Editing Earth shelter (section)

===1970s–1980s heyday===
The [[1973 Oil Crisis]] saw the price of oil dramatically increase, which influenced vast social, economic and political changes worldwide.<ref name="boyer1987" /> Combined with growing interest in alternative lifestyles and the [[back-to-the-land movement]], the public of the US and elsewhere were becoming more interested in saving energy and protecting the environment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.motherearthnews.com/green-homes/earth-sheltered-homes-zmaz06onzraw
|title=Earth-sheltered Homes|work=Mother Earth News|date=October 2006 }}</ref><ref name=mcconkey2011>{{cite book |author1=R McConkey |title=The Complete Guide to Building Affordable Earth-Sheltered Homes: Everything You Need to Know Explained Simply |date=2011 |publisher=Atlantic Publishing Company |isbn=9781601383730 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AatLynu9mBwC}}</ref>

As early as the 1960s in the US, some innovators were designing contemporary earth shelters.<ref name="boyer1987" /> After the oil crisis and until the early 1980s there was a new resurgence in interest earth shelter/underground home construction,<ref name=mcconkey2011 /> which has been termed the first wave of earth-covered dwellings.<ref name="boyer1987" /> Architect Arthur Quarmby finished an earth sheltered building in Holme, England in 1975. Named "[[Underhill, Holme|Underhill]]," It is recorded in the [[Guinness World Records]] as the "first underground house" in the UK.<ref name="harral2012" />

The majority of publications about earth sheltering date to this period, with dozens of books dedicated to the topic being published in the years leading up to 1983.<ref name="boyer1987" /> The first International Conference on Earth-Sheltered Buildings was hosted in Sydney, Australia in 1983.<ref name="boyer1987" /> A second conference was planned for 1986 in Minneapolis, USA.<ref name="boyer1987" />

Other notable proponents of earth sheltering active in this era include [[Mike Oehler]], Rob Roy, John Hait, [[Malcolm Wells]], [[Peter Vetsch]], [[Ken Kern]] and others.