by Russell Maier | Dec 15, 2014 | News, Team Reflections
Staff Post, Ometepe Island, Lake Nicaragua, Nicaragua. by Russell Maier, December 15th 2014 I’ve connected with Alvaro Molina here on Ometepe island– another passionate ecobricker! As I made my way towards Hacienda Merida, Alvaro’s hotel on this lush... by Russell Maier | Nov 4, 2014 | News
Patricia, one of the intrepid Ecobrick Jedi’s on our team, recently got back from a visit to La Barra, Colombia– a coastal down overwhelmed with plastic. Patricia and her Ecopacifico team set to work ecobricking and innovating. We’re super excited... by Russell Maier | Sep 22, 2014 | News
The Ecobrick team is proud and excited to announce the launch of the Vision Ecobrick 3.0 Guide. The culmination of two and half years of intense on the ground work with communities in the Philippines and our global partners, this guide lays out the essentials to... by Russell Maier | Jul 21, 2014 | News
Grrrr. . . Pack that plastic! The folks at the Ecobrick Exchange, which happens to be located in South Africa, are inviting the world to participate in Mandela Day, by taking 67 minutes of their time to pack your waste and make an Ecobrick. I might not be in South... by Russell Maier | Jul 19, 2014 | News
Where does the trash of Sabangan go? It used to be that there was no place but the adjacent Chico river to dump or burn it. However, the community and households of Lagan, Sabanagan have taken a stand through the leadership of their youth. Hundreds of kilos of... by Russell Maier | Jun 16, 2014 | Ideas, News
Breakthrough! Our first HexBench– made entirely from ecobricks, this modular bench provides an easy, low-low cost way to transform ‘waste’ into something immediately practical, useful, and COOL. The technique leverages my experience making glass... by Russell Maier | Jun 16, 2014 | News
After months of hard work the Ecobrick team is super excited to announce the launch of our Spanish Vision Ecobrick Guide! Patricia Acuna took the lead translating for use in her home of Venuzuela. Jo Stodgel contributed key new illustrations to make clear the pressing... by Russell Maier | May 15, 2014 | News
VISION ECOBRICKS from SDS videos on Vimeo. Our VEB intro movie is now complete! A massive collaborative effort on the part of our volunteer Ecobrick team has resulted in this short and sweet little movie that sums up the core concepts of Ecobricks in less than three... by Russell Maier | May 13, 2014 | Construction, News
While checking up on Antidao National Highschool’s ecobrick construction last month I heared a great anecdote that affirms today’s relevance of ancestral wisdom. Antidao is a small barangay of Sagada in the Northern Philippines– a village nestled in the... by Russell Maier | Apr 26, 2014 | Construction, News
We’ve been working hard to develop a pilot Ecobrick park to showcase the simplest, lowest-cost, Ecobrick construction methods. Our park in Balili, Bontoc, Mt. Province, Philippines is now complete! The park shows how trash (approximately 1000 large sacs of...
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