wasteful building methods. I plan to utilize these methods to build Purple Dog Animal Sanctuary.

Find out more at Earthship.com

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Ingenious Building

Recycle, Reuse, Repurpose

The typical "brick and mortar" building process can be costly, wasteful, and energy-inefficient. Packing used automobile tires tighly with native dirt provides insullation values much higher than traditional building methods while reducing the number of tires in landfills at the same time.

This thermal mass construction combined with natural cross-ventilation provides natural heating and cooling while maintaining comfortable temperatures. The structures at Purple Dog Animal Sanctuary will be based on designs like the one in the photo.

Photo Credit: Loredana Sava 2011- Solaripedia

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Sustainable Sytems

Renewable Energy and More

Purple Dog Animal Sanctuary is planning to use off-grid renewable power, geothermal cooling, water recycling, and other ecologically-sound methods.

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Adaptable and Scalable

Encouraging Duplication Everywhere

Another wonderful aspect of this building technique is adaptability to any climate. Locations range from Canada with -30 degree temperatures to hot and humid locations like Haiti. Japan, Australia, and France have joined the club as well.

The largest concentrations of these ecologically-sound buildings in the United States are New Mexico and Colorado and other noteable structures are in Texas, Georgia, Montana, and a partially-built one in Manatee County, Florida.

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Helping Senior Dogs

Love Knows No Age

Senior dogs are often overlooked at shelters. These older pups often need more love and caring and they are the initial type of animals that Purple Dog Animal Sanctuary is planning to assist first while we scale operations.

Plans to help other types and species of animals are already in the works!

Photo Credit: The Grey Muzzle Organization

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Why "Purple Dog?"

Behind the Brand Name

Bestselling author and entrepreneur Seth Godin writes in Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable, that the world and the rules of marketing are changing ever more rapidly. This means you have to toss out everything you know and do something "remarkable" (the way a purple cow in a field of plain white cows would be remarkable) to have any effect at all. So 1) be outrageous, 2) tell the truth, 3) test the limits, and 4) never settle for just "very good."

I have a long history with rescue dogs, so "Purple Dog" became the brand I created to bring you bold critical thinking for the 21st century.

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